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I’m calling it on the food

94 replies

Renamed · 04/12/2024 18:52

As perfectly normal food items such as chicken sandwiches and semi skimmed milk have been declared left wing, I am hereby making the divide

Left wing food = Food, including
bread
butter
cheese
milk
tea
coffee
WINE
all vegetables, grains and pulses and their products
all cooking oils
fungi
fruit
salads (obviously)
pasta, rice, cous cous etc
nearly all the meat
nearly alll the booze.
and fish

Right wing Food:
Foie gras
600 year old whisky
Human growth hormones
the skin of a newly born badger
the last coelacanth
laboratory grown crisps obtained by entering a life long contract with Elon Musk
and they can have parsnips

OP posts:
livanlaterlaterlater · 04/12/2024 23:27

noblegiraffe · 04/12/2024 19:16

Anything gluten-free is woke.

Right wing is the Great British Fry-Up

So my granddaughter who is vegetarian aged 4 , now diagnosed with Coeliac Disease..an auto immune disease that attacks her bowels is WOKE ...really?!!

NautilusLionfish · 04/12/2024 23:50

livanlaterlaterlater · 04/12/2024 23:27

So my granddaughter who is vegetarian aged 4 , now diagnosed with Coeliac Disease..an auto immune disease that attacks her bowels is WOKE ...really?!!

I wouldnt take it so seriously. We are basically incredulous at the articles in the press crying this food is woke! Its crazy. We are taking a piss.

Sorry about your daughter. It can be tough!

MrsCatE · 05/12/2024 00:18

Tomahawk Steak. Definitely Right Wing.

MiddleClassWomanOfACertainAge · 05/12/2024 00:39

GoldenLegend · 04/12/2024 19:58

You can have mine. Please do. Also the Jerusalem artichokes.

Jerusalem artichokes are Hot Air Central, so definitely right wing.

Monty27 · 05/12/2024 04:07

Tinned or fresh salmon is left and smoked salmon is deffo right.

Huonneyywisshful · 05/12/2024 04:11

The world has gone crazy.

Joystir59 · 05/12/2024 05:57

Merrymess · 04/12/2024 19:29

The right wing can have celery and bananas.

Excuse me, no they can't!

UpTheMagicChristmasTree · 05/12/2024 06:02

The right can have the caviar too. Horrible stuff.

friendconcern · 05/12/2024 06:07

livanlaterlaterlater · 04/12/2024 23:27

So my granddaughter who is vegetarian aged 4 , now diagnosed with Coeliac Disease..an auto immune disease that attacks her bowels is WOKE ...really?!!

Have you read the thread? It’s a piss take of idiots like Nigel Farage.

Mummyoflittledragon · 05/12/2024 06:14

Semiramide · 04/12/2024 19:21

But what about champagne socialists??

Clearly left. Ask the current cabinet. That’s drinks cabinet or governmental. Sometimes interchangeable.

MayaPinion · 05/12/2024 06:16

Right wing food:

Liver and onions
Sausages
Hotpot
Rich Tea biscuits
Sherry
Corned beef
Luncheon meat
Turnips

HumanRightsAreHumanRights · 05/12/2024 07:30

Which side gets the coffee and the chocolate?

I may base my entire political identity on the answer to this very important question.

Aroastdinnerisnotahumanright · 05/12/2024 08:18

In the US there was an outcry from right wing politicians when Michelle Obama grew rocket (arugula) in the white House garden, apparently it's too fancy to be American and she should have been ashamed. I imagine they prefer iceberg lettuce.

Regarding turnips, definitely right wing as endorsed by Therese Coffey.

AnImaginaryCat · 05/12/2024 08:36

HumanRightsAreHumanRights · 05/12/2024 07:30

Which side gets the coffee and the chocolate?

I may base my entire political identity on the answer to this very important question.

Just called "Coffee" = right
Anything not just called coffee = left

Similar thing with chocolate, but some what more nuanced. Do feel salted caramel chocolate is left though.

username299 · 05/12/2024 08:44

Right Wing
Syrup
Chlorinated chicken
Lamb
Game birds
Fish
Plastic bread
Monster munch
Maltesers
Unpasteurised dairy products
Margarine
White sugar

Left Wing
Artisanal bread
Hummus
Butter with salt crystals
Plant based milk
Tofu
Olives
Filtered water
Champagne
Fruit cordial
Homemade cake
Chickpeas
Lentils

WhySoManySocks · 05/12/2024 08:54

NautilusLionfish · 04/12/2024 19:05

I'll bite.
Bread is only left-wing if its artisanal and/or 72 hour sourdough bread. Milk if its vegan/plant based. Organic cow milk is center left. Meat only if its sustainable venison or rabbit. And the occasional organic. Pasta only if its handmade or made by hand in some vague Italian village made from near extinct durum wheat

Jeez. I’m left wing but after your post not sure I can afford it anymore. I guess I better join the Tory party and start thinking of some offhand unpleasant comments about the immigrants. Sigh.

hettie · 05/12/2024 09:15

So hang on ...where does my legendary Duck Ragu sit in all of this?

AllIsMerryAndBright · 05/12/2024 09:18

Monty27 · 05/12/2024 04:07

Tinned or fresh salmon is left and smoked salmon is deffo right.

Absolutely not! I need smoked salmon to eat with my socialist champagne darling! 🍣🍾🥂✊🏾

NautilusLionfish · 06/12/2024 11:58

I have been watching clips from Thin blue line and this thread made me think of this (@1.54 min) and

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb8KdBkTnr4

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