Eggs come from sheep, crisps are made of plastic and butterflies produce cheese - these are just some of the wrong answers given by children in a test of their knowledge of food sources, it was revealed.

The survey of more than 1,000 school children showed that nearly two thirds struggled to identify the origins of the everyday foods they eat.


Some thought beef burgers came from McDonalds or Burger King, that yoghurts were made using turkeys or ducks, ham came from the Co-Op, bacon from horses, goats or peacocks
and cheese originated from butterflies, rats or mice.


Less than one in four knew that beef burgers are sourced from cows, with 29% saying beef burgers came from pigs.

More than 1,100 youngsters from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, between the ages of six and eight, were questioned for the research
commissioned by rural insurance firm Cornish Mutual.


The survey was used to determine their level of awareness and knowledge of vegetables, dairy products and meat produce and to see if they were
able to recognise how they are sourced.


Other bizarre responses from pupils included children believing rabbits, plastic or sheep were the main ingredient of crisps (two thirds correctly identified
potatoes).


Some thought ice cream was made with cheese, air, fish or potatoes (43% correctly said milk or cream).

But children's overall level of recognition of vegetables was high, ranging from 98% for carrots and sweetcorn to a low of 44% for swede/turnip.


Levels of animal recognition were even higher, with all pupils correctly identifying cows, 99% for pigs, 98% for chickens and 97% for sheep.


Source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100202/tuk-children-believe-sheep-lay...


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Comment by Anti Oligarch on February 10, 2010 at 3:59am
I'd say that The Deliberate Dumbing Down Of America is working.
Worse still, they've made us blame each other for their crimes.
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Can we say, the byproduct of sheeple parents?

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