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[Pickman's model]

What the fuck is this?

she watches bake off

 

[Artaxerxes]

she watches bake off

So does the Department for International Trade but they don't cook apparently. Soya sauce?

 

[Raheem]

What the fuck is this?

It's a cabinet minister.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

So does the Department for International Trade but they don't cook apparently. Soya sauce?

Cheaper than what? a ) Cheaper than they would be with the EU-Japan trade deal, or b ) cheaper than they would be without any deal?

It's just b), isn't it?

Yay! udon noodles will cost exactly the same as they would have cost without doing anything. Go Brexit!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Sums Brexit up in a nutshell. Boasting about something not getting worse because of it.

 

[gentlegreen]

I actually buy Japanese miso and soy sauce so I am overflowing with joy.

 

[two sheds]

that's soooo shortsighted. I want my cheese back

 

[Raheem]

I actually buy Japanese miso and soy sauce so I am overflowing with joy.

With soy, surely?

 

[Winot]

As pointed out on Twitter, most soy sauce consumed in the UK comes from the Netherlands.

 

[two sheds]

Perhaps we could do a trade deal with the Dutch for it

 

[Raheem]

Willing to bet most udon noodles come from China

 

[two sheds]

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[not-bono-ever]

As pointed out on Twitter, most soy sauce consumed in the UK comes from the Netherlands.

Europort still handles most of the EU bound stuff these days- massively competent importation infrastructure in place that handles a shocking amount of gear. Its not the end of the world but the UK relies upon this infrastructure to piggy back its imported goods.Its what the dutchies have done well for centuries

 

[mx wcfc]

As pointed out on Twitter, most soy sauce consumed in the UK comes from the Netherlands.

Isn't that classic British condiment HP Sauce, made in the Netherlands too? I don't think I could cope with that.

 

[kabbes]

I wonder how much of this “originating in Holland” stuff is because of the tax loophole that allows companies to offshore profits from the Netherlands without incurring EU withholding tax.

 

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Racism on bake off, whatever next?

 

[Winot]

I wonder how much of this “originating in Holland” stuff is because of the tax loophole that allows companies to offshore profits from the Netherlands without incurring EU withholding tax.

Kikkoman has apparently been made there since 1997.

 

[Winot]

Isn't that classic British condiment HP Sauce, made in the Netherlands too? I don't think I could cope with that.

Apparently so.

How can HP sauce be an icon of Britishness? It's made in Holland

Artist David Mach is crowdsourcing 2,000 bottles of HP sauce to make a (possibly ironic) work exploring British identity, writes Jonathan Jones

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sprocket.]

Isn't that classic British condiment HP Sauce, made in the Netherlands too? I don't think I could cope with that.

There are two sources for HP sauce, the one that tastes most like the original is made in The Netherlands, another, that seems popular throughout European hotels is made in Spain and tastes sweeter.

 

[flypanam]

I believe the reason the Irish diaspora is alive, cherished, remembered and significant for so many is because of the traumatic circumstances that led to so much emigration in the past.
I also believe that many many Irish people who remain on the island are aware and sensitive to the regard held by descendants of Irish emigrants about their roots.
The concept of a 'plastic paddy' does exist, but it runs alongside the notion for many native Irish that there are new generations out there in the world who would still be welcomed 'home' and regarded as family.

In some sense that's true, but increasingly there is frustration with the antics of Irish Americans, and there is some downright loathing of emigrants who upped sticks and left because the 2008 great recession.

There is a loathing of the weepy fucks that cry about the home sod, who visit once in a lifetime and are shocked to discover that Ireland is not all comely maidens and cute hoors but somewhere that is increasingly more like everywhere else and increasingly not white and not catholic, and the vistors are seen as dupes to rip off with any auld tat.

Also the Irish Times is full of sad stories of people that left, only to return and finding it difficult to settle after so many years, the complaint being mainly that everyone has changed, that friends are no longer friends etc. The resentment being that they the emigrants, didn't suffer the austerity that Europe imposed.

Luckily, that doesn't affect those of us that left prior to the recession...

 

[Artaxerxes]

I’ve been informed Singapore and Canada do call it a Soya sauce so knowing is half the battle.

Soya sauce still isn’t Japanese and neither is a bao bun with a panda face though so.

I actually buy Japanese miso and soy sauce so I am overflowing with joy.

Supermarket miso is expensive for not much so I buy mine from an actual Japanese shop, soy sauce not so much because it’s so cheap elsewhere.

 

[two sheds]

Supermarket miso is expensive for not much so I buy mine from an actual Japanese shop, soy sauce not so much because it’s so cheap elsewhere.

Well when supermarket miso prices drop we'll have no complaints from you that Brexit has brought no benefits

 

[gentlegreen]

Supermarket miso is expensive for not much so I buy mine from an actual Japanese shop, soy sauce not so much because it’s so cheap elsewhere.

I don't live near a posh enough supermarket and the Japanese shop closed, so I buy non-organic Sanchi mugi from the local deli which is £3-something for 345g. I only get through about one pack per month ...
I'm overdue a trip to the (mostly) Chinese supermarket for dried shitake and seaweed, so I'll see if they actually stock it.

 

[MickiQ]

I wonder how much of this “originating in Holland” stuff is because of the tax loophole that allows companies to offshore profits from the Netherlands without incurring EU withholding tax.

One of the Govt's hope for Brexit is that if it allows companies to not pay taxes here, they will offshore profits from the EU to avoid paying taxes there.

 

[teqniq]

I don't live near a posh enough supermarket and the Japanese shop closed, so I buy non-organic Sanchi mugi from the local deli which is £3-something for 345g. I only get through about one pack per month ...
I'm overdue a trip to the (mostly) Chinese supermarket for dried shitake and seaweed, so I'll see if they actually stock it.

Chinese supermarket miso has MSG in it.

 

[two sheds]

One of the Govt's hope for Brexit is that if it allows companies to not pay taxes here, they will offshore profits from the EU to avoid paying taxes there.

There's a piece in this issue of Private Eye about the coming of British Freeports and the increase possibilities for creative fraudulent activities.

 

[krtek a houby]

Now available in Japan

 

[Pickman's model]

There's a piece in this issue of Private Eye about the coming of British Freeports and the increase possibilities for creative fraudulent activities.

I knew muggles would appear on this thread somewhere

 

[Flavour]

Chinese supermarket miso has MSG in it.

So what?

 

[ska invita]

Isn't that classic British condiment HP Sauce, made in the Netherlands too? I don't think I could cope with that.

and its originally a Spanish recipe IIRC

Chinese supermarket miso has MSG in it.

Bit of a generalisation no?
They all look the same these Chinese supermarkets