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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • tom@lemmy.fmhy.mltoUKCasual@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 year ago

    Do they not have to say what percentage is actually meat? Where I live (not UK), if I look at, say, ham slices, the ingredients list will say something like “meat (85%)” and then water, and salt and other things. Cheap meat is only about 55-60% meat. Fancy packages are like 92% or 95%. I’m not exaggerating even slightly. I bought ham yesterday and settled on the 85%.

    Edit: I checked beef and chicken-turkey mince in my fridge. 82% and 92% (77% chicken and 15% turkey).






  • I have to say I’ve never seen people let their water sit or boil it, and I’ve been all over the place since 2010 in Spain. I know for hard (not heavy :)) water you can install (expensive) systems between the incoming water and your taps that can soften it, but I don’t know how common they are. I would drink the tap water from any town in Spain without a second thought. Wouldn’t you? A finca in the countryside, I might be sceptical, or a service station in the middle of nowhere, maybe not, but any “built-up” area, for sure.


  • tom@lemmy.fmhy.mltoUKCasual@lemmy.worldMonday morning thread
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    1 year ago

    It’s scant comfort, I’m sure, but 20 years later I still have fond memories of my primary school sports days with one of my parents watching. They had to participate in some silly races, too, I think.

    Secondary school was a no-parents affair (and just an excuse to doss off somewhere in the vicinity of an athletics track if you weren’t particularly sporty).

    Good luck! Hopefully one of the children will do something scandalous like deliberately trip a competitor to liven things up.