how important is it that the food you eat is British?

Answer 1

I only eat the British national dish.........Chicken Vindaloo

Answer 2

If its British go for it you are supporting an important economy even though the major stores are ripping of the producers.
Less pollution.Less pesticides other countries spray stuff on their veg or feed there animals that are baned in UK.
Heard somewhere that the us was feeding there cattle all sorts of dreadful things to put on weight.
Yes oranges etc come from elsewhere,you cant buy a British orange, but look at the many apples that are grown in UK you only see a tiny minority in supermarkets. Check out your local farmers market, lovely food.

Answer 3

Absolutely important! I want to cut down on aviation pollution which is a major player in the destruction of the ozone layer. Anyway, there are so many good things on offer in this country! There is also an argument which says that if you eat locally produced fresh food, you are eating seasonally and more naturally. This, it seems, is better for you. I can see the logic in that and have tried to eat this way for the last year or so. I can confirm that eating winter foods in the winter and summer foods in the summer does seem to make sense to my "hmmn, what do I fancy today?" urges. Eating hand-collected blackberries, gleaned from the hedgerows and made into crumble, was one of this year's real culinary high spots, for me. :)

Answer 4

I think its more important that its farmed ethically and with ecological and economic sustainability ( big words eh ? )

So, that would exclude food that travels a lot, not because its from abroard, but because it costs too much polution to transport it. And it would exclude much food from abroad because of the cost importers pay for it...too low.

I think the supermarkets new policy of putting on UK farmers region and names is a cynical ploy to make us think they care. They don't , they still stuff the farmers on price, choice and quality because they have a monopoly of the buying market.

Farming is in economical meltdown in the UK, do people care...not judging by some of these answers.

Am i just a moaning farmer ? no, not really, i see the reality of this every day. But don't be suprised when your lack of caring turns Britain into a land of rich landowners who do nothing but breed horses, closing the land off to access, and all your food comes from abroad.

Answer 5

I don't usually consider the fact that the food I eat is British, I tend to buy what's healthy and most of the veg I buy is from about 40 miles away from me as I live in a rural area. You can't usually buy say, oranges from the UK, so you have to buy Spanish for instance.

Answer 6

Its important that the quality meat that I use in my cooking is Organic British meat as it helps the environment and supports the local British Farmers.

Its not important that I do not cook British meals though.

Answer 7

I goto a farmers market - the food is amazing, tastes how it used to years ago before all this mass-produced stuff got stocked on the shelves at supermarkets.

Don't get me wrong, I use supermarkets as the prices are cheap, but for special times, its nice to get to these places and buy it - it supports farmers and small producers of food.

Should never buy food produced in France on principle!

Answer 8

Not very much.
I'm from South Africa and when I'm out shopping I actually look out for fruit from my country. Waitrose very proudly sells SA fruit, so thats a treat for me.
I like to buy traditional foods from their country of origin eg Feta thats from Greece. For Indian food I only go to restuarants run by Indians.
Variety is the spice of life, and I like to sample food, including meat and veg from all over.

Answer 9

If I have the simple choice (same price and size) I go for British, as it keeps our farmers in business. It's only right, I feel.
In fact, 90% of the time, I go British.

Answer 10

I eat Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Italian, and French, when I'm not eating regular American dishes...

never heard of anyone importing British food... I always heard the Brits were famous for bad food...
that and crooked teeth...