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[Rita_Poon]

UK supermarkets face tomato shortages

Harvests in Europe and Africa have been disrupted by bad weather, a retail body says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[cronullasharks]

Home-made, tomato based sauces, are the cheapest and easiest thing to make at home!

A couple of tins of chopped tomatoes, mix in some dried herbs and spices to taste, and it will be tastier, cheaper and a quarter of the price of these Loyd-Grossman, jarred sauces.

Use half the tin and refill with the neighbours hose. There's 2 meals. What cost of living crisis!!!

 

[Rita_Poon]

Tory peer forced to eat her words after claiming poor people can’t cook

Lady Jenkin’s remarks overshadow launch of report examining rapid rise in numbers of Britons who are reliant on food banks

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rita_Poon]

MP Simon Clarke's nurses-using-food banks remarks criticised by RCN

The Royal College of Nursing said Simon Clarke's comments were "disgusting" and "heartless".

www.bbc.co.uk

lets not forget 30p lee...

 

[Mr. White]

Use half the tin and refill with the neighbours hose. There's 2 meals. What cost of living crisis!!!

Traditional ways of cooking are the most efficient.. based on years/decades/hundreds of years of experience!

 

[Rita_Poon]

Just like a few other 'traditional' views from back in the good ole days eh...

 

[Kurt.]

Home-made, tomato based sauces, are the cheapest and easiest thing to make at home!

A couple of tins of chopped tomatoes, mix in some dried herbs and spices to taste, and it will be tastier, cheaper and a quarter of the price of these Loyd-Grossman, jarred sauces.

Is it best to use diet tomatoes ? Asking for a friend @Joey66

 

[orchard]

Home-made, tomato based sauces, are the cheapest and easiest thing to make at home!

A couple of tins of chopped tomatoes, mix in some dried herbs and spices to taste, and it will be tastier, cheaper and a quarter of the price of these Loyd-Grossman, jarred sauces.

You strike me as an ideas man.

So, given that the price is driven by shortages, and that the shortages are caused by climate weirding, what should we do now ? Take climate change seriously, or panic buy Bisto and add vinegar for some acidity ?

UK crops of carrots, parsnips, cabbage and cauliflower had been affected by the poor weather, Mr O'Malley said.
"We are about to see serious shortages and price hikes on these lines in the coming weeks and months," he said.
"The biggest issue we now have as an industry is not inflation, it's mother nature," he added.

 

[COYBL25]

Is it best to use diet tomatoes ? Asking for a friend @Joey66

Dry them out, mix with chickpeas and smoke them.

 

[orchard]

Dry them out, mix with chickpeas and smoke them.

...if ya got 'em ?

 

[Moomin]

You strike me as an ideas man.

So, given that the price is driven by shortages, and that the shortages are caused by climate weirding, what should we do now ? Take climate change seriously, or panic buy Bisto and add vinegar for some acidity ?

UK crops of carrots, parsnips, cabbage and cauliflower had been affected by the poor weather, Mr O'Malley said.
"We are about to see serious shortages and price hikes on these lines in the coming weeks and months," he said.
"The biggest issue we now have as an industry is not inflation, it's mother nature," he added.

Also have quite a few UK growers who have stopped in the winter due to gas prices being too high so they have mothballed the Greenhouses till the summer weather.

 

[Joey66]

Is it best to use diet tomatoes ? Asking for a friend @Joey66

Tomatoes scarce atm ......my diet atm is great - lost 3/4 of a stone ......stopped drinking milk as it was stopping my insulin from working the lactose was clashing with it .....

 

[orchard]

Also have quite a few UK growers who have stopped in the winter due to gas prices being too high so they have mothballed the Greenhouses till the summer weather.

Plus fertiliser/fuel cost vs supermarkets not passing on inflationary rises meaning less sown mate.

 

[Joey66]

Also have quite a few UK growers who have stopped in the winter due to gas prices being too high so they have mothballed the Greenhouses till the summer weather.

I dont have a heated greenhouse - cover my plants with insulation when frosty .....

 

[orchard]

Tomatoes scarce atm ......my diet atm is great - lost 3/4 of a stone ......stopped drinking milk as it was stopping my insulin from working the lactose was clashing with it .....

I have some nice Roma VF starts if you want to buy futures my friend, also fermented, canned, sundried and powdered. I've got the good stuff for the right price per oz for you Joey.