The post you are reporting:
My pleasure Colette.
And now for lupins!!! This, straight from the Food Standards Agency website:
"Lupins are common garden plants, related to legumes such as peanuts, peas, lentils and beans. The seeds from some types of lupin can be used in foods such as seeded bread and can also be ground to make lupin flour, which is used sometimes in foods such as pastries.
Allergy to lupin has been recognised for some time in mainland Europe, where lupin flour is used widely in food products. This type of allergy only seems to have started emerging in the UK quite recently, since lupin hasn't been used much in food products here. Lupin allergy can cause severe reactions, including anaphylaxis, but there have been very few confirmed reports of lupin allergy in the UK so far. People who react to one legume may also react to others.
Food labelling rules require pre-packed food sold in the UK or the rest of the European Union (EU) to show clearly on the label if it contains lupin (or if one of its ingredients contains it).
Because lupin flour is used more widely in mainland Europe, people who are allergic to peanuts or lupin should be especially careful when staying in other European countries or eating pastries etc. brought back from there".
I confess surprise as I long thought lupins were something only Dennis Moore was passionate about! Cue, Python:
"Male Peasant (dressed largely in a lupin suit) Try and eat some, my dear. It'll give you strength. (Dennis Moore reverently approaches the bed; the male peasant looks round and sees him) Oh Mr Moore, Mr Moore, she's going fast.
Moore Don't worry, I've... I've brought you something.
Male Peasant Medicine at last?
Moore No.
Male Peasant Food?
Moore No.
Male Peasant Some blankets perhaps... clothes... wood for the fire...
Moore No. Lupins!
Male Peasant (exploding) Oh Christ!
Moore (astonished) I thought you liked them.
Male Peasant I'm sick to bloody death of them.
Female Peasant So am I.
Male Peasant She's bloody dying and all you bring us is lupins. All we've eaten mate for the last four bleeding weeks is lupin soup, roast lupin, steamed lupin, braised lupin in lupin sauce, lupin in the basket with sauted lupins, lupin meringue pie, lupin sorbet... we sit on lupins, we sleep in lupins, we feed the cat on lupins, we burn lupins, we even wear the bloody things!
Moore Looks very smart.
Male Peasant Oh shut up! We're sick to death with the stench of them. (sound of a miaow and then a bump) Look. The cat's just choked itself to death on them. (we see a dead cat with lupins coming out of its mouth) I don't care if I never see another lupin till the day I die! Why don't you go out and steal something useful! "
Now, even I've had enough of lupins!