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UPDATE: A redacted version of the letter below was published in the “letters to the editor” section of the Irish Times on September 20th 2007.
There has been some recent controversy regarding critical remarks made by the German ambassador to Ireland. The Irish Times summary is: “The Department of Foreign Affairs has reprimanded the [...]

I came across Quorn today. It has a pretty interesting history – it was created initially to address the supposedly imminent global shortage in protein-rich foods. That shortage hasn’t occurred (yet) so its been targeted at vegetarians as a meat substitute. Also the fungus (actually a type of mold) itself is quite [...]