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Writer's pictureSarah Tipper

Cottage cheese now more popular than chocolate with adolescent trick or treaters

The foodstuffs considered a treat by adolescents has changed from being mainly sugar based to being firmly protein based. Across the land this Halloween witches, Harry Potters, demons, zombies, skeletons and lazy cats clutched orange plastic cheery faced pumpkin buckets and sighed loudly at the offerings proffered on doorsteps which in no way aligned with their fitness journeys.


While walking on the actual journey between houses conversation was about what’s your favourite protein? Cottage cheese, previously just eaten by your chunky Aunty Margaret during the early part of the week before she gave up dieting again until next Monday, was a popular choice. A horror story was told about how previous generations wasted eggs by throwing them rather than showing them off in beautiful breakfasts on the socials.


One exasperated at the end of half term mother said her youngsters are mad for protein in the way she and her brother were mad for football stickers and scented erasers. One thing uniting the generations however was how much fun is it to be outside at night with friends and pretending to be frightened of small children dressed as diminutive ghouls.




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