Calories not considered in fast food joints
A study has found that consumers aren’t put off by dishes with high calories in fast food restaurants. Despite several chains such as McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, and KFC signing up to the government’s voluntary public health responsibility scheme, such efforts seem fruitless. No one cares. Obviously. You don’t go to Pizza Hut and then act shocked when you see a stuffed crust double meatball supreme contains eight million calories.
Morrissey compares Norway killings to fast food
Sticking to the fast food theme, the ever-insightful Morrissey has suggested last week’s massacre in Oslo was ‘nothing compared to what happens in McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Shit every day’. He then launched into the moo-fest that is ‘Meat Is Murder‘. It’s testament to the brilliance of the Smiths that despite the increasingly lunatic thoughts that spew from Moz’s mouth, I still love ’em.
Ground-breaking research done into childhood obesity
Researchers in Pennsylvania managed to get children to eat twice as many vegetables and 11% fewer calories after sneaking vegetables into their food. Round of applause. I mean honestly. Is this how research money should be spent? Granted, I don’t have kids, but I was one not long ago and I remember this sly ruse. What a bloody waste of rations. I could have told them that.
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Other food news this week:
* Lamb, beef and cheese have largest footprint.
* Italian black truffles on sale in Morrison’s.
* Healthy alcohol limit likely to be increased.
* Forklift drops $1m worth of wine.
* Moist food at hospital criticised. Gross.
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Piece of the week:
* ‘Peasant food has become an educated middle-class marker’, says Simon Kuper.
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