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Where are all the tomatoes?

347 replies

verdantverdure · 20/02/2023 12:31

I'll admit it, I eat a lot of tomatoes.

Daily probably.

But where are they?

AIBU to ask you if there are tomatoes where you live?

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OhmygodDont · 23/02/2023 18:07

Applesandcarrots · 23/02/2023 18:04

Different suppliers. That's why some big shops still have too

Oh I get that in some cases but when some areas claim aldi or Tesco have nothing yet the next city an hour away is rammed full it seems odd.

Applesandcarrots · 23/02/2023 18:09

OhmygodDont · 23/02/2023 18:07

Oh I get that in some cases but when some areas claim aldi or Tesco have nothing yet the next city an hour away is rammed full it seems odd.

Might be their distribution centre still had stock.

It's like during covid when it started.
Different areas run out faster of... Everything 🙄 bless the polish shops

Badbadbunny · 23/02/2023 18:09

verdantverdure · 23/02/2023 18:04

I've given up looking. Everyone I know locally knows to get me salad if they see any.

Full shelves of all fruit/veg at our local Spar shop earlier this afternoon. But then again, they didn't run out of anything during the Covid panic buying either. The big supermarkets only have themselves to blame after years of screwing their suppliers!

Badbadbunny · 23/02/2023 18:10

OhmygodDont · 23/02/2023 18:07

Oh I get that in some cases but when some areas claim aldi or Tesco have nothing yet the next city an hour away is rammed full it seems odd.

Not odd at all. Different supply chains, different distribution centres, etc. Tesco don't buy theirs in the same place as your corner shop or Waitrose etc.

OhmygodDont · 23/02/2023 18:16

No but Tesco one side of a city to the other tend to buy in the same place and distribute to the those the same was by point. In my city we have five plus tesco shops.

The one in the poshest area never has problems getting stock of anything. Even in covid it was actually selling Andrex toilet roll on offer by the pallet with no purchase limits.

Pottedpalm · 23/02/2023 18:22

No tomatoes or peppers in our large Sainsbury’s today. (Midlands)

Madcats · 23/02/2023 18:33

Whenever there is a shortage of something (eggs/loo rolls/peppers/tomatoes) I find that the local/corner shops tend to be the best stocked.

I felt rather smug guilty eating salad for lunch today.

You can probably still get sundried tomatoes and jars of peppers if you can't face eating traditional winter veg.

lljkk · 23/02/2023 18:35

Between us, DH & I consume raw tomatoes most days & we still only need to buy 1-2 small bags a week. How many tomatoes are other people eating (!?)

Applesandcarrots · 23/02/2023 18:40

Madcats · 23/02/2023 18:33

Whenever there is a shortage of something (eggs/loo rolls/peppers/tomatoes) I find that the local/corner shops tend to be the best stocked.

I felt rather smug guilty eating salad for lunch today.

You can probably still get sundried tomatoes and jars of peppers if you can't face eating traditional winter veg.

There are also pickles green tomato in foreign stuff shops. Very nice

Oakbeam · 23/02/2023 18:54

How many tomatoes are other people eating (!?)

None, at the moment.

MotherOfPuffling · 23/02/2023 18:59

lljkk · 23/02/2023 18:35

Between us, DH & I consume raw tomatoes most days & we still only need to buy 1-2 small bags a week. How many tomatoes are other people eating (!?)

I’ll just have a handful with a meal if eating raw, but for making a sauce can easily use nigh on a kilo!

Applesandcarrots · 23/02/2023 19:05

lljkk · 23/02/2023 18:35

Between us, DH & I consume raw tomatoes most days & we still only need to buy 1-2 small bags a week. How many tomatoes are other people eating (!?)

10 a week approx

RainbowZebraWarrior · 23/02/2023 19:52

For anyone who fancies growing their own (or already does and would like to try something new) We have been growing our own tomatoes for 40 years. Tried and tested loads over the years. We settled a few years ago on a good range of heritage varieties.

Top left is Mortgage Lifter - great story behind it. It's a large beef style tomato. Fabulous flavour and great for Greek salads. When we get a glut we make pasta sauce and freeze in zip lock bags.

Green zebra looks like an unripe tomato, but actually has a beautiful, sweet and zingy flavour.

The orange Valencia ones are amazing. They are probably my best find. Not as prolific as some, but just a fantastic taste and texture. I love them in sandwiches (on their own, with just a smidge of marmite)

Lastly the yellow cherry tomatoes grown in abundance. My Dad eats dozens of them every day in the summer. Straight from the plant as he's tending the plot.

I know it's too late for right now, however we still have pasta sauce in the freezer, jars of chilli jam, chutneys and bread and butter pickles (made from cucumbers) all made from last years fruits. It really does see you through the winter. If you start growing now, you will have a great variety for the summer months and some tasty treats for next winter.

Where are all the tomatoes?
verdantverdure · 23/02/2023 22:48

lljkk · 23/02/2023 18:35

Between us, DH & I consume raw tomatoes most days & we still only need to buy 1-2 small bags a week. How many tomatoes are other people eating (!?)

There are five of us eating tomatoes, and a daily portion for our ten a day is 7 cherry tomatoes or one medium sized standard tomato, so that would be 35 cherry tomatoes or 5 medium ones, several days a week.
We make sure we eat more than 30 types of fruit and veg every week.

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Suori · 23/02/2023 22:53

As tweeted. There is enough produce to go around in the EU but the lack of the frictionless trade we used to have before brexit means it isn't getting to us.

Where are all the tomatoes?
verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 09:13

Today in the state of our country:

Where are all the tomatoes?
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Applesandcarrots · 24/02/2023 09:24

I like pickled turnips.

Ooooh lucky me! Shall survive the ukocalypse

verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 17:39

The Great Brexit Salad Shortage has made the international news.

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/24/business/uk-vegetable-fruit-shortage-rationing/index.html

Where are all the tomatoes?
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BeginningToLookALotLike · 24/02/2023 17:58

ukocalypse

GrinGrinGrin

verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 18:08

Applesandcarrots · 24/02/2023 09:24

I like pickled turnips.

Ooooh lucky me! Shall survive the ukocalypse

That's just as well. I've a sneaking suspicion that a salad sandwich in the UKopalypse involves a slice of turnip between two slices of turnip.

Didn't Dominic Raab promise us that we would still be able to have a BLT after Brexit?!

Bacon Lettuce and Turnip isn't quite the same is it?!

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verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 18:10

BeginningToLookALotLike · 24/02/2023 17:58

ukocalypse

GrinGrinGrin

I can't even spell it for laughing! GrinGlitterball

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Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 18:13

Glad you all like it.

Going to copyright it now😂

Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 18:14

Ah ffs😂

BeginningToLookALotLike · 24/02/2023 18:34

GrinGrin

Roussette · 24/02/2023 19:40

verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 17:39

The Great Brexit Salad Shortage has made the international news.

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/24/business/uk-vegetable-fruit-shortage-rationing/index.html

I love that Coffey's love for turnips has made it across the pond!