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Grapes

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lollipoprainbow · 14/08/2022 21:52

Does anyone else find them tasteless nowadays? I remember as a child in the 80's popping to the greengrocers at the end of our road and buying big bunches of tiny white grapes in a brown paper bag and they were so sweet and delicious. Same with strawberries only ever around in the summer and again brought from the greengrocer in punnets in paper bags, tasted so different to today.

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 15/08/2022 09:39

M&S fruit is usually very good, but I’ve often had good grapes from Asda.

Best from M&S the other day was luscious fat black British cherries - the season is short though.

Junipercrumble · 15/08/2022 10:32

Tesco Finest grapes are nice, but they dont often have the green in stock. When they do, I buy those because they're lovely.
Same with tomatoes, I only buy tesco finest because all the others have no taste at all, just a mushy tasteless experience.

amijustparanoidorjuststoned · 15/08/2022 10:55

Hello Brexit.

NoseyNellie · 16/08/2022 08:55

schnubbins · 15/08/2022 08:57

Bought Braeburn apples in a hurry the other day where I live in Munich.When I got home and looked at the packaging...the apples were from New Zealand!!! I was raging thinking what wonderful apples grow all around us and are in season but somehow somewhere somebody thinks its a good idea the ship them all the way from the other side of the world.We are on holidays atm in Italy and have had the most wonderful fruit and vegetables .I had some nectarines yesterday that tasted like something from heaven.I am going to be extra vigilant from now on and only buy local produce when possible.

I don’t know about Germany but it’s actually only just the start of apple harvest over here - early season starts mid August (literally this week) but main harvest will be Sept/October.

Not disputing that New Zealand is a bloody long way for apples to travel - you have a v fair point there

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