Tomato, pepper and cucumber shortage

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asl
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A few years ago, The Daily Mash ran an article about the UK's post-Brexit diet comprising mostly of turnips. Everyone thought it was satire.

Just now, Therese Coffey MP has advised people to stave off the shortages.....by eating turnips, instead.

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Shade
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Maybe the shortages are down to Aldi buying everything up first, because they don't seem to have any empty shelves...
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Ihearye
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The smaller greengrocers don't seem to have an issue. But good to see them correctly called turnips and not swedes :)
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asl
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The Scots call swedes, turnips (or 'neeps'). Not entirely sure what they call swedes.

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asl wrote: ↑01 Mar 2023, 16:51 The Scots call swedes, turnips (or 'neeps'). Not entirely sure what they call swedes.

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Northern monkeys?
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Ihearye
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Farm shop at Stoke Orchard have so much veg of all kinds, they are selling it!
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asl wrote: ↑01 Mar 2023, 16:51 The Scots call swedes, turnips (or 'neeps'). Not entirely sure what they call swedes.

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As do the Irish :) But I think you will find it is in England they are named incorrectly as swedes :lol:
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