Fat people in France…

Edukator? Out of interest… in your opinion is there much of a ‘Diet’ industry in France… weight watchers etc? I didn’t look out for SlimFast shakes and the like whilst over there as it wasn’t until I got back that I realised that the only fatties I saw were middle aged mtbers from the UK.

Watching what other shoppers put in their trolleys is always informative.

Once saw a fella in front of me at the checkout with nothing else but a cucumber, condoms and a tube of KY Jelly.
I suspect some sort of bet/dare but amusing all the same

The female magazines are covered with “régime” and “diet” in the run up to the Summer holidays but supermarkets promote bio/healthy rather than diet. Madame says the para-pharmacies are where ladies buy the slimming foods and meal substitutes. Some supermarkets have para-pharmacies in them so that would be where to look.

Right I got to read a bit more of this.
First I really do think it’s down to eating habits. As I said during my four years in the UK I learn to eat badly (mean anywhere and everywhere). What struck me, is that yesterday I had a recruitment “party” at a private beach around 18h00. Got there a bit in advance and I was starving (it was my third interview and I didn’t had much to eat for lunch). So I popped in the local supermarket. And there I realised one thing. This is what I would have done in the UK, I was stuck for beach vicinity so I couldn’t walk much further, but in any other case I wouldn’t have popped in a super market. I would have gone to a bakery. So I tried to look for savoury but they was nowt. I just got myself a small packet of spirit biscuit. But I would have much prefer a small slice of pizza or pizzaladière. Once again bakery aren’t popular in the UK. So are market, and butcher. So once it’s down IMHO in the education rather than the food itself.

British trolleys contain lots of industrial cakes and indusrial ready meals

In Asda you might see this more often, you don’t see it so much in Waitrose, for example. You are making some terribly sweeping comments.

I think that, following on from what Juan said, there is more choice of eating habit and flexibility in the UK. In some places in Germany and France it seems that you’re expected to do everything the same way, shop at the same times and that’s that. Here you can eat ready meals, cook from scratch, grab a good salad at lunchtime, sandwiches, soup, loads of different healthy options without needing to shell out for a restaurant.

To be fair Molly… more shopping is done in Asda supermarkets than Waitrose.

Juan is making that out to be a bad thing about British culture… you see it as good. Did you watch ‘The Men that Made us Fat’. They invented snacking and eating on the go… it’s one of the factors that make us fat.

I think you’re trolling BTW. No one can…

the only fatties I saw were middle aged mtbers from the UK.

Careful who you’re calling middle aged Yeti 😉

When we went to france a couple of years ago on one of those camping holidays, the supermarket on site was really shit, full of crap proccessed stuff

They invented snacking and eating on the go

What about the Middle East and India? Doesn’t street food feature highly in those places, and has done for hundreds of years..?

Well having just come back from a work trip to Germany, I can say “we” have some way to go in the bad eating stakes.
Eating out, the veg options mainly seemed to be cabbage red/white & boiled/pickled, everything came with a mountain of buttered spuds, and in 4 days I saw very little resembling a green leafy veg, let alone a salad.
And as this was a work trip, it was all “top restauarants” not cheap’n’cheerful…

..Oh, just remembered, I did get a salad – wobbling back from an evening bar vist, chanced across a guy selling kebabs from a street stall – he looked quite surprised when I asked for extra salad 😀

Re: the comment about bread not being real bread if it lasts more than a day is a complete load of piffle.

That doc clearly has no taste:

http://www.thebertinetkitchen.com/sourdough1-2kg-bertinet_1_2kg_sourdough.htm

The making of a traditional sourdough loaf is very slow and takes about 18 hours from start to finish. All this time develops a wonderful full flavour from the caramelised thick crust, through to salty and sweet as well as the characteristic sour notes. The thick crust acts as a preserving barrier against the air keeping the loaf fresher for longer. The larger the loaf, the thicker the crust and the longer it will keep. One of our 1.2kg loaves lasts our family of 5 for the best part of a week. Store the sourdough wrapped in a clean tea towel cut side down in your bread bag. It is delicious just as it is for the first 3 or 4 days and then better toasted. It will not mould like some commercial bread. If you have any left over at the end of the week sling it in the magimix to turn into breadcrumbs and store in the freezer.

Ingredients: organic wheat flour, organic spelt flour, organic barley flour, water & sea salt. Our bread does not contain any additives, preservatives or other nasties. However it is baked in an environment where nuts are used so may contain nut traces. Suitable for vegetarians & vegans.

Not suitable for coeliacs.

We have one every week delivered.

Nom nom and indeed McNommy Nom.

some of the best salads I have ever eaten have been in germany – they serve salad as a meal not as a side dish …did you try ordering a salad?

LOL @ Dr Bakes – I’m not risking calling you middle aged… you needed time out with the ginger kitty to help calm you down 😆

The Southern Yeti – Member
To be fair Molly… more shopping is done in Asda supermarkets than Waitrose.

Depends where you live surely…

…I live on what can only be called a “working class estate” actually one of the largest (area wise) in England – in the midlle it has a PO, pub, launderette, newsagent and a supermarket – the supermarket is a Waitrose.
It is usally full of what most stw people would condescendingly call “Chavs” – but, they are all of a fairly normal weight range, and baskets/trolleys are full of “healthy” food stuffs.

This “Fat Brit” thing must be regional, I must say the further N &/or W I travel the more dishevelled, malnourished and unsightly the populace seem to be……..

Molly – did you watch the program?

Also, regarding street food… do they add that on top of 3 square meals a day? I’m guessing not… as they’re not, in general, fat.

We are!

(Well I’m not 8.7% lalalalalaaaa)

do they add that on top of 3 square meals a day?

Do we?

FFS – did you watch the program? How else do you think there are so many fat ***** here?

The Southern Yeti – Member

LOL @ Dr Bakes – I’m not risking calling you middle aged… you needed time out with the ginger kitty to help calm you down

And now I’m suffering nicotine withdrawal, post holiday blues and Kitty is a thousand miles away. I’m not sure I’d be able to control my rage this time. How’s the arm healing up?

Do we?

I do.

It’s getting there… smelt a bit funky last night! There’s an uplift day at Hopton on the 22nd that might help with the blues? I can’t remember my log-in otherwise I’d start a thread on it.

Funky is not good. Get Chris to give you his medical opinion and take the stitches out while he’s at it?

I should be able to turn my head again by the 22nd. For now I can only go in straight lines.

I had 3 croissants and a pannoshokala for breakfast this morning. 🙂

deadly’s turning into a right chubbyfunster

its the wife who’s meant to put on the baby weight!

I think it was the Vaseline in the dressing… smelt alright this morning. GoPro stitch removal footage?

Tres Bonne DD.

I had 3 croissants and a pannoshokala for breakfast this morning.

Good work.

(On a serious note, beware the classic new fathers getting fat probelm. Iz why I iz biffer)

ohhh dont worry about deadly getting fat, he’s the BMF member of the month cos he’s so fit and stuff. he bench presses whole army tanks i hear.

I’m looking forward to him becoming Double E… or even GG.

and his road bike has the word ‘race’ on it.

Is twitter this absorbing ?
How do I join

Junky this is a live twitter feed.

#withoutthe*******swearing

CBA reading the whole thread but what’s all this about jarred vegetables being full of sugar and that’s why British people are fat? I don’t think I have ever seen or heard of anyone in this country eating jarred vegetables. Industrial beans and vegetables? Eh? 😕

Juan is making that out to be a bad thing about British culture…

Well I am only reporting my observation. When I was at the uni, we had a “market” on mondays. Basically, it was the same product you could find in most supermarket only a bit cheaper. Funnily enough, most people queueing for fruit and veg where continental or overseas.

Well I am only reporting my observation. When I was at the uni, we had a “market” on mondays.

My local market (wednesdays and saturdays – always busy) has a really good selection of meats and cheeses from quality local farms/suppliers, great bread/baked goods, as well as continental deli type stuff, fruit and veg ranging from very cheap to organic etc

I definitely agree that France has a much better ‘food culture’, but it’s not as bad here as some people make out.

And some of the stuff in French supermarkets (like sliced bread for instance) is utter rubbish.

All wrong, grum, it’s the English tins that contian the sugar and the foreign jars that don’t. But some English tins, especially own-branded ones from supermarkets, don’t contain added sugar or salt either.

The whole thread is about sweeping statements and stereotypes, Molgrips. You yourself are the master of the disparaging sweeping statement concerning the Germans, for example on this thread:

I didn’t particularly enjoy the food in Germany, to be honest. Big emphasis on jarred veg and also very little choice. The convenience food there was was awful … I couldn’t find anything to hold a candle to Waitrose in the suburbs of Munich

grum – I think there are plenty of people that know how to eat properly in the UK. The obesity statistics and a cursory glance around seem to suggest that even more don’t.

All wrong, grum, it’s the English tins that contian the sugar and the foreign jars that don’t.

Where did I get that wrong exactly? My point is it’s a non-issue and pointless comparison because hardly anyone eats jars of vegetables in this country. 😕

grum – I think there are plenty of people that know how to eat properly in the UK. The obesity statistics and a cursory glance around seem to suggest that even more don’t.

Yup, fair enough. I do think the fact that we work some of the longest hours in Europe (and have some of the most congested roads/crappest public transport?) has an impact. I know when I am rushing around working long days with little break and driving between jobs I end up eating crap a lot of the time. I do think it’s ridiculous how hard it is to buy healthy food from the vast majority of shops though.

Doe she not know Aldi is German?

Absolutely superb recycling system though and i found it to be very good – France had loads of milk free stuff as well when I was there which was nice.

Food here is, in general, about the cheapest and the most convenient

Franc e and Germany still have bakers and actual food shops in small villages and not just large supermarkets in the edge of towns

Whilst there is variability I would rather have their food system than ours [ though perhaps they could keep the french farmers 😉

And some of the stuff in French supermarkets (like sliced bread for instance) is utter rubbish.

Never said it wasn’t