Richard Lochhead, a candidate in the Scottish National Party, has added a
food issue to his platform that he things will help his campaign. He has promised to fight to give Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status
to shortbread. PDO is a classification by the EU that aims to ensure that goods, if given a particular name,
originate from a single location. This would mean that the only official shortbread could come from Scots bakers, if
the biscuits were given protected status; other shortbreads would have to be described as
"shortbread-like." The Walkers bakery is a local
employer in the area Lochhead is campaigning in, so it seems like a good stand for him to take, even if shortbread is
unlikely to receive PDO status.Posts with tag scot
Biscuit platform may help candidate
Richard Lochhead, a candidate in the Scottish National Party, has added a
food issue to his platform that he things will help his campaign. He has promised to fight to give Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status
to shortbread. PDO is a classification by the EU that aims to ensure that goods, if given a particular name,
originate from a single location. This would mean that the only official shortbread could come from Scots bakers, if
the biscuits were given protected status; other shortbreads would have to be described as
"shortbread-like." The Walkers bakery is a local
employer in the area Lochhead is campaigning in, so it seems like a good stand for him to take, even if shortbread is
unlikely to receive PDO status.Man cooks in his sleep
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Pity Robert Wood. The Scot has a problem: he cooks in his sleep. According to an
article in the Sydney
Morning Herald, Wood routinely sleepwalks, but the real problem comes when he gets into the kitchen and
starts whipping up dishes - and he's not just heating up soup. His wife, Eleanor, has caught him making
omelettes and spaghetti bolognese in his sleep. As expected, the couple is a bit worried that Rob is
gonna burn down the house. "Every night, I have to think, 'Is Rob going to cook?'" says
Eleanor. And no - no mention of Ambien in the piece.
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