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What do BA mean by "homemade"?
I haven't noticed it before but on the menu for BA116 in First there are two dishes include the adjective "homemade". The fillet of beef is served with "homemade gnocchi" and the Bistro selection has "Hot chocolate with warm homemade pecan nut cookies".
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I would interpret this to mean that the items are made in the caterer's own kitchens (as opposed to being bought in from an outside mass-market producer).
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I would just treat it as some way of convincing the consumer that the product is special.
Same sort of thing as "Aunt Bessie" or whatever farm Tesco came up with apparently etc. A branding that makes you think more of it. |
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Well they better be following the FSA's labelling laws, wherever it is made : Attachment 11569
RECOMMENDED CRITERIA FOR THE USE OF THE TERM “HOME-MADE” 81. “Home-made” is a term defined very simply and specifically in dictionaries: • made or prepared in the home; of domestic manufacture; • made at home using traditional methods rather than by a manufacturer; • made by oneself; • crudely or simply made. 82. Consumers understand the term “home-made” to mean food prepared in a domestic kitchen rather than in a factory or a manufacturer’s kitchen. The use of the term, if unqualified, should accordingly be restricted to the broad criteria above. 83. In order to avoid visual misrepresentation, factory-made foods should not be shown being made in small kitchens, farmhouses etc. 84. In order to accommodate the production of meals and dishes on commercial catering premises, the term “home-made” should be restricted to the preparation of the recipe on the premises, from primary ingredients, in a way that reflects a typical domestic situation. This should not be achieved simply by the assembly of wholly pre-prepared elements, or simple reconstitution from dry base mixes, but must involve some degree of fundamental culinary preparation. As in domestic preparation, it would be legitimate for caterers to use partly-prepared ingredients that are available for domestic use; typical examples could include the use of pre-prepared raw pastry, bakery bread in desserts or stock cubes in sauces. |
Originally Posted by xenole
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I would just treat it as some way of convincing the consumer that the product is special.
Same sort of thing as "Aunt Bessie" or whatever farm Tesco came up with apparently etc. A branding that makes you think more of it. |
I don't believe it is the case for JFK-LHR, but LHR-JFK flights are catered for by Do&Co in J and F, and Do&Co always has a lot of "home made" dishes on its menu. I think that they are exactly what they say, so when they say "home made pasta" for instance, they won't just buy barilla but instead make their own dough in their kitchen and make the pasta, and exactly the same with home made yoghurt, home made strawberry jam, etc.
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Originally Posted by HIDDY
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I imagine you're right and nothing to get too worked up about. After all we all know Kentucky Fried Chicken isn't produced in Kentucky.
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Originally Posted by callum9999
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I know I'm analysing a simple remark way too much (I have time on my hands!) but unless I'm mistaken, they changed their name to KFC (as in that's the actual name, not an acronym). Though Kentucky Fried Chicken was a brand, not a statement of the origins of the food - unlike "home made".
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Originally Posted by callum9999
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KFC (as in that's the actual name, not an acronym). .
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
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It would be hard for KFC to be an acronym
How was KFC not an acronym for Kentucky Fried Chicken? |
A kindly Italian grandmother with her hair in a bun and flour on her apron has knocked it up on the big wooden table in her Tuscan kitchen, whilst listening to the Flower Duet :p
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Originally Posted by callum9999
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How was KFC not an acronym for Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Correction, May 3, 2004:This piece originally referred to KFC, TCBY, ESPN and YM as acronyms. Linguistic sticklers have since pointed out that these abbreviations are not, in fact, acronyms. An acronym is a pronounceable word that consists of the first initials or syllables of the words in another phrase—think PAC for "political action committee," or snafu for "situation normal all f----d up." Only if the chicken-eating public regularly pronounced the name KFC as "kuffick" could Slate safely term it an acronym. We stand corrected. Return to the first corrected instance. |
Originally Posted by henkybaby
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As found elsewhere:
How does a pointless discussion about "handmade" designation can transform itself to a pointless discussion about "KFC" being or not being an acronym. That's FT & I Love it! |
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