Fruit & veges - the green stuff
Feb 20th 2004, 7:49 am
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Fruit & veges - the green stuff
Haven't posted for a while but I remember spending ages checking websites to figure out the price of food before we left the UK (Was it really cheaper than Tesco? How much dosh will we need for food? etc etc) so thought this might interest someone...
The fruit & veges are definitely cheaper here in Melbourne than in London - and fresher too as many are grown actually in this country.
Just found the bill for a mini fruit & veg shop we did:
Half a pumpkin
1 pineapple (very sweet and ripe and yummy)
Bunch of bananas
4 apples
2 oranges
1 mango
Strawberries - 500g
3 passionfruit
3 green peppers
Bag of green salad leaves
Ginger
Cost $17.80 which I make about £7.75. Way cheaper than our Tesco was for sure.
The fruit & veges are definitely cheaper here in Melbourne than in London - and fresher too as many are grown actually in this country.
Just found the bill for a mini fruit & veg shop we did:
Half a pumpkin
1 pineapple (very sweet and ripe and yummy)
Bunch of bananas
4 apples
2 oranges
1 mango
Strawberries - 500g
3 passionfruit
3 green peppers
Bag of green salad leaves
Ginger
Cost $17.80 which I make about £7.75. Way cheaper than our Tesco was for sure.
Feb 20th 2004, 8:05 am
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yummy
I will be round tonight for dinner
. When I was in Aus I had trouble cutting up a mango is there an aussie trick to this Jolyn?
I will be round tonight for dinner
. When I was in Aus I had trouble cutting up a mango is there an aussie trick to this Jolyn?
Feb 20th 2004, 10:14 am
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Debs, cut down both sides of the stone so you have a big sliver shaped like half a peach. Cut the flesh down & across in a crisscross pattern. You can then either then *turn* it inside out & bite it off, or use a spoon to scoop it out of the skin in squares. The stone part you can just peel & then either bite/suck the flesh off or cut it if you want it for a salad or something.
Oh & dont forget if its a ripe mango, you will probably need to sit in a bath to start with .
Oh & dont forget if its a ripe mango, you will probably need to sit in a bath to start with
.
Feb 20th 2004, 10:48 am
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Originally posted by MrsDagboy
Debs, cut down both sides of the stone so you have a big sliver shaped like half a peach. Cut the flesh down & across in a crisscross pattern. You can then either then *turn* it inside out & bite it off, or use a spoon to scoop it out of the skin in squares. The stone part you can just peel & then either bite/suck the flesh off or cut it if you want it for a salad or something.
Oh & dont forget if its a ripe mango, you will probably need to sit in a bath to start with .
Debs, cut down both sides of the stone so you have a big sliver shaped like half a peach. Cut the flesh down & across in a crisscross pattern. You can then either then *turn* it inside out & bite it off, or use a spoon to scoop it out of the skin in squares. The stone part you can just peel & then either bite/suck the flesh off or cut it if you want it for a salad or something.
Oh & dont forget if its a ripe mango, you will probably need to sit in a bath to start with
.
Feb 20th 2004, 10:53 am
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Until i came to live here i had always maintained that i did not like fruit.
I have made a remarkable discovery....I do!!!...i just didnt like bad, bland cardboard tasting fruit i had in UK and NZ.
My husband has always been a big fruit eater so i just bought heaps of it at hte market for his sake. One day a few weeks back, i walked past the fruit bowl and could smell the peaches so decided t take a bite out of one. That was it!!...i was hooked....poor Bill now has to hide it all from me
I have made a remarkable discovery....I do!!!...i just didnt like bad, bland cardboard tasting fruit i had in UK and NZ.
My husband has always been a big fruit eater so i just bought heaps of it at hte market for his sake. One day a few weeks back, i walked past the fruit bowl and could smell the peaches so decided t take a bite out of one. That was it!!...i was hooked....poor Bill now has to hide it all from me
Feb 20th 2004, 11:16 am
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PP - i think that they squirt something over the fruit and veg in the UK to make it last longer.
Feb 20th 2004, 11:19 am
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Re: Fruit & veges - the green stuff
Originally posted by Jolyn
Haven't posted for a while but I remember spending ages checking websites to figure out the price of food before we left the UK (Was it really cheaper than Tesco? How much dosh will we need for food? etc etc) so thought this might interest someone...
The fruit & veges are definitely cheaper here in Melbourne than in London - and fresher too as many are grown actually in this country.
Just found the bill for a mini fruit & veg shop we did:
Half a pumpkin
1 pineapple (very sweet and ripe and yummy)
Bunch of bananas
4 apples
2 oranges
1 mango
Strawberries - 500g
3 passionfruit
3 green peppers
Bag of green salad leaves
Ginger
Cost $17.80 which I make about £7.75. Way cheaper than our Tesco was for sure.
Haven't posted for a while but I remember spending ages checking websites to figure out the price of food before we left the UK (Was it really cheaper than Tesco? How much dosh will we need for food? etc etc) so thought this might interest someone...
The fruit & veges are definitely cheaper here in Melbourne than in London - and fresher too as many are grown actually in this country.
Just found the bill for a mini fruit & veg shop we did:
Half a pumpkin
1 pineapple (very sweet and ripe and yummy)
Bunch of bananas
4 apples
2 oranges
1 mango
Strawberries - 500g
3 passionfruit
3 green peppers
Bag of green salad leaves
Ginger
Cost $17.80 which I make about £7.75. Way cheaper than our Tesco was for sure.
I have just been in Sainsburys and to buy that lot would cost you about £13!!! and from memory the fruit and veg is must lusher over there!!!
cant wait!!
sue
Feb 20th 2004, 12:42 pm
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Originally posted by podgypossum
Until i came to live here i had always maintained that i did not like fruit.
I have made a remarkable discovery....I do!!!...i just didnt like bad, bland cardboard tasting fruit i had in UK and NZ.
My husband has always been a big fruit eater so i just bought heaps of it at hte market for his sake. One day a few weeks back, i walked past the fruit bowl and could smell the peaches so decided t take a bite out of one. That was it!!...i was hooked....poor Bill now has to hide it all from me
Until i came to live here i had always maintained that i did not like fruit.
I have made a remarkable discovery....I do!!!...i just didnt like bad, bland cardboard tasting fruit i had in UK and NZ.
My husband has always been a big fruit eater so i just bought heaps of it at hte market for his sake. One day a few weeks back, i walked past the fruit bowl and could smell the peaches so decided t take a bite out of one. That was it!!...i was hooked....poor Bill now has to hide it all from me
Feb 20th 2004, 1:40 pm
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also, in oz the EU isn't trying to standardise the size on bananas and ensure oranges are the right shade of 'orange'.
fruit comes in all shapes and sizes (like other things..) but we are being conditioned to only buy homogenous shaped produce.
fruit comes in all shapes and sizes (like other things..) but we are being conditioned to only buy homogenous shaped produce.
Feb 20th 2004, 1:44 pm
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what about strawberies and raspberries in Queensland?
( I'm an Atkins dieter!!!!!) LOL
( I'm an Atkins dieter!!!!!) LOL
Feb 20th 2004, 2:14 pm
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Originally posted by flying dutchman
also, in oz the EU isn't trying to standardise the size on bananas and ensure oranges are the right shade of 'orange'.
fruit comes in all shapes and sizes (like other things..) but we are being conditioned to only buy homogenous shaped produce.
also, in oz the EU isn't trying to standardise the size on bananas and ensure oranges are the right shade of 'orange'.
fruit comes in all shapes and sizes (like other things..) but we are being conditioned to only buy homogenous shaped produce.
http://www.cec.org.uk/press/myths/myth05.htm
Feb 20th 2004, 2:27 pm
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Keith & val,
I am aware of the accusations thrown at the EU about banana shapes (i am in fact very pro-EU), but it does not detract from the fact that UK supermarkets seek homogenous and aesthetically pleasing produce.
Most of my formative years were spent living in Lisbon, Portugal where the fruit is excellent. What sells there though, wouldn't make it into sainsburys here.
I picked up an orange recently in a service station. It had been packeged in see-thru plastic (lexan), was hung on a rack of similar shaped/corloured oranges, branded and called a 'delicious citrus snack'! Marketing gone mad. Oh, and it cost about a £1!!
I am aware of the accusations thrown at the EU about banana shapes (i am in fact very pro-EU), but it does not detract from the fact that UK supermarkets seek homogenous and aesthetically pleasing produce.
Most of my formative years were spent living in Lisbon, Portugal where the fruit is excellent. What sells there though, wouldn't make it into sainsburys here.
I picked up an orange recently in a service station. It had been packeged in see-thru plastic (lexan), was hung on a rack of similar shaped/corloured oranges, branded and called a 'delicious citrus snack'! Marketing gone mad. Oh, and it cost about a £1!!
Feb 20th 2004, 2:40 pm
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Originally posted by flying dutchman
Keith & val,
I am aware of the accusations thrown at the EU about banana shapes (i am in fact very pro-EU), but it does not detract from the fact that UK supermarkets seek homogenous and aesthetically pleasing produce.
Most of my formative years were spent living in Lisbon, Portugal where the fruit is excellent. What sells there though, wouldn't make it into sainsburys here.
I picked up an orange recently in a service station. It had been packeged in see-thru plastic (lexan), was hung on a rack of similar shaped/corloured oranges, branded and called a 'delicious citrus snack'! Marketing gone mad. Oh, and it cost about a £1!!
Keith & val,
I am aware of the accusations thrown at the EU about banana shapes (i am in fact very pro-EU), but it does not detract from the fact that UK supermarkets seek homogenous and aesthetically pleasing produce.
Most of my formative years were spent living in Lisbon, Portugal where the fruit is excellent. What sells there though, wouldn't make it into sainsburys here.
I picked up an orange recently in a service station. It had been packeged in see-thru plastic (lexan), was hung on a rack of similar shaped/corloured oranges, branded and called a 'delicious citrus snack'! Marketing gone mad. Oh, and it cost about a £1!!
Unfortunately the homogenised, consumer-friendly looking products favoured by supermarkets don't seem to taste of very much either.
Keith
Feb 20th 2004, 2:54 pm
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Originally posted by podgypossum
Until i came to live here i had always maintained that i did not like fruit.
I have made a remarkable discovery....I do!!!...i just didnt like bad, bland cardboard tasting fruit i had in UK and NZ.
My husband has always been a big fruit eater so i just bought heaps of it at hte market for his sake. One day a few weeks back, i walked past the fruit bowl and could smell the peaches so decided t take a bite out of one. That was it!!...i was hooked....poor Bill now has to hide it all from me
Until i came to live here i had always maintained that i did not like fruit.
I have made a remarkable discovery....I do!!!...i just didnt like bad, bland cardboard tasting fruit i had in UK and NZ.
My husband has always been a big fruit eater so i just bought heaps of it at hte market for his sake. One day a few weeks back, i walked past the fruit bowl and could smell the peaches so decided t take a bite out of one. That was it!!...i was hooked....poor Bill now has to hide it all from me
I agree with the difference in fruit in the UK and in Oz.
I used to eat several pieces of fruit a day when I lived in Oz. Now I am living in the UK I have to force myself to eat several pieces a week as they all so tastless or picked too soon. I have resorted to snacking on junk food and as a result I am 2 stone heavier then when I arrived 6 years ago!