Brussels, anyone? Brussels!

Well hello all you good people in the Vending Village

With just a couple of weeks before the great end of year festivities, it seems only fitting that today's blog is all about Brussels...  

Entrée:  Brussel Sprouts

The Brussels sprout is a cultivar in the Gemmifera group of cabbages (Brassica oleracea), grown for its edible buds. The leafy green vegetables are typically 2.5–4 cm (0.98–1.6 in) in diameter and look like miniature cabbages. Apparently (and we have not verified this fact with our friends in Belgium), the Brussels sprout has long been popular in Brussels, Belgium and may have originated there.  What we do know is that they are better after a sharp overnight frost and that they somewhat divisive!  Love them or hate them, they appear on Christmas menus across the UK

Après:  Brussels served in the style of EU

The place where EU regulations and other such jolly tomes are created.  Currently, we are grappling with Regulation 1169/2011, Food information for Consumers.  Whilst this may be briefly inconvenient and thought-provoking for the vending industry, it bodes well for the consumer.  Many of you may know that we have a Coeliac consumer at 24vend for whom all things gluten are pretty unpleasant.  Gluten is just one of the 14 allergens with which we need to grapple.  Everyone’s favourite allergen has to be the Lupin (Lupinous for those out there who love a little bit of Latin before breakfast!).  Any road up, 24vend believe that this regulation is a little bit of Newton; for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction ie an issue is just an opportunity in disguise…  So to our friends in Brussels, we embrace you, gluten, shellfish, lupin and more! 

Enfin:  Brussels served in the style of EVA

If you’re not planning to be at this week’s EVA AGM and Workshop, get booking.  The agenda is brimful of topics that are important to our industry and we should all be part of the conversation.   It’s no secret that 24vend will be there and that part of our agenda is to find the amazing chocolate train that we showed you a few weeks ago.  We will, of course, be blogging and tweeting the news, so if business is keeping you busy elsewhere, you need look no further; happy to be of service.

Anyway,  whatever you’re up to this week, we hope it’s successful and advendturous!

From the friendly Vending Geeks – go Brussels, go!