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Where are all the tomatoes?

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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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verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 20:28

Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 18:13

Glad you all like it.

Going to copyright it now😂

You should. I have a feeling it's going to be a long running thing.

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Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 20:48

Maybe people will be now turning the spare bedrooms they finally emptied after the great toilet paper loot, to grow tomatoes😂

verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 21:58

Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 20:48

Maybe people will be now turning the spare bedrooms they finally emptied after the great toilet paper loot, to grow tomatoes😂

Criminals will convert their cannabis farms to tomatoes because there's more money in it Grin

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Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 21:59

With that shite ganja they are producing, yes😂

verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 22:00

Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 21:59

With that shite ganja they are producing, yes😂

Maybe they'll do some cross-pollination and we'l get super relaxing tomatoes? Grin

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Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 22:13

Highmato😂

mumonherphone · 24/02/2023 22:15

I've got tomatoes but no bell peppers. My son (6) snacks on raw peppers, carrot sticks, cucumbers and tomatoes without fuss but we have a battle with cooked vegetables. So I am mildly worried about the situation.

Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 22:28

I can report ocado had all veg on delivery. And good one. Better quality than I would pick up in the ASDA.

@mumonherphone do you have any foreign shops nearby? They usually have everything. Even in lockdown when supermarkets were basically looted, these shops still had stock. I can now reveal these secrets since I won't need to compete anymore😂
If you cannot find typical bell pepper they often hawe "white ine" which we use for cooking (stuffed with rice and meat) but they are fine raw as well

Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 22:29

Soz for typos. Beer

verdantverdure · 24/02/2023 22:43

mumonherphone · 24/02/2023 22:15

I've got tomatoes but no bell peppers. My son (6) snacks on raw peppers, carrot sticks, cucumbers and tomatoes without fuss but we have a battle with cooked vegetables. So I am mildly worried about the situation.

Same here. Turnip is not going to cut it for an after school snack

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Bubblebubblebah · 24/02/2023 22:46

Turmips are dangerous! Capitalist government should think twice

Nimbostratus100 · 24/02/2023 22:46

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?

climate change and Brexit

get used to it

Lisbania9 · 24/02/2023 22:48

As my old man used to say… up my ass and turn left!! Aka there’s none anywhere love

Badbadbunny · 25/02/2023 07:11

Went into a Sainsbury local in town yesterday, they had plenty.

verdantverdure · 25/02/2023 13:53

Lisbania9 · 24/02/2023 22:48

As my old man used to say… up my ass and turn left!! Aka there’s none anywhere love

That's a lovely old expression. Grin I might nick that. Grin

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Polis · 25/02/2023 14:20

I did a big shop this morning. I got everything I wanted, including tomatoes and peppers.

verdantverdure · 25/02/2023 14:45

Polis · 25/02/2023 14:20

I did a big shop this morning. I got everything I wanted, including tomatoes and peppers.

Wooohooo!

Like the good old days before Brexit! Wink

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verdantverdure · 25/02/2023 15:18

Why have I got to get used to it @Nimbostratus100

The rest of Europe has plenty of tomatoes. Why can't the U.K. have the same?

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verdantverdure · 25/02/2023 15:19

Polis · 25/02/2023 14:20

I did a big shop this morning. I got everything I wanted, including tomatoes and peppers.

I have plenty of tomatoes currently but it feels a bit "for now".

The children are doing their TikTok cherry tomato pasta tonight

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KimberleyClark · 25/02/2023 15:22

Just been to Tesco not a single tomato.

academicallyblonde · 25/02/2023 15:25

Just been to our big Tesco and no cucumbers, tomatoes or eggs whatsoever.

verdantverdure · 25/02/2023 15:55

academicallyblonde · 25/02/2023 15:25

Just been to our big Tesco and no cucumbers, tomatoes or eggs whatsoever.

It's pretty rubbish isn't it?

My friend works in a supermarket and she says the number one aisle that baskets get abandoned in is eggs. Closely followed this last fortnight by next to the empty tomato section.

I don't even get a basket at the moment until I've checked out the veg aisle.

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verdantverdure · 25/02/2023 15:57

KimberleyClark · 25/02/2023 15:22

Just been to Tesco not a single tomato.

My friend texted me in the week that the only way she knows her town has had any tomatoes us that she saw a bird pecking at one somebody had dropped in the gutter.

What is our country coming to?!

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verdantverdure · 25/02/2023 15:58

Polis · 25/02/2023 14:20

I did a big shop this morning. I got everything I wanted, including tomatoes and peppers.

I still haven't seen any peppers that aren't green.

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ThinWomansBrain · 25/02/2023 16:02

no - always lots in the supermarket where I pop into to buy my morning croissant, and I dropped into a supermarket latish on the way home last night, and they had shelves full at around 9pm.
there were some empty spots in the produce shelves, but I could have happily made a meal whether i'd wanted.

sadly I couldn't see any fresh beetroot, but bought some vacuum packed ones instead - but that's almost verging into turnip territory.