Snippets and gleanings - catering news
Giving good head There's been a lot of grumbling recently about short measures in pints of beer served in pubs, with complaints usually focusing on too much foam on top. Turns out there could be health benefits, though, after a scientific research project persuaded a dozen pubs to serve beer in two-thirds pint measures. Results showed that punters judged their intake in glasses rather than liquid volume and thus drank less. The British imperial pint, introduced in 1698, is 568ml, making it one of the world's largest standard beer units. Europeans favour 500ml, a US pint is 473ml, the Australian schooner 425ml. I've often thought we missed a trick not adopting the continental half-litre but calling it a 'metric pint', equating to O.88 of an imperial pint. Seems I was on to something. Cheers! Well, I'll be burgered! According to the National Burger Awards (yes, it's a real thing) Britain's best beef burger of 2024 is served in a pub in Peckham, South Lond