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No, it is/was a futuristic substitute foodstuff..... look it up !

It makes me fart something rotten so I would happily forgo it and try the Soylent Green...

Indeed, none of the allied prisoners captured by the Japanese put weight on with the amount of food they were allowed per day. No such thing as an " Overactive Thyroid " when you were on a handful of Rice a day.

Ah, but, is Asparagus a staple part of our diet and indeed necessary ? Maybe we should go back to a diet that is smaller in diversity but grows well locally ?

" Whale Meat Again " …..

The wartime diet, thanks to rationing , was a time when we probably ate at our healthiest. Meat, fats and Sugar were rationed but there was unlimited fresh vegetables thanks for the Dig for Victory campaign. However, nowdays our diet has changed completely and there would be riots if we went...

Herein lies the problem, in October we should be going over to a more Winter diet as daylight levels and temperature restrict the growth of salad crops in the UK..... but, we want our salads so we have to import.

I read somewhere that the flour we grow here is better for Biscuits and cakes but North American flour is better for bread making.. or, it might be the other way around, either way, flour moves both ways. I think we could be self sufficient in nearly ALL our food except that we demand year round...

No one else would do the backbreaking labour for the pitiful cash on offer.

Food production and then getting it to the shelves in supermarkets is an exacting science. If we went back to eating food " In Season " the planet would be far better off although at times our food choices might be a bit sparse. The problem is that we expect our supermarkets almost permanently...