I Don’t Dip In Olive Oil Anyway
This piece of EU legislation reported on the BBC must be the silliest. Here’s the first paragraph.
The European Commission is to ban the use of refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil at restaurant tables from next year.
From 1 January 2014, restaurants may only serve olive oil in tamper-proof packaging, labelled to EU standards.
The Commission, the EU’s executive branch, says the move will protect consumers and improve hygiene.
It won’t improve my hygiene, as I’ve never anything in dipped olive oil and as very few places serve gluten-free bread, it will affect me about as much as the EU saying restaurants couldn’t use light blue tablecloths.
It’s ideas like this that mean UKIP and the other silly parties all over Europe prosper.
Let’s have some serious legislation that says that all restaurants must have a gluten free policy, shown on the menu.
The Anonymous Widower 
I completely agree. I went to the cafe in Hale Barns this morning (The Smithy) and for the first time ever, ate something there that I hadnt taken myself. Previous management didnt do GF. New management does. So I had some toasted GF bread with my decaff skinny cappuccino. And it was lovely. I had a tiny bit of jam on it, not 100% sure if that was GF, but certainly no major reaction. Excellent coffee and well.
Comment by Liz P | May 21, 2013 |