printIf from the title of this post you’ve deduced that the newly christened European Onion (EU) had been regulating produce—then you are perfectly correct. “Curly cucumbers, crooked carrots and mottled mushrooms – odd-looking fruit and vegetables” had been barred from Europe’s markets and supermarkets by the Brussel sprouts that run that Continent.
BBC News: “July 1 marks the return to our shelves of the curved cucumber and the knobbly carrot,” said Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel.
“We don’t need to regulate this sort of thing at EU level. It is far better to leave it to market operators,” said the Patron Saint of the “wonky” vegetables.
I believe the appropriate response is LOL WUT?!
I just started using a ‘juicer’ for veggies and could care less what it looks like going in. I remember reading once about how the Chinese vegetables looked so ugly, but were so nutritious. Good thing the Euro’s never learned a taste for them. I don’t even want to comment about what I think of people regulating what I choose to eat or drink.