Ah, the great Swiss Spaghetti Harvest...

[debgeisler]

People who know little of farming often have fascinating notions of where food comes from. A survey in Britain (and I have no doubt a similar survey in the US would have similar disconnects) highlights some rather amusing bits:

LONDON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A survey of British youngsters suggests 26 percent of the country's under-16 population erroneously believe bacon comes from sheep.

The survey of 800 children and adults, conducted for the Home Grown Cereals Authority and the National Farmers' Union, also suggests 29 percent of youngsters believe oats grow on trees and 17 percent of both children and adults are under the false impression that eggs are a necessary ingredient in bread, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.

I do object to the headline on the UPI story: "Survey: Brits think bacon comes from sheep." No. Kids (and only 26% of them) think bacon comes from sheep.

When I lived in Madrid, there was a store in my market area that sold what I called "meat bits Americans don't like to know about." :-) Many of my countrymen like to think that steak comes from styrofoam containers in the grocery store...