What do BA mean by "homemade"?
May 19, 2016, 4:48 pm
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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".
Whose home are they using?
Whose home are they using?
May 19, 2016, 5:00 pm
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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).
May 19, 2016, 5:12 pm
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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.
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.
May 19, 2016, 5:16 pm
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Well they better be following the FSA's labelling laws, wherever it is made : markcritguidance.pdf
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.
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.
May 19, 2016, 5:59 pm
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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.
May 19, 2016, 6:15 pm
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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.
May 19, 2016, 6:24 pm
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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".
May 19, 2016, 6:49 pm
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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".
May 19, 2016, 8:06 pm
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May 19, 2016, 11:18 pm
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I'm confused? Thinking I was being an idiot and using the wrong word, I looked up acronym and Wikipedia says "an acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO)".
How was KFC not an acronym for Kentucky Fried Chicken?
How was KFC not an acronym for Kentucky Fried Chicken?
May 19, 2016, 11:23 pm
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As found elsewhere:
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.
May 20, 2016, 12:26 am
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I just went from reading the thread with my coffee at the office still half asleep to laughing out loud.
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!
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!