Disappointing news…

Last weekend we bought a broadsheet newspaper as usual – we like the puzzles section as well as the glossy magazine etc. I came across an article which went into great detail about the standard of British food and cited Ebbw Vale, a town in Wales, as proof that “the British diet is killing us”. Whilst there are plenty of places to eat there, it’s all fast-food. It seems that we now need to be able to have coffee at all hours of the day and night, many people don’t want ( or don’t know how) to make a meal at home. Delivery is available for anything, even a cup of tea. Whatever has happened? “The teaching of Food in schools is of low priority to the Government” is quite an understatement and still a serious mis-step for society today. I have been made aware of young teachers who are given the responsibility for teaching whatever food lessons are on the timetable and have to practise with their parent/grandparent in order to give the lesson. Let’s hope that the new curriculum being devised by the Government which is going to include mortgages and savings will also include some proper food lessons, but without the specialist teachers, how is this ever going to be meaningful?