There isn't any money for the local authorities, it's been spent in the south!

Hogwash. Firstly that money Boris is investing was announced last year and I would guess would be from a contingency fund for events like this (funds that ALL councils have) along with moneys from HM Gov and insurance claims.

You don't see people in the South moaning when Sheffield got millions to improve or when the whole of the Arndale in Manchester was rebuilt.

Maybe not on RLFans, but plenty were at the time.

Thats odd, because I'm sure that there is a rlbloody big arenarl sprouting up on the skyline in Leeds at the moment that is part-funded from public money.

We'll also have a rl£350m retail complexrl open up in the city centre later this year and work is likely start on expanding the White Rose Centre

I have to agree with coddy.

Proper fish and proper meat is so far superior that given the choice i would always get the better quality.

The issue that some raise about price is true BUT i would say that you get more taste and satisfaction from a smaller portion that the price works out the same.

Buying cheaper cuts and eating a lot of it is neither good value or a good tasting experience.

The other advantage of eating the better quality stuff as that you are not eating too much and is a good way of portion control. Quality over quantity

He is also right about BASSA fillets. Tasteless and full of pollution DO NOT EVER BUY THIS FISH

I assume you mean cheaper / lower quality meat? Cheaper cuts as used for slow cooking are good value and by the very nature of the cooking process are good tasting. This of course assumes the meat has been produced and hung correctly.

Indeed, I remember a famous lisping chef extolling the virtues of bone in shoulder of Pork, which f'd up the availability of my favourite sunday roast for months!

Yes you are right to make that point.

Oxtail is a very cheap cut but possibly one of the tastiest

Don't dismiss lamb breast either.

Morrison's sell a small 1/2 sheet for about £1.25, My local butcher sells whole breasts for 75p each. Either bone them, then roll & stuff 'em or simply season and place the racks in a hot oven and eat like you would pork ribs

I saw a documentary a few months ago on this fish (or something very similar), where the reporter visited the farm in Vietnam and found some of the fish had been deliberately mutilated (think it was one eye removed..IIRC??) as it enhanced the virility in the male allowing them to increase their stocks.

Looked rank to be honest!

I think you're getting a bit confuddled mate. It's farmed tiger prawn that sometimes have one eye removed to increase fecundity in females.

There's one weird treatment that pangasius suffer thoughs[/is was best