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Chat => General => Topic started by: bethypoos on April 25, 2007, 04:35:06 pm

Title: tomatoes
Post by: bethypoos on April 25, 2007, 04:35:06 pm

Ok - so here's my scenario. In my quest to be healthy i'm thinking about buying more organic foods and cooking more instead of ready meals. Then i'm also interested in local/seasonal produce. Anyway...this was my dilemma in sainsburys.

 

They had vine ripened (non-organic) tomatoes half price that looked nice for 89p. There were also some teeny organic cherry tomatoes at 99p. But when i read the label the non-organic were from worcestershire (a few miles down the road) and the organic were from the canary islands. So, i bought the local ones. What would you have done?

 

By the way - they were lovely!!!

Title: tomatoes
Post by: robbie on April 25, 2007, 04:48:54 pm

What would I have done?

 

Probably just called the police.

Title: tomatoes
Post by: oldspice on April 25, 2007, 05:18:14 pm

I would have bought the local ones.

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Post by: goldencup on April 25, 2007, 05:50:13 pm

Definitely the local ones.  I am a big fan of buying local produce and I love our new 'Sainsbury's Local' for that reason.

Title: tomatoes
Post by: on April 25, 2007, 07:35:10 pm

You should grow your own.  But remember horse's doodoos are the best fertilizer.

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Post by: smurfboy on April 25, 2007, 07:39:59 pm

Not everyone has that option.

Title: tomatoes
Post by: on April 25, 2007, 07:55:43 pm

True, my Grandad used to wait for the Dreyman's horses and scoop it up. 

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Post by: smurfboy on April 25, 2007, 08:34:46 pm

I meant the growing your own option, but I suppose horse sh*t isn't as common as it was!

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Post by: Scarlet Passion on April 26, 2007, 02:52:18 am

I would have gone for the local ones, especially if they looked the nicest.

 

And half price too? Definitely the local ones .

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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 26, 2007, 09:12:21 am

I would have gone for the local non-organic ones too. Organic is not always everything it's cracked up to be. Plus I definitely prefer to eat food with less air miles than I have!

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Post by: loulou on April 26, 2007, 11:12:26 am

Quote from: smurfboy

I meant the growing your own option, but I suppose horse sh*t isn't as common as it was!

There's some up my back lane right now.

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Post by: smurfboy on April 26, 2007, 03:21:06 pm

That's more than I needed to know.

Title: tomatoes
Post by: smurfboy on April 26, 2007, 03:21:55 pm

Quote from: goldencup

Definitely the local ones.  I am a big fan of buying local produce and I love our new 'Sainsbury's Local' for that reason.

That's a good one

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Post by: loulou on April 27, 2007, 08:03:30 am

Quote from: smurfboy

I meant the growing your own option, but I suppose horse sh*t isn't as common as it was!

This inspires me for a new thread.