I have finally realised THE major difference between the UK and Portugal. Yep, you guessed it, it's ready meals.
Never has there been a bigger cause of breakdown in family life in the UK than the ready meal.
Never has there been a bigger cause of breakdown in family life in the UK than the ready meal.
Sadly, the individual ready meal is totally responsible for the huge, and growing, number of single households in the UK along with the growth in divorce. People realise they no longer need a wife/husband to cook for them and the art of conversation died a long time ago anyway.
Ok, stick with me now as you have to read the next bit with the tricky numbers before you can get to the important message at the end.
Approximate layout of a typical UK supermarket by floor area = 25% ready meals, 25% snacks and fizzy drinks, 25% beer and wine, 23% household stuff, and 2% real food. Of the 2% real food approximately 1.9% of it is E numbers leaving a miniscule 0.1% being untouched by chemicals or processing plant.
So by my estimation, UK PEOPLE are a worrying 0.1% REAL and 99.9% ADDITIVES.
In contrast, the approximate layout of a typical Portuguese supermarket by floor area = 80% real food, 20% real wine.
The obvious conclusion being that the PORTUGUESE, and us lucky interlopers are are stunning 100% REAL .
I heard a terrible rumour a while ago that a certain supermarket group who's name begins with 'T' is planning to open stores in the Algarve. I'm afraid to mention them by name as they are so rich and powerful, their spies are everywhere and I'm likely to be thrown in the sea one dark night.
So watch out everyone, Tesco (oops) with its ready meals is coming to the algarve. Real food will eventually disappear and along with it the end of portuguese family life as we know it.
Approximate layout of a typical UK supermarket by floor area = 25% ready meals, 25% snacks and fizzy drinks, 25% beer and wine, 23% household stuff, and 2% real food. Of the 2% real food approximately 1.9% of it is E numbers leaving a miniscule 0.1% being untouched by chemicals or processing plant.
So by my estimation, UK PEOPLE are a worrying 0.1% REAL and 99.9% ADDITIVES.
In contrast, the approximate layout of a typical Portuguese supermarket by floor area = 80% real food, 20% real wine.
The obvious conclusion being that the PORTUGUESE, and us lucky interlopers are are stunning 100% REAL .
I heard a terrible rumour a while ago that a certain supermarket group who's name begins with 'T' is planning to open stores in the Algarve. I'm afraid to mention them by name as they are so rich and powerful, their spies are everywhere and I'm likely to be thrown in the sea one dark night.
So watch out everyone, Tesco (oops) with its ready meals is coming to the algarve. Real food will eventually disappear and along with it the end of portuguese family life as we know it.
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