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To ask where all the Taramasalata has gone?

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NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 12:14

Just that.

Not a single supermarket near me has any, Tescos said out for 3 weeks in every branch for 50 miles and no expected in date.

Really fancied some for lunch 🤨

Who had eaten it all?

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Checkenberger · 30/10/2024 21:26

I saw some in an asda in Northumberland today whilst on a hunt for Marmite snax. So if you find any of mine, I'll go back for the taramasalata and we'll do a swap

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NameWithChange · 30/10/2024 21:18

Just here to say there is none in Barcelona either 😳

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NameWithChange · 28/10/2024 17:20

AbrahamFatherOfMany · 28/10/2024 11:03

I’m told that it is due to a strike at Bakkavor, the company in Greece which is behind most of the imports of taramasalata to the UK.

I too have been frustrated by the absence of taramasalata in the shops for several weeks now (looked in every supermarket within 25mile radius). Finally asked a friend, who is the manager of a large supermarket, and he told me about the strike.

Thank you so much for this amazing insight!!

Wonder if there is an end in sight ?!

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Moulook31 · 28/10/2024 15:58

Noticed this as well. Local Morrisons and Sainsbury’s have not had this in for about two weeks. Maybe as someone wrote earlier “it’s a hummus takeover” 😄

Ladytron11 · 28/10/2024 15:29

I love it. Sainsbury’s stocks a new Greek range called Odyssey - taramasalata, tzatziki, olives etc. Delicious

ODFOx · 28/10/2024 15:10

There are so many small issues with supply of random things since Brexit.
I couldn't buy a block of butter in Tesco the other day, unless I wanted the organic one with fancy salt. Weird!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 28/10/2024 14:50

AbrahamFatherOfMany · 28/10/2024 11:03

I’m told that it is due to a strike at Bakkavor, the company in Greece which is behind most of the imports of taramasalata to the UK.

I too have been frustrated by the absence of taramasalata in the shops for several weeks now (looked in every supermarket within 25mile radius). Finally asked a friend, who is the manager of a large supermarket, and he told me about the strike.

Thanks, that's interesting. I wonder if they make the taramasalata to different recipes for different supermarkets? I suppose that's likely, given that they probably all negotiate different prices.

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2024 11:07

Smoked mackerel pate with an extra squeeze of lemon and a bit of plain yoghurt to thin it out - not the same thing obviously but it does scratch the fishy dip itch.

AbrahamFatherOfMany · 28/10/2024 11:03

I’m told that it is due to a strike at Bakkavor, the company in Greece which is behind most of the imports of taramasalata to the UK.

I too have been frustrated by the absence of taramasalata in the shops for several weeks now (looked in every supermarket within 25mile radius). Finally asked a friend, who is the manager of a large supermarket, and he told me about the strike.

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 27/10/2024 15:30

NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 14:53

They definitely don't today! And they haven't for at least 10 days.

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They did in my local food hall on friday.

JC03745 · 27/10/2024 15:06

I did try making taramasalata a few years ago though and it tasted liked smoky, fishy bins 😂

Livinginaclock · 27/10/2024 15:00

MereDintofPandiculation · 27/10/2024 14:54

Is Morrisons any good now? I used to buy it, then I had one which was basically slime, thought it had been a bad batch, tried again a bit later, just as bad, so haven’t dared try since.

It wouldn’t be so bad if they still sold cods roes, but they don’t seem to

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You can order stuff from the fish/meat counter in my Morrisons.
I did try making taramasalata a few years ago though and it tasted liked smoky, fishy bins.

MereDintofPandiculation · 27/10/2024 14:55

Ollehreversed · 27/10/2024 14:07

What's taramasalata? Now tiramisu I can do!! Delicious!

Cods roe, oil and lemon juice basically. Used as a dip mainly.

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NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 14:54

Ollehreversed · 27/10/2024 14:07

What's taramasalata? Now tiramisu I can do!! Delicious!

It is definitely nothing like tiramisu!!

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AndBreatheeeee · 27/10/2024 14:54

Most stuff is still low in stock in our giant Sainsbury's. It's ridiculous

MereDintofPandiculation · 27/10/2024 14:54

MrsSkylerWhite · 27/10/2024 12:16

Morrisons and Lidl stock it local to us.

Is Morrisons any good now? I used to buy it, then I had one which was basically slime, thought it had been a bad batch, tried again a bit later, just as bad, so haven’t dared try since.

It wouldn’t be so bad if they still sold cods roes, but they don’t seem to

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NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 14:53

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 27/10/2024 13:37

M&S always have it.

They definitely don't today! And they haven't for at least 10 days.

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NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 14:50

Green lid organic milk has been out of stock in a lot of places too!!!!

🤨

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NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 14:50

Livinginaclock · 27/10/2024 12:55

I want some now and my local Tesco, Co op and Morrisons are out of stock.
Damn you OP!

Sorry.

At least I can share the pain with you 🙃

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NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 14:49

SauvignonBlanche · 27/10/2024 12:49

I’ve been looking all over for it!

None in Sainsburys or Waitrose so I tried Asda, to no avail.

I found some in Lidl last week.

Oooh. Maybe worth a dash.

Thanks Sauvignon- I now fancy a glass of wine with it too 😉

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NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 14:47

Bigroy · 27/10/2024 12:42

I've been to 4 different supermarkets looking for it this week and it's out of stock everywhere 😭

We need to raise national awareness of this scandal!!!!

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NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 14:46

LaineyCee · 27/10/2024 12:27

Don’t know where it’s gone, BUT… my mum did once find a fingernail in a tub. It really put her off the stuff! Perhaps she managed to tell sufficient numbers of people to cause a drop in UK wide demand.

Envy
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Ginmonkeyagain · 27/10/2024 14:34

Talking of cod roe, what is absolutely impossible to find these days are those solid discs of cod roe battered and deep fried that used to be sold in fish and chip shops. I loved them.

Elektra1 · 27/10/2024 14:33

I love taramasalata and have noticed the same thing. So I bought a smoked cod's roe (cheap) from the fishmonger and made my own. It was heavenly - no comparison with the supermarket stuff.

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