For years the EU, that august body of fine taste, has insisted that our carrots be straight and our cucumbers be..well..even straighter. Eschewed and cast adrift were all things knobbly! No knobbly carbuncled spuds, no lumpy bumpy apples, no...etc etc. Ah yes all must be round, neat and shiney. This might come as a shock to some but they dont come off the tree that way, nor up from the ground! Heavens no!
The grow at their own whim and come to life in all manners of shapes and sizes. A bit like us humans. We're all lumpy bumpy and carbuncled..yes check that mirror ! But whereas in the case of humans we are allowed to live, flourish and thrive (although in some cases that might be a mistake!) the poor humble veg of unholy shape, never makes it to the supermarket shelf. Its life is cut short, cut to the quick, unloved, unwanted. The big bad EU didnt want us to have nasty looking carrots or 'orrible looking auburgines. No way! So up to 20% of all veg was chucked or sold on cheaply for animal feed.
Now all has changed. A new policy of relaxation has seen the light of day at EU headquarters. Now instead of chucking all those horrible henrys away you will be able to buy allsorts of mis-shapes and sizes, and who knows there is a good chance the price will come down. So you will still be able to give the kids their carrots but at a cheaper rate. Means more carrots for you kids (kids everywhere leaping for joy!
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Sanity rules!