HAVE you voted yet? Been chomping to get to the polling booth, or just sick of the whole thing and want it to end.

Here’s a bit of light relief from all the political excitement of the last four weeks. What do our politicians like to eat?

GOURMET GORDON

Gordon Brown‘s favourite dish is ‘rumbledethumps.’ Eh? As Gordon Brown is a Scot, any Scot will tell you it is the delicious Scottish dish made from cabbage, swede and potatoes, often using leftovers from Sunday lunch.

England has Bubble and Squeak, Ireland Colcannon, and in Scotland, Rumbledethumps. He enjoys making vegetable and mozzarella parcels at the weekends for his family.

TORY DISH

On the other hand David Cameron’s favourite smell is food cooking on a bbq, but makes a mean Italian sausage meat pasta.

LIB DEM PAELLA

Nick Clegg’s wife is Spanish, so eats a lot of Mediterranean and Spanish food, Paella being one of his favourites when out as a family as they can all share it and he loves his wife’s ham & Cheese Croquetas. He does however have a favourite biscuit. Rich Tea (when no one is looking and can dunk) or HobNobs if not. Although apparently when he is back in his constituent he eats a lot of cakes which the Spanish aren’t very good at making!

Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish Party favourite is not surprising another Scottish dish Cullen Skink; Clare Short, The independent MP for Birmingham Ladywood is a fan of Japanese food – but she didn’t taste rice or spaghetti until she got to university and David Blunkett likes fine dinning (slightly different to his Yorkshire upbringing of bread and dripping).

As they say in the trade, revenge is a dish best served cold. Who will be celebrating tomorrow in No 10, living it up on Caviar and Champagne, or maybe they’ll just be making do with bubble and squeak, there is still a credit crunch you know….

Bookmark It

Hide Sites