Food and Foot and Mouth (was Re: Rocks and food)

[Benjamin]

> 
> 
> Simon: "Had chocolate cake last week. It is amazing how many people 
visit
> when I have some to be eaten."
> Ben: "You made a chocolate cake and didn't send me any? How could 
you?
> Cruel boy."
> 
> Parents made it, and gave it to me when they visited.
> 

Ah well, I couldn't have had any anyhow...

> 
> Did pizzas tonight. Made to perfection, even if I do say so myself.

The scone base ones are the best, though Meg's potato pizzas were 
good too.

> Sainsbury's was being annoying. Apparently they had no mozzarella 
because of the foot and mouth crisis. Decent explanations for that 
excuse would be appreciated. I could not find any. Had to then go 
back to where I had just come from to get the cheese. Annoying - it 
meant I was wandering around Oxford for 30 minutes when I wanted to 
sit down and eat lunch.
>

A friend of mine was complaining that due to this foot and mouth 
(FMD) the shops had stopped selling all food, even vegetarian stuff.  
It's more due to regulation than sense really, you cannot import or 
move around the country meat or meat products, milk or milk products 
(subject to article 32 of a hurridly scanned fax and other documents 
that took me over my mail quota).  I think if you have a permit you 
can move a limited amount of animals/products around.  

Anyway, all of this means that getting cheese may've been difficult, 
and if you had sent some chocolate cake it should've got stopped at 
customs :( 
 
-Ben.