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By Mz Hedy
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At least it's given the newspapers something else to write about. I blame the internet - 30 years ago (or even less) it'd the authr of this original piece would need to get it through several layers of editor before it got published, now it just goes out on a blog - itself a word which didn't exist a few years ago. Is the pendulum beginning to swing towards the side of the tabloid anti-PC brigade.

Anyway, when I can next get across to Belgium, I'm going to order a curry-ketchup on my next bag of 'frieten' (which are not the same as English 'chips' or the French 'frites', and most certainly not the same as the American 'fries'. :wink:
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By kanga
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eltonioni wrote:
kanga wrote: ..Happy, obviously, to be corrected by the better informed.

..

It's not a matter of being better informed, just seeing things in the correct way. The "food blogger" is getting a bit carried away... gone mad if you like.

Otherwise, to use your choices, the Francais, Italiani, Hellenes and Deutsche must to stop calling us Britanica, Brittanico, Englander* and whatever the Greek use for "British". ..

Ms Bansal is ..still as mad as a box of frogs, ..

Anyway... just what is a "food blogger" and why do they exist at all? ..


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Clearly, better-informed on the lady's mental state, just as Mz Hedy is on a food blogger (or any sort thereof); I am duly grateful. :thumright:

But since it is asked: in my experience, Greeks usually refer to Brits as Ἄγγλοι (English) rather than the equally valid Βρετανοί (British)*. I have no idea how often Europeans or South Asians talk (or blog) about English or British cuisines, though; outside satirical contexts :)

[*once at JAM I was talking to Greek Cypriot visitors, one of whom had earlier heard me talking to some others. He asked what the language had been; I replied Οὐαλλικά (Welsh); he, having not heard of the language, misheard it and said firmly that it had not been Γαλλικά (French), which he could speak :) .. It required a slightly complex elucidation]
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By Mz Hedy
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Joking aside - I've found the young lady's instagram and you tube offerings but haven't the heart to search through for the actual blog that's triggered all the furore - all the media articles on the subject seem to reference each other rather the original 'offending' comment

She seems to specialise in 30 second shorts giving recipes for what look to be attractive dishes.

Has anybody been more successful than I in finding the original comment which triggered this PC-gone-mad frenzy?

Edit: I read elsewhere that she's taken it down due adverse reaction from commenters.
By avtur3
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#1893298
Here's another one to keep this topic alive ...

M&S have renamed one their confectionary sweet products. The sweets formerly known as "Midget Gems" will in future be known as 'Mini Gems'. The term 'Midget' appears to be the latest word to fall fowl of someone's sensitivities.

I learned about the story a couple of hours ago from a posting on an MG owners forum, owners of MG Midgets are wondering what alternative name might be introduced for their beloved cars.

Sadly this isn't a joke ...
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By T6Harvard
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I saw the news report about the little sweets and I noticed another change they have made - The packing no longer refers to being made in Yorkshire. Were M&S afraid they would be accused of promoting racial superiority?
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By Mz Hedy
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avtur3 wrote:...owners of MG Midgets are wondering what alternative name might be introduced for their beloved cars.

I used to drive a Sprite, but after the fuss about the statue of Ariel on the BBC building I'm wondering if it's a good idea any more to admit to it.
:?
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By eltonioni
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T6Harvard wrote:I saw the news report about the little sweets and I noticed another change they have made - The packing no longer refers to being made in Yorkshire. Were M&S afraid they would be accused of promoting racial superiority?


Lions.

They also made excellent slab toffee that came in the same glass jars, with a small piece of greaseproof paper between the slabs so they wouldn't stick together too much. It needed smashing up with the ancient little hammer toffee hammer before handing to customers in a paper bag. The joy of being a little boy serving in your grandad's newsagent / confectioner / tobacconist / stationer shop - thanks for that little memory jolt :)

Hard to believe that M&S had the chutzpah to sue over their caterpillar cake when they are such shameless copycats.
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By avtur3
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T6Harvard wrote:I saw the news report about the little sweets and I noticed another change they have made - The packing no longer refers to being made in Yorkshire. Were M&S afraid they would be accused of promoting racial superiority?


Yorkshire Tea had better look out then :lol:
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By OCB
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avtur3 wrote:Here's another one to keep this topic alive ...

M&S have renamed one their confectionary sweet products. The sweets formerly known as "Midget Gems" will in future be known as 'Mini Gems'. The term 'Midget' appears to be the latest word to fall fowl of someone's sensitivities.

I learned about the story a couple of hours ago from a posting on an MG owners forum, owners of MG Midgets are wondering what alternative name might be introduced for their beloved cars.

Sadly this isn't a joke ...


Fond memories of sticking one of my damaged and braced legs out the side of an MG Midget, somewhere around Old Kilpatrick or Bowling on a sunny summer's evening in the very early 90s...sucking up the diesel exhaust of a luxury tourist bus whilst stuck in "sunny summer evening weather" traffic - said bus had it's exhaust *exactly* at the same height as the MG Midget's cockpit....when it pulled forward in that stop/start traffic, we got engulfed in black carp. It had the others stuck in the same line laughing for ages...and so much so, when we got to a bar just a bit further up the road - a family bought us a couple of rounds :shock: :lol:

As what to call an MG Midget?

How about:

1. MG Midget?
2. Midget, by MG?
3. see above...

Of course, it could be renamed to MG "Midge"....cos lets be honest, I doubt there will be many "special interest groups" racing to defend the emotion interest of that wee beastie :thumright:
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By Pete L
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Mz Hedy wrote:At least it's given the newspapers something else to write about. I blame the internet - 30 years ago (or even less) it'd the authr of this original piece would need to get it through several layers of editor before it got published, now it just goes out on a blog - itself a word which didn't exist a few years ago. Is the pendulum beginning to swing towards the side of the tabloid anti-PC brigade.

Anyway, when I can next get across to Belgium, I'm going to order a curry-ketchup on my next bag of 'frieten' (which are not the same as English 'chips' or the French 'frites', and most certainly not the same as the American 'fries'. :wink:


I'm off to Belgium and Netherlands next month.

I've had chips in De Hems at Flyin' Dutch suggestion which I guess will be the Dutch version interpreted by the last random Central European left cooking here after Brexit.

Any more detail on the differences between English, Dutch and Belgian fried potato products?
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