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Have you eaten 100% British before?
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Ollie_h19
14-07-2011
I don't know the answer to this because I don't understand the question.

Are Gregg's Steak Bakes 100% British? If so, then yes I have.
silkstone
14-07-2011
I would be inclined to invite who ever had asked me this to take a long walk on a short pier.
I love Ellie
14-07-2011
Nice to see 100% British included the Italian-with-a-statue-in-Spain Christopher Columbus.

They should've named the steak pie afte Churchill.
Argent118
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Ollie_h19:
“I don't know the answer to this because I don't understand the question.

Are Gregg's Steak Bakes 100% British? If so, then yes I have.”

Well, if you don't recognise that this is a spoof on the iconic line "Have you ever eaten in a Harvester before?", then there's no more to be said.
Ollie_h19
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Argent118:
“Well, if you don't recognise that this is a spoof on the iconic line "Have you ever eaten in a Harvester before?", then there's no more to be said. ”

Well my answer to that question would be 'no', hense why I didn't know that fact, so it would go straight over my head. To be put on the spot within seconds of entering a restaurant would make me feel slightly uneasy.
stick_of_rock
14-07-2011
Nandos staff tend to say a similar thing as well.
aussie_dave_
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by stick_of_rock:
“Nandos staff tend to say a similar thing as well.”

But Nandos ask it because they want to know if you understand the concept that you have to go up to the till and order.
bel110
14-07-2011
I thought that one line was the most stupid part of an otherwise really good concept and brand. If you went in everyday and was asked that everytime you walked through the door then you'd end up hitting someone. Plus I'm not sure what it means either, technically I ate 100% British this morning when I had my toast and cup of tea?
Andy_G
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by bel110:
“I thought that one line was the most stupid part of an otherwise really good concept and brand. If you went in everyday and was asked that everytime you walked through the door then you'd end up hitting someone. Plus I'm not sure what it means either, technically I ate 100% British this morning when I had my toast and cup of tea?”

But your tea probably came from India or China, so not really 100% British.
bel110
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Andy_G:
“But your tea probably came from India or China, so not really 100% British.
”

Fine my toast and freshly squeezed apple juice made from my own grown apple!
Keyb0ardWarri0r
14-07-2011
Fish & chips is fast food and 100% British.
tomharry2
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Keyb0ardWarri0r:
“Fish & chips is fast food and 100% British.”

are you sure that the oil, flour, potatoes and fish all were from Britain.

The fish may have been imported from the continent, the oil may also have come from the continent/china.
tomharry2
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Andy_G:
“But your tea probably came from India or China, so not really 100% British.
”

are there tea plantations in UK
UnrealityTV
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by silkstone:
“I would be inclined to invite who ever had asked me this to take a long walk on a short pier.”

My reaction would be to say "Get lost, you patronising cow" and go elsewhere. Somewhere that loooked a bit less like a British Airways check-in desk
Keyb0ardWarri0r
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by tomharry2:
“are you sure that the oil, flour, potatoes and fish all were from Britain.

The fish may have been imported from the continent, the oil may also have come from the continent/china.”

And again, they may not.

I imagine if you go to a traditional Fish & Chip shop (not one connected to Chinese take aways, pizza places and kebab shops) then they will sell British produce because they rely on quality and don't buy cheap imports so they can make a large profit and sell an inferior product.
UnrealityTV
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Keyb0ardWarri0r:
“And again, they may not.

I imagine if you go to a traditional Fish & Chip shop (not one connected to Chinese take aways, pizza places and kebab shops) then they will sell British produce because they rely on quality and don't buy cheap imports so they can make a large profit and sell an inferior product.”

I quite like a piece of battered haddock and chips. But could I tell if the flour in the batter was imported from China or grown in the UK, milled in a windmill and lovingly bagged by an 'artisan flourist'? I don't think I could. Nor, I suspect, could anyone else.

I think if a chippy sold ONLY British produce, they would make it quite clear - partly to demonstrate that they were selling a 'high quality' product and partly to explain the inevitably higher cost compared to the chippy down the road.
katkim
14-07-2011
I didn't get the question either. Was MyPy ingredients 100% British grown/produced, or did she mean the concept as traditional British food?
Annsyre
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by I love Ellie:
“Nice to see 100% British included the Italian-with-a-statue-in-Spain Christopher Columbus.

They should've named the steak pie after Churchill.”

No they would never have named a pie after an insurance company. They aren't silly you know.
soulmate61
14-07-2011
The beef would likely have come from Ireland.
Reggie Rebel
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by bel110:
“I thought that one line was the most stupid part of an otherwise really good concept and brand. If you went in everyday and was asked that everytime you walked through the door then you'd end up hitting someone. Plus I'm not sure what it means either, technically I ate 100% British this morning when I had my toast and cup of tea?”

Originally Posted by Andy_G:
“But your tea probably came from India or China, so not really 100% British.
”

And the wheat to make your bread probably came from the US, the salt from Russia and baked by a Pole ;-0
soulmate61
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Ollie_h19:
“Have you eaten 100% British before? ”

To be accurate the above question was first put by Julius Caesar to his Roman legionaires as his ship neared Dover at midnight on 23rd August 56 BC.

For years they had been conquering then eating Gauls, Goths, and Germanic tribes. Roman provisions being short they lived off the land. Separated only by land borders these tribes were heavily intermixed through marriage, so that gourmet legionaires found the meat was always the same wherever they were dining. A tribe on an isolated island, now you're talking.

"Have you eaten 100% British before?" said Julius Ceasar. The legionaires sat up, licking their lips, a gleam in their eyes reflecting moonlight as they eyed Dover beachhead......
tomharry2
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by soulmate61:
“To be accurate the above question was first put by Julius Caesar to his Roman legionaires as his ship neared Dover at midnight on 23rd August 56 BC.

For years they had been conquering then eating Gauls, Goths, and Germanic tribes. Roman provisions being short they lived off the land. Separated only by land borders these tribes were heavily intermixed through marriage, so that gourmet legionaires found the meat was always the same wherever they were dining. A tribe on an isolated island, now you're talking.

"Have you eaten 100% British before?" said Julius Ceasar. The legionaires sat up, licking their lips, a gleam in their eyes reflecting moonlight as they eyed Dover beachhead......”

good well done....gave me a good laugh. Small mistake...it was 24th August..they had to stop to refuel in Calais. Well done for getting the year right though.
Paace
14-07-2011
Don't McDonalds say in their ads that all what goes into their meals here in the UK is British . I remember they had a ad about the potatoes they use being from British farms.
tomharry2
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Keyb0ardWarri0r:
“And again, they may not.

I imagine if you go to a traditional Fish & Chip shop (not one connected to Chinese take aways, pizza places and kebab shops) then they will sell British produce because they rely on quality and don't buy cheap imports so they can make a large profit and sell an inferior product.”

maybe not. They too want to make a profit so the chances are that something in the fish and chips has come from abroad. In this modern world where evrything is of indistinct origin.....you can be almost sure that there is some ingredient that is not british.

Remember going to a wholesalers in Ireland who was boning salmon. So i asked him if it was from Europe. He said he could not be sure......the label said it was frozen in sri lanka!!! Salmon in Sri Lanka...or did they take it there to freeze it??? Who knows.
soulmate61
14-07-2011
Originally Posted by Paace:
“Don't McDonalds say in their ads that all what goes into their meals here in the UK is British .”

Please be assured McDonalds serves British beef with the best British BSE.
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