Seems that 1 in 20 parents don't realise that an orange is part of your 5-a-day, yet 1 in 10 believe a Jaffa Cake does coz 'it's got oranges in, innit'.
And despite goverment wailings that a chocolate covered spange with a smashing orangey bit is most unhealthy, I concure with these irresposnsible parents, for Jafa Cakes do indeed contain orange, and therefore are a legitimate contribution to your five a day.
Worryingly, though, these self same parent belive that coke and spaghetti hoops are part of the 5-a-day plan, despite their total lack of fruit and veg...
Although, I'd like to claim that Spaggy Hoops is TWO of your five a day, with the tomato that going into the tommy sauce being claimed as both a fruit and a veg.
Spaghettit Hoops on toast, a bottle of cider, some jaffa cakes and a bottle of Perry - 1x tomato (veg), 1x tomato (fruit), 1x apple, 1x orange and 1x pear. Sounds good to me! Much better than the Governments insisted meal of:
- Half a courgette
- One apple
- TWO pieces of broccolli (gaaaah - the Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shoggoth! Quick, replace it with Egg in soup with pork pie/sausage roll side dish)
- THREE tablespoons of peas
- EIGHT Brussels sprouts (gaaaah- the Sprouts Of Evil arise again!)
- ONE bowl of salad
And just who eats 8 sprouts at any one meal? 4's a bit much - 6 is just pushing it too far! But 8?!?!?!
Even Elvis could only manage one - and that was in his ear!
