UK News 03-11-2004 who: Branston Pickle makers Premier Foods what: Warn of shortages after factory fire where: BURY ST EDMUNDS when: Yesterday snippet: Supermarket stocks of Haywards Pickles, Loyd Grossman sauces, Waistline saucesand the unique Branston brand will be in short supply for a few weeks, says The Scotsman, but a spokeswoman for the company has urged pickle fans not to "go out and desperately buy Branston for Christmas". In other food news, The Financial Times reports on a four-day experiment at Medway Community College in Kent "aimed at discovering whether its pupils would be won over by the sort of meals their parents ate" and The Telegraph says fumes emitted by teflon from a non-stick baking tray has caused the death of two budgerigars, a cockatiel and a parrot in Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire. The Mirror says £865million worth of food is binned every year "because people are too busy to eat it" and finally, The Telegraph`s science reporter Roger Highfield says triple Michelin star Heston Blumenthal has recruited a laboratory assistant with a PhD in computational biochemistry to help him research "molecular gastronomy". [... more]

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