Paper Monitor
11:52 UK time, Thursday, 8 December 2011
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Paper Monitor has been purging itself ahead of the big Christmas food-fest, so it is with interest that it notes a number of food related stories in today's papers.
A story on the Daily Telegraph's front page reports that the Brussels sprout is back and joy of joys, it's supersized - . Last year's freezing conditions lead to a shortage of sprouts, while this year's milder weather means they have grown at a faster rate and ripened early. Apparently they are also sweeter and more flavoursome. Tell that one to the kids.
Kids, we know can be very picky - particularly when it comes to the packed lunch. But not, it seems, as fussy as policemen in one Scottish force, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
A 10,000-word document from Lothian and Borders Police to caterers bidding to provide the sandwiches, crisps and drinks for officers on the beat demands that, , including prawn mayonnaise. Seventy-five percent of the baguettes must be white, the rest brown.
Brussels sprout bap anyone?
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