Toast

I had to travel to Leicestershire for a family funeral last week and got a very early flight down from Glasgow to East Midlands coming back later in the afternoon of the same day. Tried several of the outlets at the airport for a bit of toast to go with my tea but it seems you can only get what's on the menu, and toast isn't an option. No problem if a pint of lager and a packet of crisps is your breakfast of choice at 6am though  Same when we stopped at Donnington services, you can any kind of cooked egg you want as long as it's poached, bacon baps or even a breakfast burger, but nobody will do toast. It was the same at East Midlands on the way back.

Does anyone remember the good old days before food outlets decided what we could have to eat 

H & S, fire risk you know.

Yep, the good old days were the best thing since..........what is it again  

Sounds great, apart from the dripping and salt that is  

The problem seems to be that so much of the foodstuff arrives precooked, ready to be reheated and sold. Bring back the “greasy spoon” 

The problem tends to lie with franchise operations where they have a fixed menu and the items are loaded into tabs on the till. The staff are unable to deviate from what is listed.

Like many of you folk (apparently) I was often given fried bread (that’s bread fried in dripping) for breakfast by my mother when I was growing up. One morning I was unwell and, since then, it’s been impossible to get the association between the two things out my head. I have the same issue with ginger wine