EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

You should have been here 20 years ago.

Your from fucking Canada!

i had a microwave meal for lunch from Iceland yesterday, as i'm based on site.
steak / dumpling with veg.. it was £1.50.. it was shite

i rarely eat meals that have been frozen, and very rarely eat food heated from a microwave..
but I can only assume that alot of people in the UK do, and on a daily basis :(

You've been to Canada, right? It's a paradise of cheap and authentic food from all over the world.

And: poutine.

^ definitely deserves a new page.

I had some amazing meals in Canada. But none of the food came from the supermarkets.

don't worry if we end up with the same trade deals as canada,
we'll be importing most of our food too.

we'll be eating rubbish like beaver tails, poutine, crispy bacon with maple syrup

Have you ever tried to do one of those "eat local" food and veg boxes? Most food here is imported.

Anyway, I miss the produce sections of grocery stores in Canada. And obviously you can get amazing food in the UK (well, London). It's much more expensive though.

I like crispy bacon with maple syrup. I've been hot smoking my own streaky rashers to get colour and flavour. Served over toast though, none of this pancakes for breakfast bollocks.

what's wrong with rhubarb crumble and custard, ffs
not for breakfast though, or maybe

expensive yes,
i did eat well in canada (was 22 years ago), but it was all home produce veg from an italian family (orginally from calabria) in sault st marie, ontario... even grew their own garlic, not sure where the meat came from though.

it reminded me of my own family in puglia, where my uncles side of family shared their produce, from wine, tomatoes, lemons, all with modest farms and no doubt imported seasonal labour

the only food we ever shared in London was apples from our tree, heavy cropper produced +200 each autumn.

There's lots of local produce, but the idea of "grown in Canada" is a bit different than here, I guess. That is, it's pointless when you've got hot houses in Nova Scotia shipping tomatoes to Vancouver.

Every time I go back I'm in awe of produce sections though. Much more variety, and one of the things I miss most is that you can buy most stuff by weight. So I don't need a pre-packaged bag of sprouts if I only need enough for one dish.

Also. Sault St Marie. You've truly been to Canada.

as you know sault ste marie is like a gateway to the wilderness, staging post for big game hunting.

i was there (fall 1994) when a local radio dj was calling for a referendum for italian to become the official second language in ontario.

the scenery was epic 'group of seven landscapes'

one of the things I miss most is that you can buy most stuff by weight.

Yeah we used to have greengrocers and all :/

“No British person wants a seasonal job working in the fields. They want permanent jobs or jobs that are not quite as taxing physically."

It's details like this that suggest some sort of silver lining. If the picking of our own veg is beneath us then we deserve, as a nation, all we're going to get.

I'm amazed every time I'm in central London in the evening, how much choice there is, so much food food food. Mostly on the indulgent side, basically high-end fast food. So much of it it's become over dominant, pushing non food shops out. Or at least seems that way. Choice within a certain range at the expense of overall variety.

Wasn't long ago though that it was quite difficult to find something to eat in the evening if you happened to be out.

I remember when all around here was fields.

Reminds me of when there were only about three decent, non-Jamaican places you could eat out at in Brixton... That were actually any good anyway...

What will happen to Brixton Village now?!?

We're doomed

Brexitters already got this covered:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12192960/Owen-Paterson-stunned-Cabinet-with-OAP-fruit-picking-idea-David-Laws.html

Seems fine to me, payback for the pensions triple-lock just re-confirmed by May.

This was the dense Monsanto press release reciting Owen Paterson, who was outwitted by badgers, so may need some finessing.

I am not sure...

An unsteady income is unsuitable for many, it only works if you have a very low rent / no kids / or a high income partner who can do school runs.

The benefits system is also too inflexible to deal with short term jobs.

I've done all sorts of low wages temp jobs when I was 16-18 during school holidays...no use now, no contract, no security.

In Northern Ireland there is still a lot of local food left. Especially meat / fish / diary and errr potatoes.

Local veg boxes (allotment hope you like onions/kale/carrots) and local organic meat/milk schemes are up and running.

Local fruit is hard to get though...

Local fruit is hard to get though...

Given the amount of Fruitcake in NI politics, I expect there's no fruit left.