Pizza instead of wedding cake?!

A traditional wedding cake tends to have multiple layers and the couple will often have a fruit cake layer on top (I always think it's because no one likes fruit cake so the smallest layer is fruit cake to please the mother in law!) Then the other layers could be a Victoria sponge or chocolate sponge and they are beautifully decorated.

It is also traditional to keep the top layer of the wedding cake for your firstborn child's christening...however this wouldn't be possible if the cakes were made of anything that is perishable like chicken nuggets! 

This is the latest craze where people have been trying to make their wedding day extra special by making it personal to them and they have been doing this by not having a traditional wedding cake but rather choosing their favourite food as a substitute! 

A couple had chicken nuggets as their wedding cake stacked in tiers and recently another couple had pizzas as their wedding cake! I would have loved to have seen their guest's faces as they got a slice of pepperoni pizza after dinner!

I'm a traditionalist and personally would prefer a proper wedding cake made of sponge!

Wonky Vegetables

An interesting idea on the news this weekend stated that perhaps best before dates should be removed from food items as it causes a lot of food wastage each year and I actually agree this will prevent food that is perfectly fine being thrown away. 

I feel there are many ways to get around all this food wastage and this may be a good start! Another thing some retailers are doing is selling "wonky" vegetables at a lower price and these would normally be rejected just because they didn't fit a perfect specification such as size or colour the retailer demanded. To be honest, I am perfectly happy eating wonky vegetables especially if they are cheaper as it all goes down the same way!

With all the multi-promo offers  attracting consumers to purchase more than is needed it is easy to point the finger of blame to the retailers but consumers need to take some of the blame, retailers only make offers, they don't force purchases!

Food waste is a huge topic at the moment and more things need to be done to prevent food that is perfectly fine, being thrown away. All this food could be discounted or given to the homeless and food banks instead of being thrown away!

Below is an interesting article for more of the facts...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39747327?ocid=wsnews.chat-apps.in-app-msg.whatsapp.trial.link1_.auin