Month: September 2021

Other People’s Hams

 

I’ve been a food enthusiast for most of my adult life and I have even been paid regularly to write about it. I enjoy reading about the history of food, what other people are eating and of course how to make it myself. It’s especially  fascinating to me how many similarities, world-wide, there are. For example, every culture seems to have their own version of a “sandwich.”  I’ll leave you to ponder examples for yourself.

The interesting thing is that as a child I was often branded as a “terribly picky eater” and it was widely hoped that being subjected to school dinners in the UK – a militaristic, character building ordeal – would be “the making of me” and presumably, would sort me out once and for all.

But first, let me offer my own defence and perspective.

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