![]() ![]() We wanted to make the audience feel angry about how unfair our country has become, and how awful it is that we just accept this state of affairs." Nevertheless, a couple of members of Parliament condemned it and some who watched insisted that, even as satire, it had been – forgive the pun – in poor taste.įor all the outlandishness of the concept, however, the programme's director Tom Kingsley tells BBC Culture that the show had a very sober purpose – to "satirise the way that the misery of the cost of living has become normalised. It was a spoof inspired by Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, the author's satirical 1729 essay suggesting that poor people in Ireland should sell their children as food to the rich, which was referenced at the end of the programme, both verbally by Wallace and in the credits. "It's all gravy, baby, because our babies taste great with gravy," chirped the voiceover on a promotional film.īy now, most viewers had realised. Then we learned that the company's new premium product would be meat created using "donations" from children. "You know there's something wrong when you've got to jump on a bus and go and have some flesh scooped out of your arm for money," she said. Wallace interviewed a 67-year-old woman driven by the cost of living crisis to, reluctantly, donate. The pair discussed the terroir aspect of the meat – does the stuff grown from donors in the North East of England taste different to that from donors in the South East?Īt this point, viewers were taking to social media to express their disgust but there was much worse to come. The enthusiastic Wallace enlisted chef Michel Roux Jr to sample some steaks with him. Wallace was given a tour of the production plant where 30kg meat "cakes" were grown in nutrient-rich tanks from thin slices of human flesh provided by paid donors. Good Harvest, we were told, is a company producing six tonnes of engineered human meat every day. – The documentary horror that still terrifies ![]() That’s right, a protein made from human cells". "This," he said, beaming and holding out a steak, "is engineered human meat. Wallace, a genial broadcaster best known for co-presenting the BBC's cooking reality show MasterChef, was fronting a half-hour Channel 4 programme about a new development in food technology. Stop by our neighborhood bakery cafe in TaylorsvilleĪnd see for yourself.On Monday night in the UK, viewers settled in to watch a new documentary, Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat, with mounting horror. ![]() You will probably remember this sandwich and want to come back for another one. You may realize you’ve never had a sandwich on fresh bread before this. It may be the best sandwich you’ve ever tasted. It will be served on bread that is not just fresh baked, but also freshly made from fresh ground flour - instead of frozen, mass-produced dough. The outside of your sandwich will be as good as the inside. ![]() When you order a sandwich at your neighborhood bakery cafe, you get fresh, real food, made by a real person who is happy to make it for you. It takes longer, but we’ve found there are no shortcuts to making exceptional bread, and that’s what we are here to do. Our approach to bread making and business has always been to do things the right way, and as our menu has grown, that philosophy extends to our other products as well. That means we use simple, honest ingredients and the best baking methods rather than the fastest or cheapest way. We are a bread company first, and above all, we do bread right. At Great Harvest, we are committed to making exceptional bread. ![]()
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