Paper Monitor
11:52 UK time, Thursday, 8 December 2011
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Paper Monitor has been purging itself ahead of the big Christmas food-fest, so it is with interest that it notes a number of food related stories in today's papers.
A story on the Daily Telegraph's front page reports that the Brussels sprout is back and joy of joys, it's supersized - 20% bigger, according to farmers. Last year's freezing conditions lead to a shortage of sprouts, while this year's milder weather means they have grown at a faster rate and ripened early. Apparently they are also sweeter and more flavoursome. Tell that one to the kids.
Kids, we know can be very picky - particularly when it comes to the packed lunch. But not, it seems, as fussy as policemen in one Scottish force, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
A 10,000-word document from Lothian and Borders Police to caterers bidding to provide the sandwiches, crisps and drinks for officers on the beat demands that, the sandwiches contain one of 17 fillings, including prawn mayonnaise. Seventy-five percent of the baguettes must be white, the rest brown.
Brussels sprout bap anyone?
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