Eat, Drink and Be Merry

'Six slices a day is the well balanced way' the boffins back then told us all, but now I'm not impressed, they say 'wholemeal is best, and more healthy' their clarion call. For a good spirit lifter, an evening snifter was, we were told, good for the heart, now they say fourteen units (down from twenty-one) in a week keeps you safe, if you're smart. 'Drinka pinta milka day' the adverts said, it's good for the teeth and the bones, now 'half fat, low dairy' the choices are scary I may well just leave them alone. Our family had chips cooked in gallons of lard, spread dripping and salt on our toast, bacon ate with the rind, and no scraps left behind gravy made with the juice from the roast. We ate this sinful food with no qualms or remorse and left the table feeling full, those boffins may be right but I think, with hindsight that their lives must be terribly dull.