Sorry, it's orff!

Can't agree with this idea of Gordon Ramsey that restaurants should be fined for using ingredients which are not in season in this country. Presumably, if this were ever introduced, it would be only a matter of time before there were calls for it to be extended to supermarkets not being allowed to sell such items. Quite apart from my natural dislike for anyone in any walk of life who says "I don't like this, therefore you shouldn't be allowed to do it", do we really want to go back to the days when you stuffed yourself silly with strawberries for three or four weeks around the end of June and beginning of July, because you knew it would be a year before you would see any again? One of the delights of the modern era is that it is now possible to get just about any foodstuff at any time of year - you may have to pay for the privilege, but it'll be there somewhere. As one who remembers when this wasn't so, I wouldn't want to give it up. Mr. Ramsey is entitled to his opinion - but then, so am I.