PEPERAMI ‘BAN THE BLAND’ Q & A WITH JOE SWASH
Joe Swash has been challenged by Peperami to take on the nation’s food fails and trial Britain’s saddest snacks. Calling for Brits to #BanTheBland, Joe offers a solution with his very own edible ‘British Tapas’ to be tucked into during summer soirée and picnics in the park. To watch the full episode, visit @PeperamiTV on Instagram.
dreading! I wanted to see if some of the strange combinations could be wonderful, but on the day, they were just plain awful. Disastrous dishes included peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches and cold kippers – anything fishy turns my stomach!
Is there a food or snack you could live on forever? What are the family always munching on? Are there any quirky food combinations that you, Stacey or your kids have?
People think that because I have been in the jungle and have eaten Tell us about the ‘Ban the Bland’ a kangaroo testicle, these types of campaign with Peperami! What challenges are a breeze for me – but made you want to get involved? Is that isn’t the case at all! there anything you were dreading or looking forward to as part of the My favourite part of the day was experiment? creating my snack solution – ‘British Tapas – a local take on the famous As a nation, we’ve got a bit of a finger food favoured by those in Spain. reputation for our food being bland As a family, we love nothing more and boring. So, when Peperami than exploring the great outdoors. asked me to get involved in the With the summer holidays in full campaign, my competitive nature swing, Peperami gave me the power came out and I jumped at the to create something really cool that chance to take part, eager to show could be enjoyed either at home in the people how we can do it better. garden or during a picnic in the park. As part of the experiment, the crew had me try some of the What food to you is boring Joe, what nation’s food fails – which I was are your food or snack nightmares?
I am a man of simple pleasures. If I want a snack, it will be something that fills me up. I’m old fashioned – meat, veg, potatoes.
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Anything with coriander or parsley – it’s like eating perfume!
Stacey loves all that fancy stuff; she’ll whip up strawberries and cream on pastry – that is my worst nightmare! And her snack habits have just got stranger now that she is pregnant! She likes to eat raw cauliflower coated in mango chutney, mayonnaise, then mixed with curry power. She loves it, but it makes my stomach churn making it for her. For me, I put jam on my cornflakes with a dash of milk in the morning. My grandad used to do it and now I do. I used to think it was gross, but
