Thank you Clive!
21/02/08 19:19 Filed in: Personal
As I've commented before, the standards of research within the BBC have really dropped in my lifetime. But tonight's "One Show" really takes the biscuit, or sandwich as the case may be.
First we have the highly dubious Earl of Sandwich story. But following this we had a couple of real gems;
1. The claim that triangular sandwich boxes where invented in the late 80's by Marks and Spencer. Which I find particularly odd because I remember being bought a sandwich before flying on holiday from Manchester airport in the mid-70's.
2. Then the 'sandwich expert' suggested that farmers would eat them as a traditional meal in the fields with cheese and onion. AKA the 'ploughman's lunch'. The ploughman's lunch is an infamous creation of the Cheese Marketing Board in the 1970's that created the who 'cheese with salad' concept to counteract suggestions that cheese was bad for you and the resulting drop in sales.
But before I could launch an email in their direction, Clive Anderson made exactly the same comment. So I'm in good company.
First we have the highly dubious Earl of Sandwich story. But following this we had a couple of real gems;
1. The claim that triangular sandwich boxes where invented in the late 80's by Marks and Spencer. Which I find particularly odd because I remember being bought a sandwich before flying on holiday from Manchester airport in the mid-70's.
2. Then the 'sandwich expert' suggested that farmers would eat them as a traditional meal in the fields with cheese and onion. AKA the 'ploughman's lunch'. The ploughman's lunch is an infamous creation of the Cheese Marketing Board in the 1970's that created the who 'cheese with salad' concept to counteract suggestions that cheese was bad for you and the resulting drop in sales.
But before I could launch an email in their direction, Clive Anderson made exactly the same comment. So I'm in good company.
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