The BBC reports that the EC, in their great wisdom, have dropped a number of rules that forced up to 20 percent of certain crops to be thrown away, because they didn't conform to EC food beauty standards.

Found this link earlier today when Stumbling - it fits the bill here, so I have added it! Enjoy.

Veggie Art

This isn't strictly a vegetable or a fruit - though I suppose it is the fruit of a tree.

Full story and picture here

Well, we made our expected trip to Scandanavia, including Copenhagen and some of southwest Sweden.

We are soon off for a short break in the land that first gave us the swede - Sweden, suprisingly enough. Made me think of a couple of things related to this vegetable (and in its various other guises such as rutabaga, neeps or turnips).

Wasn't it in Terry Pratchett's 'The Truth', that the ill-fated newspaper proprietor started (albeit accidentally) a section on 'amusing vegetables' or somesuch?

I have to admit to owning and having read (more than once) virtually all of Pratchett's Discworld books. The last time, I read them all in sequence - except for the couple I'm missing - and it was fun.

I've even read some of those supposedly written for children, like the Dark Side of the Sun and Truckers. I have to admit they were still enjoyable, despite the slightly simpler language. One thing Pratchett never seems to do is talk down to his readers, whatever their age.

There are those who decry the books as being juvenile, or at best, not very funny, but I'll keep reading them, and wait eagerly for the next paperback. Can't afford the hardback editions any more!

Once upon a time, when we bought our fruit and veg almost exclusively from the greengrocer, our raw food was less uniform in shape and colour, and it did occasionally give us a giggle when an odd shape, or strange coloration turned up.