Has anyone ever bought 3 cucumbers at once?

[T4tomo]

According to Thérèse Coffey, Defra secretary of state, we should all relish the turnip season, as our ancestors did before British Privateers discovered tomatoes, salad, spaghetti and other foreign crops.

what is a turnip if not a huge radish?

we ate loads of turnips & swedes as kids as we grew a field of them for winter food for the dairy cows, so turnip and carrot mash was a staple.

not sure I ever had turnip salad though.

 

[Oldhippy]

Local green grocery has the usual mostly locally grown lots of everything, no plastic, local travel miles, decent price. If anything this apparent shortage highlights how wrong it could go now most areas rely solely on giant supermarkets and supply chains. I'm sure people pointed out early on what would happen if we abandoned local retailers but that'll never happen.....Will it?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Aldi Kendal was out of stock of Toms and Morrisons only had Plum Toms left so that's what we now have.

We are hoping that the Plum Tomatoes Three Day Futures market has a sharp uptick and we can sell them on. 🙂

 

[Grant Fondo]

i love that 'Wonky' veg from Morrisons, the carrots are so cheap compared to the 'posh' ones with the green bits left on .... 39p/kg compared to say Waitrose rainbow carrots, £14/kg !!

 

[tom73]

i love that 'Wonky' veg from Morrisons, the carrots are so cheap compared to the 'posh' ones with the green bits left on .... 39p/kg compared to say Waitrose rainbow carrots, £14/kg !!

Grading of vegetables and fruit is another example of food madness as is growing fruit to fit packaging. The amout of wonky, too big , split ect that's perfectly usable. Yet left to rot in orchards or dug back into fields is criminal in cost to farmers/growers , the environment and food poverty to name three.

 

[presta]

No visible shortages here this week.

It's only here in Brexitland.
People have been Tweeting photos and videos of shelves groaning under the weight of fruit & veg from Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Belgium, Ireland, Morocco, and even Kyiv.
If the weather creates a shortage, the first ones to go without will be the tedious high-maintenance customers who sap the suppliers' time and energy.

 

[steveindenmark]

We are not having this problem in Denmark.

 

[vickster]

It's only here in Brexitland.

Essex?

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

Grading of vegetables and fruit is another example of food madness as is growing fruit to fit packaging. The amout of wonky, too big , split ect that's perfectly usable. Yet left to rot in orchards or dug back into fields is criminal in cost to farmers/growers , the environment and food poverty to name three.

I make a point of buying "wonky" vegetables and berries at Aldi and Tesco. The dog doesn't care what shape his carrots are, I cut them into small pieces when cooking for ourselves, and berries go onto my breakfast cereal.

 

[Chislenko]

As someone who doesn't really eat vegetables all I can say is

LEAVE MY MEAT ALONE!

 

[sheddy]

At least when Diz Truss was prime minister there were fresh vegetables to measure her time in office

 

[Reynard]

I make a point of buying "wonky" vegetables and berries at Aldi and Tesco. The dog doesn't care what shape his carrots are, I cut them into small pieces when cooking for ourselves, and berries go onto my breakfast cereal.

I'm much the same. The "keen cook" part of my brain is only concerned about how something tastes. However, the "doctor of engineering" part of my brain gets the logic about uniformity and packaging.

The "parsimonious bargain-hunter" part of my brain is the one that (largely) makes the choice. Although if something isn't nice, I won't buy it, no matter how cheap it is.

 

[presta]

 

[Andy in Germany]

Local new reports picked up the story of the lack of fresh food in UK Supermarkets.

I can always tell when the local media has got hold of a UK story because customers start asking me about it.

 

[Paulus]

Our local greengrocer has just published a photo showing an abundance of fresh produce on their shelves.

My local grocer has everything. No shortages there.