The know it alls have ruined so much food these days its a wonder anyone buys it. I grew up on Heinz beans and actually preferred Crosse and Blackwell ones but we did not have a lot of money as only dad worked and paid a mortgage so beans were often dished up in various ways and none us were ill, fat or mentally challenged from eating them, unlike now with all the processed foods that are really bad for humans
As far as my parents were concerned it was adult food, certainly not for children, tea and coffee were a no no too. The mother would have fainted at the thought of dishing up tinned beans.
Mushrooms are a must if fresh, if I get a breakfast from a cafe I always ask if they’re fresh or those nasty, catering tinned ones, they’re like eating snot 
The NHS guidelines might be appropriate in Liverpool or Glasgow most of the year ,and fish and chips but in the sweltering heat of Provance , you need a lot of electrolytes
Fair comment, so Salt | Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail 8.0g for men and 6.5g for women and children.
Is this some kind of modern trend? I see it more and more on food forums, hotel menus etc. I’ve only just stopped having devilled kidneys and a bottle of red Burgundy at breakfast.
Say no to baked beans
Greek yoghurt, blueberries and flaxseed these days along with a couple of glasses of Crémant.
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Not recommended for lorry drivers though. 
We were given baked beans out of a tin and dried eggs ‘scrambled egg’ for breakfast at secondary school in Scotland where the food was a horrible shock to my system.
Not all institution food is bad though, I boarded from 4 and our prep school food was delicious, apart from the tripe in béchamel which was loved by others but not me, luckily it was greatly appreciated by the school cat.
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They aren’t! Mind you on toast we do add some spices and a bit of heat. Not for breakfast though. And Badoit, well, that’s just water.
That’s a tricky one as well, real greek fermented yoghurt or a supermarket “greek style” cream with a tiny amount of dead ferment so it can just be classified as yoghurt. Sadly a lot going on in industrial yoghurt it seems.
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I know what you mean, IKEA on the north circular did a breakfast of the same powdered egg scrambled egg. I gave it straight back to them in their car park marginally digested
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Just as I was sitting down to lunch. 
Should have gone to the Ace Caff, is it still there?
Not tricky at all. In the UK I buy from a local farm, in fact I’ve made it there with them. I also buy from a small family farm when I’m in France in the Morvan. I spend three months a year in my house in Cyprus and have plenty of options close to hand.
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Looks like it is still there…albeit in a different form. https://london.acecafe.com/
Never been there myself.
Jack’s Hill near Towcester was a regular breakfast stop for years when running for the M1 out of So’ton.
Yes it is, believe it’s just closed for a refurb
For any other like minded folk interested in the history of food and drink.
You shouldn’t have high blood pressure, so it’s not suitable for everyone. And generally speaking, mineral waters are too high in minerals to be consumed exclusively.
BIL stops over at the Limes most mid weeks. Somewhere in midlands I believe but one of the favourites for truckers
I know/knew The Hollies just north of Brum, but that is from decades ago.
Yes, a favourite of mine years ago, but just up the road a bit on the other side was/is another cafe, The Coronation, and it was used for a film as the meeting place every night for 2 night trunkers, one from the NE and the other S. Wales I think. The highlight of their conversations were their experiences of the digs they used at either end.
SPOILER ALERT:
Turned out that the 2 landladies were, in fact, their 2 wives.
Of course I’m sure that @Franglais will be the first to agree with me in saying that nothing like that ever happened in reality. 
EDIT: The Limes was a good cafe but it was on the road between Nottingham and Ollerton, the Coronation Cafe was accurate but on the A5 just before the M6 I believe and the one I thought @Shiba was referring to was the 
a bit nearer to the motorway. Now what was it’s name?
Sailors had a wife in every port, and it took them weeks to get from one to t’other.
Loads of stories, but were lorry drivers worse than those who worked in offices etc?
But at one company we did have some exceptional Xmas parties.
No shortage of gin or other alcoholic beverages at all. Just a shortage of decorum.