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gingerwelly

Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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Location: Wales ...in cardiff at the mo but from mid wales

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 12:01 am Post subject:
on the nfu page .. it states "The UK is the third largest cereal producer in the EU after France and Germany" lots of the cereal produced goes towards animal feeds, i cant find a cereal company that uses 100% british crops ......even the flour used for bread is about 70% import. most of the cereal used for malting is british though !

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 12:23 am Post subject:
Here's the link to Pertwood: https://www.pertwood.co.uk/index.php Their products are good.

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: cambridge

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 8:46 am Post subject:
As far as cereal goes I am not sure, could you source oats and dried fruit which are made in this country then you only need to add imported nuts and you have museli but as an interesting aside coca cola are now marking there cans if its make in the UK

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 9:19 am Post subject:
You're probably going to be limited to porridge for a cereal from the UK unless you're prepared to pay a lot more. That stuff in cans is not tuna - I'm not sure exactly what it is, but is sure as heck isn't anything that tastes like tuna.

bagpuss

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Location: cambridge

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 9:22 am Post subject:

Northern_Lad wrote:

That stuff in cans is not tuna - I'm not sure exactly what it is, but is sure as heck isn't anything that tastes like tuna.

It doesn't taste like fresh tuna but it does taste good!

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 9:27 am Post subject:

bagpuss wrote:

Northern_Lad wrote:

That stuff in cans is not tuna - I'm not sure exactly what it is, but is sure as heck isn't anything that tastes like tuna.

It doesn't taste like fresh tuna but it does taste good!

What!? Have you had a tastebud bypass? It's vile; people even resort to mushing it with mayonaise to disguise the flavour.

bagpuss

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Location: cambridge

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 9:35 am Post subject:

Northern_Lad wrote:

bagpuss wrote:

Northern_Lad wrote:

That stuff in cans is not tuna - I'm not sure exactly what it is, but is sure as heck isn't anything that tastes like tuna.

It doesn't taste like fresh tuna but it does taste good!

What!? Have you had a tastebud bypass? It's vile; people even resort to mushing it with mayonaise to disguise the flavour.

no, its lovely, with pasta and pesto, great stuff no mayonaise needed, you know there are some people round here (not me I might add) so open a tin add pepper and eat it like that!

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 10:03 am Post subject:
Tuna is one of the few things that I prefer canned to fresh.

AdventureGirl

Joined: 01 Nov 2005
Posts: 55
Location: Cheltenham

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 4:29 pm Post subject:

Why on earth do we produce so much cereal but use imported stuff to make our breakfast cereals?

The kids have just started eating porridge, but don't want it every day, hence the need for some simple cereals. We've always gone for the simplest ones with little or no added sugar, salt etc. I do make an toasted oaty cereal for myself but they aren't interested in trying that.

The Pertwood cereals look nice, but don't really match what I am looking for.

Oh well, persevere with the porridge and try to get them interested in other traditional breakfasts like boiled eggs and toast.

Didn't realise there was a big issue with dolphin friendly tuna. The Waitrose variety claims to take the marine environment into account rather than just dolphins so maybe that is my best bet.

I reckon tuna sarnies need to be made with tinned tuna, just as bacon butties need nasty white sliced shop bread to taste right!

Thanks for all the advice as usual

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 07 4:50 pm Post subject:

AdventureGirl wrote:

Why on earth do we produce so much cereal but use imported stuff to make our breakfast cereals?

Same reason most flour is made from imported grains. Ours is low grade. We just dont have the right weather to grow good stuff. Compared to USA & Canada (& otherplaces) we dont grow squat.

Justme

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 07 8:31 am Post subject:

Justme wrote:

Same reason most flour is made from imported grains. Ours is low grade. We just dont have the right weather to grow good stuff. Compared to USA & Canada (& otherplaces) we dont grow squat.

I'd take issue with calling it 'low grade' - everything's got it's own use - ours is good for biscuits due to the low glutin content, theirs for breads as it's got high levels.

AdventureGirl

Joined: 01 Nov 2005
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Location: Cheltenham

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 07 8:48 pm Post subject:
But surely we can grow good wheat for bread ... what about Wessex Mill or Doves Farm varieties? They don't claim to add any gluten to make it strong.

Milo

Joined: 16 May 2005
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Location: Oop North-ish.

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 07 9:31 pm Post subject:

AdventureGirl wrote:

Why on earth do we produce so much cereal but use imported stuff to make our breakfast cereals?

Because collectively we are stoopid / misguided / deluded.

Some people, and all of the tuna, would strongly recommend tuna-friendly tuna.

countryman

Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 137
Location: Cornwall

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 07 8:40 pm Post subject:
Doves farm Bio Biz- a weetabix alternative is(it claims 100%) made from UKwheat. Much nicer than Weetabix too

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 07 9:34 pm Post subject:

countryman wrote:

Doves farm Bio Biz- a weetabix alternative is(it claims 100%) made from UKwheat. Much nicer than Weetabix too

It could hardly be worse!

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