9:55am Monday 15th March 2010
By Readers' letters
I THINK I have heard everything now. On Sunday last, we went for a lovely meal, a rare treat for us, to a market town about 30 miles away.
The food was superb – delicious beef, vegetables and sticky toffee pudding to die for.
Asking for a “doggy bag” for the fat off the beef, we were all stunned when I was asked to sign an “exemption” form in case my dog was ill, and I would not claim from the chef.
We had just eaten the aforementioned beef – what about us? Will we soon have to sign a “pre-nup” type of agreement before we eat? We were hysterical at the idiocy of it. I ask you – health and safety gone mad?
Pamela Frankland, Hull Road, Dunnington, York.
• It was disheartening to read recently that Yorkshire puddings which do not emanate from Yorkshire could be banned (“Protect our puddings”, The Press, March 8).
Is this policy to be extended to other food products, I wonder? If so, I despair and face starvation.
No more of the following foods would be available – Cumberland sausage, Dundee cake, Madeira cake, Turkish delight, Kendal mint cake, Jersey potatoes, Barnsley chops, Eccles cakes and I’m sure there are many more.
Oh, and where do angel cakes and paradise slices come from?
Alan L Rowntree, Walmer Carr, York.
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