Author: Phil Adams-Wright

Christmas is a time for families to gather and obviously a lot of food will be involved. Even though most people are trying to cut back on their shopping bill Christmas is still a prime time for eating some truly amazing food at the dinner table. Whether you love your roast turkey or roast potatoes (or both!) there’s always plenty to eat at Christmas and in most household there is normally plenty to go round the day after also.

One thing we should give consideration to though is where a lot of our food comes from, and who has worked hard to provide us with the food we eat. Many food workers in foreign countries such as South America, India and Africa work long hours for very little pay having been exploited this way by western traders and supermarkets for many years.

In recent years the plight of these workers has been made more obvious to many of us and the trend of fairtrade food and drink has become a key issue for many shoppers these days. In the aisles at our local supermarket these days we see more organic and fairtrade products ranging from coffee and tea to chocolate and fruits.

This Christmas it would be nice if more of us in this country thought of the good work being put in to providing a better wage and a better standard of living for these communities that work so hard to bring food to our country. There are plenty of situations this Christmas that could be accompanied by fairtrade products such as:
• Fairtrade clothing
• Fairtrade wines
• Fairtrade chocolates
• Fairtrade Coffee and Tea
• Fairtrade Honey and Sugar

The list of Fairtrade foods, drinks and products is always growing as more and more industries wake up to the needs of their workers not only for a better wage but for enhancements to their living environment such as new churches, schools and medical centres as well as clean drinking water too.

So this Christmas consider how your food shopping and other products could help workers in developing countries to benefit from these schemes that are improving their standard of living and by buying fairtrade products you’ll be letting the supermarkets that there is a need for these products and the issue of fair treatment for the food industry is a key issue to their customers.

There are plenty of fairtrade food at your local supermarket to choose from, such as chocolate, fruits and drinks such as coffee and wine.

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Author: Phil Adams-Wright

Christmas is a time for spending some quality time with our families and when you have a large family gathering then you can guarantee that a lot of food will be eaten. Even if you don’t have a large family group around for Christmas dinner itself there’s a good chance that you’ll be having family gatherings and parties all through the festive period and need some festive food to eat at some point.

The obvious food items we have at the dinner table over Christmas are the roast turkey, depending on the size of your family will determine how big your turkey needs to be. Turkeys are measured in kilograms usually and can be bought as whole or just turkey breast. It is probably better to get a bigger turkey than needed rather than a smaller one as you can always have turkey sandwiches the day after and there’s always one person who wants seconds.

Some households choose to make more than just turkey and have a second or even a third meat at the dinner table. A joint of ham or beef can be cooked alongside the turkey for those who maybe aren’t too keen on the dry turkey meat.

Another food item that gets associated with Christmas is what goes with the turkey, roast potatoes. The perfect roast potato can be tough to achieve but many people have followed the trend set by numerous celebrity chefs of cooking them in goose fat. Goose fat is a scarce commodity around this time of year so it’s a good idea to stock up now if you want to get the ultimate roast potatoes.

Christmas is also associated with Christmas pudding for obvious reasons, many people choose to buy premade puddings from a supermarket but some families may opt for a homemade Christmas pudding complete with brandy cream or choosing to indulge in the tradition of pouring brandy on and lighting it for a fun centrepiece to the table, just be careful to not spill the burning brandy!

There are many other foods for after dinner or even just as snacks when friends and families come round such as cakes and savoury snack and dips. One popular finale to family meals is a cheese board with a range of different cheeses, giving your guests a chance to have some of their favourites but also try out new varieties. Coffee is a regular drink families have around the dinner table, perfect for a relaxing drink after the dinner has been eaten and the children have gone back to playing with their toys.

Make sure you have a great Christmas period with your family and consider the fair trade foods you could buy as a part of your celebrations such as fair trade chocolate and fair trade coffee and tea.

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