Decorating Meat

When did butchers start decorating meat with bits of parsley and lettuce? Eggs are a raw product but you don't see chickens walking around with bits of herbs and salad vegetables up their backsides, or vents to use the right term, to make their "fruits" seem more appealing. Mad.

I'm going through a bit of a meat eating revolution right now. I haven't cut it out altogether, but I've made a conscience effort not to eat as much, and I feel a bit better. I think that when people cut a food group from their diet they're denying their body something it needs. You can get protein from vegetables such as soya, but meat protein is unique.

I'm going to show my age now, but when I was a kid, meat of any kind was a special thing. I was always told that the person who has to go out and earn the money eats best. I'm not sure that would work now with people leading all sorts of lives, but the thing is, in my opinion, we eat way to much meat. Well we eat to much of everything. I'm not preaching, people can eat what they like, but for me, my stomach is saying slow down on the cow.

It's true to say that I'll try almost anything. How can you know you don't like something unless you try it. Liver and kidneys, hate them, but like liver patê. I don't remember ever seeing a kidney patê, but I'd try it. Civiche - love, sushi - love. Chrisps, I'll eat them, but don't give me a Bounty Bar - that's just wrong. I'm not picking posh food on purpose. I love a good Guiness and Beef pie, and a bag of chips too.

I try to eat as much fish I can handle, veggies and fruit. grains, pulses, nut and seeds. I'm not going hippie, I just like all that stuff. Over 90% of India or 1.01 billion people, is vegetarian so there's got to be something to it. Bring on the curry!