Its something that doesnt seem to have surfaced in the UK yet but The Times (5th August) reports that President Macron is going to the EU Court of Justice in an attempt to ban the use of the term burger in anything that does not contain meat.
There are several agendas running here. Firstly The Times has an obsession with French eating habits. It would require someone more expert in the specific historical context than myself to fully decipher why this is. However the British ruling class has seen French cuisine (rather than British)as the symbol of fine dining. One needs to look no further than the cookbook Churchill’s chef prepared to underline the point.
Secondly Macron’s move is dictated by the economic and political clout of French agriculture and in particular the meat industry known as the ‘breeding lobby’.
Figures from 2020 suggest that the French consumed more meat annually- 113kg than the British-98kg and Germans 92kg. However Americans consumed 149kg and Australians 145kg. These statistics should probably taken with a pinch of salt.
The real story here is the start of a culture war against the Veggie Burger
No problem..call it a veggie patty…