I'M QUITE prepared to believe that York has many meat-eaters (Pleased To Meat You, April 17).

But I don't believe a word of the story which claims that 79 per cent of York residents know how to stew a steak; 75 per cent know how to prepare a leg of lamb; and 54 per cent know how to prepare brisket. Whom did they survey? Three elderly women in the queue at Scott's The Butchers?

Nor, come to that, do I believe that 60 per cent of Brummies think that hamburgers are made of ham. And three reporters were involved in this story. This may seem a frivolous comment, but I normally trust what I read in The Press.

Charles Hunt,

Wilton Rise, York.

Updated: 09:56 Wednesday, April 26, 2006