How will your life be better after Brexit?

[BertrandRussell]

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Helmetbymidnght - Of course it doesn't, in the autumn and winter months in this country you can get apples, pears, rhubarb, blackberries (free if you want to go blackberry picking), damsons, plums, raspberries, and I'm sure there's others as well.

You can freeze summer fruits as well.

mamamia, so when you voted brexit three years ago, was it because you wanted a 'wake-up' call to people who miss doctors appointments?

No longer having to abide by EU crop rotations/limitations

I had a farmer telling me that the EU dictated when he could spread slurry on his land and he was looking forward to being able to spread it when it suited him and not when it suited the French.

Actually, it’s down to each member state to determine and since DEFRA picked those time periods I think he’s going to be disappointed.

I suspect there’s going to be a lot of similar cases where it’s things that have been determined by the UK Government or in order to comply with international treaties and so won’t change (but at least the EU can no longer be blamed).

.....and compulsory foraging.

Actually- I am a very good and ardent pickler, preserver and bottler.

I might make a fortune running workshops.

I confused as to what the NHS has got to do with the EU as an organisation

i dont get your point mamamia, you can have those fruits brexit or not, no?

Helmetbymidnght - You're just being silly now.

The post about fruit was meant to be for Mistigri.

I confused as to what the NHS has got to do with the EU as an organisation

its the latest argument: brexit will both destroy the nhs yet make people appreciate it- therefore brexit is brilliant.

Maybe you'd care to explain your point better Mammia? I dont think it's silly to question someone's reasoning.

I’ll get to should I TOLD YOU SO very loudly at idiots, so there’s that.....

Blackberry picking? When are we going to do that when we spend our weekdays working and weekends trying to catch up on housework...

I'll let my neighbours know who've recently had to have a huge drop in their income due to ill health that the one that is still working every hour god sends that she now needs to pop out and go blackberry picking on their days off rather than pick up some bananas other exotic fruits available from the supermarket

I'd be interested (well, kind of) to know quantities of seasonal fruit produced in the UK and quantities consumed.
By individuals but also caterers, restaurants, hotels, food manufacturers, etc.

Remember the halcyon days when squash/lemon barley water were what most people could choose from when they wanted something other than water to drink, and Ski yoghurts were the height of sophistication?

Why is leaving the EU going to reduce missed hospital and GP appointments? and why couldn't we reduce these whilst in the EU ?

Is there an eu law that prevents the dept of health from tackling this problem?

It’s so depressing how much barrel-scraping there is by leave supporters. People will appreciate doctors’ appts and blackberry picking again? Wtf??

Helmetbymidnght - Yes of course you can get those fruits if we leave or not, but I don't like fruit like strawberries or cherries out of season from the EU because I find them tasteless. Mistigri doesn't think that the UK grows any fruit during the autumn and winter months, but we do.

And you are being forced to buy them by exactly who, Mamamia? Is some official coming and checking the contents of your fridge and larder?

I think we need to be told - will hide the stash of EU goods, so as not to have them confiscated.

Demand will soar for authors of roadkill cookbooks.

Squirrel pate
Hedgehog rissoles
Badger bites

We do grow fruit commercially and most of the pickers tend to be seasonal workers from the EU. Whoops.

Mistigri doesn't think that the UK grows any fruit during the autumn and winter months, but we do.

Apples, pears and quince during the winter season are going to get pretty monotonous though.

Still, we can all join in with a rousing chorus of Yes, we have no bananas and look forward to an orange in our Christmas stocking if we’ve all been good boys and girls

Mistigri doesn't think that the UK grows any fruit during the autumn and winter months, but we do

What fruit is that then? Pears and Apples harvested in the autumn but i'm not aware of fruit grown commercially in the winter.

Mistigri doesn't think that the UK grows any fruit during the autumn and winter months, but we do.

Autumn, sure (you're obviously not a gardener! Autumn is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, remember?).

Winter? Apples from storage. Possibly a small volume of kiwi fruits in the southernmost parts of the U.K. What else? You can't grow citrus fruits in the U.K., and they are the main seasonal winter fruit in Europe.

Then a big gap until the first cherries and soft fruits in around May/June.

What we need is a war time recipe book. My DM used to have loads, but we got rid of them when she passed away. There were a lot of stodgy recipes, as I recall, but that's OK because fuel shortages mean that we will be walking to places, so burn off the excess calories. There were an awful lot which started - reconstitute a dried egg.

And ta -da - google turns up one of her favourites:
flashbak.com/patsys-reflections-learn-to-cook-by-pictures-or-how-to-be-a-domestic-goddess-in-1946-10435/

So for many, the only positive effect of Brexit is that there will be less fruit available.
That was certainly worth the billions of pounds and hundreds of hours put into it then.

Anyone want to come on one of my workshops? My bottled plums are lovely.