Hen Fight

Me thinks me know why Johann is a bit miffed:

But this is Steyn's way with evidence: the extremely atypical is presented as universal, and the urban myth is presented as damning fact.

Someone else has nicked his schtick.

Happens to me all the time....

Dear readers, we are cannon fodder in the food wars being fought by rival PR men, marketing groups and supermarket chains. And the icing on the cake is a whole lot of dubious "research" by scientists published in an arcane publication, probably funded by - you've guessed it - the people who grow, sell or package food.

Remember when low-fat spreads were just brilliant for lowering your blood pressure and warding off heart disease? I know that secretly you thought; "How come no one in Sardinia is offering me Flora when I sit in a gorgeous fish café in Porto Cervo"