To think a box of 'Winter Vegetables' should actually include. . .

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some WINTER vegetables???

Courgettes and radishes are summer vegetables.

Carrots and mushrooms are year round vegetables.

Bloody stupid kids wooden toy.

Would it have killed them to put in a squash? or a parsnip?

I'd expect potatoes, swede or turnip, brassica especially sprouts, parsnips and onions and a squash of some variety.

I took them over to show the preschool supervisor, and we agreed they're not at all what we were after.

In possibly the most middle class email I've ever written, I've asked to return these due to them being much smaller than expected, and not representative of 'winter' vegetables.

So, in centimetres or inches, who would like to guess the actual dimensions of the crate? Looks like a reasonable size, right?

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261206619752

I guess 4"x8"

Actually, having looked at the link I think YABslightlyU in that you can clearly see what vegetables are in the crate.

And where did it say anything about "winter vegetables"?

where are the leeks and sprouts?

There is a winter veg option on the dropdown box. I thought the same as you at first.

It's 12cm x 15cm or 4.7 x 5.9 inches. Tiddly.

when it arrived, it also very clearly is labelled 'Winter Vegetables'.

Someone suggested the green things might be marrow, but when I found this toy on the manufacturer's website, it's clearly listed as a courgette.

I really didn't look at what was in it too closely when I purchased. Just thought if something was advertised specifically as 'winter vegetables', they would be as stated!

Oooh brilliant fake veg here-- thought probably easily destroyed by and toxic to 3 year olds.

www.props4shows.co.uk/fake_food/vegetables__salad/11256_0c.html?records=999

Back to square one.

but they are ' Gurananteed to bring a smile on any child's face' apparently, so YABU because you can't put a price on that

What if it's a smile masking the child's utter sorrow at being fobbed off with unseasonable vegetables?

Yes, it's exactly the sort of dilemma that would have upset my DD when she was small. And she'd have gone on about it until I was unhappy too.

Go look on amazon for wooden toy food your unlikely not to find what you want (big jigs) have a very good range.

My courgette plants are still growing courgettes

Wilko do a naice wooden veg box

And a cake

I agree the choice of veg is odd but I don't think you have a leg to stand on with such clear pictures

If its play food, I normally give out a few bargain real carrots, potatoes, lemons etc.

I think you could complain about the size, but not the variety of veg as it was v clear from the picture what was being sold.

TheWomanTheCallJayne (love the name, Firefly, right?), but it's not winter yet. It's still Autumn.

Yes, I should have looked closer, but equally the description should have listed the vegetables (other places did). The manufacturer is really to blame, they could have just called them 'Vegetables'.

Bunty, it's for a preschool, we want them to last a few years. Can't risk rotting veg being left over the holidays either, you just know one of the kids will throw it behind something!

Maybe they are imported? You can get courgettes willy nilly now no matter what time of year.

It's a bargain, and if unseasonable wooden vegetable merits 8 posts on an internet forum, you really desperately need a holiday.

I once went to a wedding in February and the starter was "seasonal melon". It took everything I had not to interrupt the speeches to yell "Melon shouldn't be eaten in winter!"

stiffstink I am with you there.

TiggyD Yes I desperately do need a holiday. Unfortunately, I am running a preschool charity as a volunteer, spending 30+ hours a week dealing with business/admin/website/purchasing/HR nightmares/solicitors, because no bugger else wanted to do it (though they'll be the first to moan when we shut down!). So stupid things like this fuck me off, and I amuse myself by having a little rant about it, because I can't afford a holiday.