Shortage of Broccoli!

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  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,940 Member
    I’m still hoping that common sense will prevail and the deadline will be extended to at least 2070 because I’ll be 109 then and very probably I’ll have reached a deadline of my own! 😂

    Btw...do we not make loo roll in this country? Pretty sure we do! Hence no need to hoard it, surely?
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,943 Member
    BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »
    I’m still hoping that common sense will prevail and the deadline will be extended to at least 2070 because I’ll be 109 then and very probably I’ll have reached a deadline of my own! 😂

    Btw...do we not make loo roll in this country? Pretty sure we do! Hence no need to hoard it, surely?

    I imagine the paper pulp is imported from Scandinavian pine forests. Just guessing.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited August 2019
    BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »
    I’m still hoping that common sense will prevail and the deadline will be extended to at least 2070 because I’ll be 109 then and very probably I’ll have reached a deadline of my own! 😂

    Btw...do we not make loo roll in this country? Pretty sure we do! Hence no need to hoard it, surely?

    Per this article from last year, "The United Kingdom is Europe’s biggest importer of loo paper and it is said that only one day’s supply of toilet paper exists in stock. If Britain leaves the EU Customs Union and Single Market in five months’ time and the trucks transporting toilet paper are held up at Calais or Dover, British bottoms will have to be wiped with torn-up newspapers as in bygone days."

    https://prospect.org/article/brexit-panic-brits-run-out-toilet-paper

    More recently:

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/21/uk-biggest-toilet-roll-supplier-wepa-stockpiling-no-deal-brexit-avoid-customs-delays

    https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/14/toilet-paper-shelves-empty-no-deal-brexit-causes-supply-delays-10572133/
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    edited August 2019
    I would think it would be the same issue with news paper as toilet paper. Both paper products. All paper products availability would be questionable, wouldn’t they?
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Try other veg instead: asparagus/ courgettes/ butternut squash/ aubergine / cabbage / swede/ peppers/ sweet potato etc etc....
    I hate frozen veg so for me it'll be about finding alternatives.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    Try other veg instead: asparagus/ courgettes/ butternut squash/ aubergine / cabbage / swede/ peppers/ sweet potato etc etc....
    I hate frozen veg so for me it'll be about finding alternatives.

    Why the hate for frozen veggies?

    because to me they just don't taste like fresh apart from peas or sweetcorn - I am very fussy about food though. My hubby is the same, he swears any frozen veg have a soapy taste.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited August 2019
    p.s haven't bought them in years mind you so I suppose the freezing process could have improved??

    p.s nothing tastes as good as home grown veg either, am privileged in the past to have those (until hubby decided they were taking up too much of his fishing time).
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    Try other veg instead: asparagus/ courgettes/ butternut squash/ aubergine / cabbage / swede/ peppers/ sweet potato etc etc....
    I hate frozen veg so for me it'll be about finding alternatives.

    Why the hate for frozen veggies?

    because to me they just don't taste like fresh apart from peas or sweetcorn - I am very fussy about food though. My hubby is the same, he swears any frozen veg have a soapy taste.

    I agree that fresh tastes better, even corn and peas frozen can’t touch fresh peas and corn on the cob IMHO. Frozen is distant second, but really necessary in colder climates where fresh isn’t readily available most of the year.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    Try other veg instead: asparagus/ courgettes/ butternut squash/ aubergine / cabbage / swede/ peppers/ sweet potato etc etc....
    I hate frozen veg so for me it'll be about finding alternatives.

    Why the hate for frozen veggies?
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    because to me they just don't taste like fresh apart from peas or sweetcorn - I am very fussy about food though. My hubby is the same, he swears any frozen veg have a soapy taste.

    Commercial frozen peas and corn are staples in my freezer. However, I grow peas - peas freshly picked are AMAZING, as is perfect local corn. My sugar peas rarely make it into the house, and never into recipes - I eat them in the garden or add them to salads. When I eat them I say "Nature's candy" and my OH looks at me like I am nuts :lol:

    Frozen peas are acceptable to me off season, but just not the same.

    I like my veggies crunchy and most frozen veggies are too mushy for me.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    edited August 2019
    BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »
    manderson27 wrote: »
    I am strangely more worried about running out of toilet tissue than starving to death. I may need to re-think my priorities.

    In a strange twist, buy copies of the Daily Mail that will be the worst ‘trumpeter of doom’ and cut into 4” squares! Worked for generations 😉😂😂

    Ha ha omg thank you, I had forgotten about newspapers.

    I never read them anymore since the interwebz is so reliable when it comes to information. <enters sarcasm emoji>

    ETA: I am also going to grow Dock leaves. UK peeps know what I am talking about. :D
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    manderson27 wrote: »
    BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »
    manderson27 wrote: »
    I am strangely more worried about running out of toilet tissue than starving to death. I may need to re-think my priorities.

    In a strange twist, buy copies of the Daily Mail that will be the worst ‘trumpeter of doom’ and cut into 4” squares! Worked for generations 😉😂😂

    Ha ha omg thank you, I had forgotten about newspapers.

    I never read them anymore since the interwebz is so reliable when it comes to information. <enters sarcasm emoji>

    ETA: I am also going to grow Dock leaves. UK peeps know what I am talking about. :D

    Just remember: "Leaflets three, let it be." :D
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    manderson27 wrote: »
    BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »
    manderson27 wrote: »
    I am strangely more worried about running out of toilet tissue than starving to death. I may need to re-think my priorities.

    In a strange twist, buy copies of the Daily Mail that will be the worst ‘trumpeter of doom’ and cut into 4” squares! Worked for generations 😉😂😂

    Ha ha omg thank you, I had forgotten about newspapers.

    I never read them anymore since the interwebz is so reliable when it comes to information. <enters sarcasm emoji>

    ETA: I am also going to grow Dock leaves. UK peeps know what I am talking about. :D

    I legit just spent five minutes going 'but why would Brexit cause nettle stings' before I realised 😂

    ...though nettles supposedly make good soup?
  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,940 Member
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    manderson27 wrote: »
    BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »
    manderson27 wrote: »
    I am strangely more worried about running out of toilet tissue than starving to death. I may need to re-think my priorities.

    In a strange twist, buy copies of the Daily Mail that will be the worst ‘trumpeter of doom’ and cut into 4” squares! Worked for generations 😉😂😂

    Ha ha omg thank you, I had forgotten about newspapers.

    I never read them anymore since the interwebz is so reliable when it comes to information. <enters sarcasm emoji>

    ETA: I am also going to grow Dock leaves. UK peeps know what I am talking about. :D

    I legit just spent five minutes going 'but why would Brexit cause nettle stings' before I realised 😂

    ...though nettles supposedly make good soup?

    Apparently so! That’s going to be my excuse for not weeding my gardens! ‘Cos Brexit...’ 😂
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,943 Member
    I am actually surprised if weather conditions are causing a shortage. I didn't pay attention to where my broccoli came from today but at Tesco, two heads were 65p.

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