Pudding Protest

[oldspice]

Bird's are lobbying MPs to get proper puddings put back on menus in schools, hospitals and even prisons. Bird's own research indicates that pudding consumption has fallen by about 60% over the last ten years. However it does appear that people living in the North are still eating lots of proper puddings.

 

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/

 

Good grief, I would be livid if I thought my MP was wasting his time campaigning for such a thing. There are far more important things for him and me to worry about. For a start, I want the thug who punched an old lady to the ground and stole her bag a few streets away from here punished appropriately and then I want all the pavement parkers who cause me and other pavement users to step out into a very busy road to pass their vehicles fined heavily.  Then I want to know what he and parliament are going to do about making sure Gap do not import clothes made by child labourers. That'll do for a start. If I want puddings I can make them myself.

[loulou]

Mmmmmmmmmm bread and butter pudding.

[Logger]

Hot puddings are definitely not off the menu at our house, we have approximately 2 a week. 

I think that such puddings have fallen out of favour because of the misguided belief that such foods make you fat.  My children eat stodgy puddings, traditional dinners and sweets on a regular basis but they are not overweight or unhealthy because they exercise. 

 

I think it's quite dangerous for schools etc to 'ban' foods because they are seen as bad.  It sends the wrong message.  Eating too much of anything is unhealthy, we all need a variety of foods.  Not only that, it's psychologically unhealthy to ban these foods altogether because it could create a food/weight obsession amongst young people who already have immense pressure on them to look a certain way.

 

I agree that MPs have better things to do than to make hot puddings an issue, In my opinion they should never have been removed from school menus in the first place.

[oldspice]

Absolutely. I grew up on steamed puddings and the adorable bread and butter pudding. They are no more fattening than modern cold puddings such as Tirimasu or Creme Caramel. 

 

Puddings were a good filler for families with low incomes who could afford little meat and ate plenty of vegetables, potatoes and cheap, filling puddings such as the aforementioned bread and butter pudding.

 

Incidently, stale bread was often covered in hot milk and sugar and fed to us as a filling breakfast when money was tight.

[smurfboy]

Bird's are lobbying MPs to get proper puddings put back on menus in schools, hospitals and even prisons. Bird's own research indicates that pudding consumption has fallen by about 60% over the last ten years. However it does appear that people living in the North are still eating lots of proper puddings.

 

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/

 

Good grief, I would be livid if I thought my MP was wasting his time campaigning for such a thing. There are far more important things for him and me to worry about.

 

I feel the same whenever I see Ann Widdecombe on TV. She's paid a fair whack to serve her constituents - so why is she always advertising pasta or telling off fat people?