Tuesday 26 April 2011

Five-A-Day, I’m Lovin’ It

When the weather is warm and sunny, it is so much easier to eat fruit and veg, and I really enjoy salads [I’m trying to be abstemious with the rich dressings though]

Vetumnus was the god of fruit and veg in mythology, and Arcimboldo did this intriguing painting around five hundred years ago

vertumnus arcimboldo

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Sadly I see many families around me whose diet is defined more by Ronald McDonald than by Bob Flowerdew**.

Andy Council has produced this contemporary Vertumnus.

vertumnus andy council

It is quite alarming how little greenstuff there is in the fast food world!

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**You just have to love a gardener with a name like Flowerdew – especially when he lives in Norfolk and his first name is Bob!

5 comments:

  1. French Macdo' (as they call it) has a LOT of green stuff, both savoury and sweet, on offer. I'm not saying that people HAVE to eat it, but it's all available and I see it being eaten by children and adults when we go there. I'm interested that this may be exclusive to France!

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  2. Floss, I think you may be right - in France there is more green stuff on offer in 'Macdo' than here. I wonder too if French children generally grow up with a more positive attitude to veg?

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  3. I've always thought Mr Flowerdew is the perfect name for a gardener too.
    BTW, I am I the only one who goes to McDo's for the coffee? I'm lovin' it!

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  4. I'm vegan...guess which my favourite painting is! The modern meaty version made me feel quite ill to be honest.
    Jane x

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  5. Sometimes I think we need to discover more vegetables. At the grocery store, the choices seem so "same old" and broccoli makes my joints hurt. I agree with you about the dressings! It doesn't take too long to get used to the lighter offerings. I love that painting!

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