Cheap Cheese ??

We all like a good buy and the rise of lower cost food suppliers is making an impact on our choice of food options. But nothing is perfect in this world.
Currently we have the issue of is it beef or maybe horse or pig or a little bit of
all of them in low cost burgers.

Well were you aware of the following ( I should mention that the actual issue arose in 2009 but the fine applied this month)

Lidl pays € 1.5m for deadly cheese delay


Discount supermarket chain Lidl has been fined €1.5 million for leaving dangerous, Listeria-contaminated cheese on sale for too long. One person died after eating the cheese and three more became ill.
Listeria is a bacterium - usually eliminated in the pasteurization process - which causes serious infections in humans and can be life-threatening for people suffering from other illnesses, pregnant mothers or new born children.

We may be  aware of age and condition of Meat and Fish regarding safety but this could be a warning over cheese kept beyond it's use by date especially soft cheeses.

Vegi Options

Why oh Why do restaurants offer vegetarian Options.
It is so typical that menus list their various available dishes and then ,
Please ask for vegetarian Options!

Why is it so difficult to name and list the vegetarian dishes along with all other dishes.
It could be they might suggest that they sell less vegetarian dishes and so do not have a regular offering as it is not profitable.
Hey here is a thought , make the vegetarian dishes openly available and maybe more people would choose them. Not just because they are vegetarian but because they are an inviting and tasty dish.
I make a choice based on what attracts me, it might be meat, fish  or vegetarian, I like them all.
Just because I like steak it does not mean I never eat anything else.

I get really fed up with restaurants that treat Vegetarian food as a second rate option.
A restaurant near to me has a menu with the usual limited Vegi burger or some form of vegi tart etc..on their main menu, yet if you ask, they have a secret vegetarian menu with maybe 3 or 4 additional choices. Why are these not on the main menu ????
Oh and to finish my rant, why so much cheese? it is quite simple to make delicious dishes without either meat , fish or cheese.
Come on you restaurants have some imagination please.