Shiny ball of fire spotted in sky
BRITS BAFFLED AS..
A BIG ball of hotness in the sky left Brits stunned yesterday. And the record-breaking phenomenon is due to continue TODAY before disappearing in time for the bank holiday. Phew!
VEGETARIANS will be left off guest lists for heatwave barbecues as hosts can’t be bothered cooking for them.
More than a quarter of meat-eaters would refuse to invite veggies and vegans to garden cook-outs because catering for their needs is too much hassle.
One-in-five carnivores admit they would tell them to bring their own food, rather than going through the faff of having a second kitchen on the go.
A poll by plant-based “meat” manufacturer Future Farm comes as the nation basks in record sizzling hotter-than-ibiza temperatures not seen for 53 years.
The mercury hit 24.2C in St James’s Park, central London, yesterday – slightly below the UK’S hottest ever March temperature of 25.6C, recorded in 1968 at Mepal, Cambs.
Millions of sunworshippers have already headed into England’s mini-heatwave for barbecues to toast the “rule of six” return and being freed from months in lockdown.
The anti-veggie findings were balanced by the fact almost half the population accepts that more barbies will be all veggie in the future to cater for the growing shift in diets.
A third of people in the Future Farm study of 2,000 adults said they worried about catering for other people’s children at parties due to their dietary requirements.
More than half intend to eat more plantbased meals in future, with one in four meateaters prepared to go vegetarian or vegan if they found tasty alternatives. Pedro Zuim, of Future Farm, said: “There’s no need to leave non-meat eaters off the barbecue guest list.
“Our products like the Future Burger bring meat-eaters and vegetarians together, without either having to compromise on taste.” Food innovation experts Alexandra Hayes and Lisa Harris added: “The future of food is almost certainly meatless, or at the very least with drastically reduced meat consumption. “We know the pandemic has reduced people’s meateating habits, as they’ve become more environmentally and health-conscious.”