by Heid the Ba » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:38 pm
I was taken out for lunch today, a very rare perk in these troubled times. We had an excellent curry with rice and naan, washed down with chai, just the thing to set a chap up for the afternoon. The only problem was the idiot at the next table who regaled her friends with her dietary problems, specifically her inability to eat unpasteurised food. Now my recollection of these things is that all milk generally sold* in the UK for my entire life has been pasteurised, and in consequence most cheese, dairy etc. has been pasteurised at some point in the process and is safe. Not blue cheese, some other soft cheeses etc. but I really can't see a major problem.
How wrong I was, apparently all milk, all cheese, some breads and white rice are all unpasteurised and so inedible to this woman. The first two are pasteurised and I agree the second two aren't pasteurised but have no need to be but still, what do I know? I have no idea if brown rice is pasteurised or if she just never tries to eat it.
This is up there with the mindy outside the station one day handing out free samples of an energy drink:
Her: it is a natural alternative to coffee.
Me: eh?
Her: unlike coffee this is a natural stimulant.
Me: unlike coffee which is a bean that grows on bushes in the wild?
Her: but this is natural.
Me: so is coffee.
Repeat until I had to catch my train.
*it is possible to get "raw" milk but I suspect you have to look hard and pay a premium for it.
Get it up ye.