Beer in the Headlights

Not only is Gordon Ramsay a hot tempered and verbally abusive SOB, but he also wants to dictate what you can eat and when you can eat it.

Celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay said restaurants should be fined if they serve out-of-season fruit and vegetables.

"I don't want to see asparagus in the middle of December. I don't want to see strawberries from Kenya in the middle of March. I want to see it home-grown," he said after raising his concerns with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

"Fruit and veg should be seasonal. Chefs should be fined if they don't have ingredients in season on their menu," he told the BBC on Friday.

Ramsay, whose London restaurants include Petrus and The Savoy Grill, said Britain had become a nation of lazy eaters who followed trends and fads rather than substance.

"There should be stringent laws, licensing laws, to make sure produce is only used in season and season only," he added.

The sad thing... The British government will likely fall for this bit of dietary totalitarianism.

Just wait until the ecotards here in the US catch wind of this idea. It's just another angle from which they can attack the free market and have more sway over the lives of others.

I'm fed up with the whole "local food" thing. I live in Georgia. Think I like my citrus? Darn straight I do. If idiots like Ramsay have their way I'll only get to eat citrus fruit in citrus growing regions, and only when it's in season.

One more aspect of this asinine idea? Think of what it will do the the farmers of developing countries where most "out of season" produce is grown. It will put them out of business.

Just another example of how elitist liberals just hurt the little guys.