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[venta]

Walking round Tesco (pausing only to be amused by the sign which said "Stoned Fruit", because I'm very juvenile) I spotted on the fish counter some peppered mackerel fillets, 49p each.

Thinking they'd be nice in my dinnertime sarnies, and that they were very cheap, I bought a couple.

Standing at the checkout queue I observed the label the fish-counter lady has stuck on them: Hot Smoked Peppered Mackerel, Will Contain Bones. What?

After I'd paid, I went back to the fish counter to check. Yep, the label says Hot Smoked Peppered Mackerel Fillets.

And on my purchase: Will Contain Bones.

The thing about fillets, Tesco...

Post-buttie update: no bones. Halfwits.

(In case anyone's confused, the fish is cold. There's a process called "hot smoking".)

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

Really ? I'm usually quite paranoid about bones, and haven't ever noticed them in mackerel. It's one of the reasons I like it.

Anyway, I don't think I'd have objected if they'd said "May Contain Bones" in the usual arse-covering way. Or a warning about fine bones.

As it was, I nearly didn't buy the fish because I assumed I must have inferred the word fillet when it hadn't in fact been there.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

If mackerel contain unnoticeable bones, then I should make more effort to buy them.

I agree about the word "may".