When I came up with the concept of my food blog, I never dreamed that I'd be writing blogs about the relative wokeness of what is on your dinner plate, but then I never dreamed (30p) Lee Anderson, who seems to me to have a very unhealthy relationship with food, would be stupid enough to tweet this.
It seems Lee has a problem with Avocado pears. They are far too woke for him. Fish and chips clearly is OK, although I am not entirely sure what his objections to tomato sauce are. My first thought was "How pathetic". Then I thought "every time any member of Reform UK now eats in public, they will have to ensure no Avocado or any other dish that may be deemed 'woke', or they will be snapped and lampooned. Sarah Pochin is now doomed to a life of eating only food which may be deemed sensible by Lee. What this will do for her cholesterol, heaven only knows.
Oddly, over the last few years, I've been unlucky enough to be in the same restaurant as a fair few right wing Brexity types. It has not been pleasant. I saw Nigel Farage having dinner with former UKIP chair Andrew Reid, who is a MillHill Resident in one of our local pubs. I was happy to leave him to it. I didn't see what he was having, but nothing is particularly cheap or 'English'. However the last thing I'd do is bother someone if they are having dinner. Having said that Nigel seemed quite happy to pose for selfies. As I recall, he had a nice jug of beer at hand, but seemed far keener on the plonk they were quaffing, although the beer was featured in the pictures. Being fair, he wasn't giving it the big "I am" and left me alone. When I saw Lee's tweet I did wonder whether I'd be tempted to get a crafty snap of his dinner for some fun, if I saw him there again, but generally I prefer not to bother people when they are off duty.
I also saw Neil Oliver and Laurence Fox in the Darcie & May restaurant boat near Paddington a few years back. I didn't check their dinner either, but both had a fair few bottles of plonk and were loud and annoying (in a way Farage wasn't). They seemed as if they wanted attention, it was a very 'look at us' vibe emanating from them. As we were at the next table, ignoring them was hard, but seemed the best policy. It's a lovely place for dinner, but we've not been back since. Once with those two was enough.
So anyway, I thought I'd look at my food log since the weekend and see how I'd fare with Lee's sensible dining measure. I've marked all of my meals out of 10. Ten is very sensible in a Brexity sort of way. Zero is super woke. So Fish and Chips is a ten and Avocado and Quinoir is zero.
Tuesday Lunch
Greggs Sausage Roll - 10
Tinned Mackerel salad - 3 (Not sure if tinned Mackerel is woke, but Salad must be)
Pear & Banana - 2 (fresh fruit must be woke!)
Tuesday Breakfast
Porridge with Fruit - 4 (Porridge is probably Brexity, but I ruined it with fruit)
Monday Dinner
Cheese sandwich and pickled onion 9 - I think Lee would approve but probably demand chips for a 10.
Monday Lunch
Steak & Kidney Pie, Chips and Beans 10. I think this would be fine with Lee
Monday Breakfast
Porridge with Fruit - 4
Sunday Dinner
Barbeque inc Steak, Sausages, Chicken and Ribs 6 - (I suspect Lee would get the hump as I get my meat at Bucherie Gerard. It's all free range and high quality. I reckon Lee likes Walls bangers on the grill)
Sunday Brunch
Full English Fry up at a cafe in Apsley 8. I suspect the food would get 10 but it was a rather fancy cafe and they included Haloumi. I don't think Lee would approve of the term 'Brunch'
Saturday
Dinner
Italian Meal in Kentish Town 0 - Foreign muck in Lee's eyes.
Lunch
Sausage roll at Wembley 10 - Lee would approve.
Breakfast
Cheese, Mushroom and Spinach Omlette 2 - I think Lee would be fine with an omelette, but the Spinach wokifies it.
Friday
Dinner
Italian food at Carluccios 0 - Woke foreign muck
Breakfast
Porridge with Fruit - 4
To my surprise, my average score is 5/10. I'm right in the middle betweet Woke and Sensible when it comes to food. I suspect that I got a far more sensible score than usual, with football and Darren (my manager) getting me a sausage roll to cheer me up.
I have to say that the idea of food being sensible is actually the most stupid idea I've ever heard of. Now my missus is always imploring me to eat sensibly ( and failing as you can see above). Her idea of sensible food is tiny portions, generally of such things as sushi and mung beans. I suspect Lee would not deem my missus sensible, but I have to say I'd trust her judgement over his any day. Food should be enjoyed. When politicians start pontificating like Lee, we are on a rocky road. I love fish and chips (with proper mushy peas that his friend didn't have). However, it is far more sensible to include a pickled onion and a wally. I'd never judge anyone by whats on their plate, but I do judge people if they post idiotic tweets. I also suspect that if Sarah Pochin ever does emulate "The Iron Lady" and become Prime Minister, she won't give old 30p a job.
1 comment:
For God's sake, avocados were around in the 70s ! I remember eating them then, and also prawns with garlic mayonnaise as well, and this was living in Birmingham too.
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