Food Miles

[teamsaint]

Ok cards on table time. Just had a nice box of grapes from my local supermarket.
Up sides: 98p, one of my 5 a day, and they tasted nice and fresh.

Downsides? grown in Brazil, so now I feel guilty.
So, do folks take any notice? grapes have to come a fair distance to the UK in November, so perhaps I should boycott them.
and what about all you New World wine guzzlers...any little pangs of guilt?

Now, just got to check where tomorrows lunch came from, though its getting eaten either way. Surely the parsnips can't have come from south America?.....

[Pianorak]

. . . Downsides? grown in Brazil, so now I feel guilty.

Major Brazilian importer and distribution company located in Sao Paulo is looking to import British Cheese with focus on gourmet, fine quality food.

Global village?

[Flosshilde]

Ok cards on table time. Just had a nice box of grapes from my local supermarket.
Up sides: 98p, one of my 5 a day, and they tasted nice and fresh.

Downsides? grown in Brazil, so now I feel guilty.
So, do folks take any notice? grapes have to come a fair distance to the UK in November, so perhaps I should boycott them.
and what about all you New World wine guzzlers...any little pangs of guilt?

Now, just got to check where tomorrows lunch came from, though its getting eaten either way. Surely the parsnips can't have come from south America?.....

Maybe not, but it's getting increasingly difficult to find even seasonal fruit & veg from the UK.

I recently spurned asparagus from Peru, but happily bought Peruvian avocados. My reasoning was that Asparagus is grown in the UK, & has a very specific (short) season, whereas avocados aren't. I was also quite pleased to find avocados (which I like) which weren't from Israel.

[MrGongGong]

Maybe not, but it's getting increasingly difficult to find even seasonal fruit & veg from the UK.

is it ?
I find that going down to the allotment a useful technique

Asparagus only has a short season, why eat it all year round ?

[amateur51]

Maybe not, but it's getting increasingly difficult to find even seasonal fruit & veg from the UK.

I recently spurned asparagus from Peru, but happily bought Peruvian avocados. My reasoning was that Asparagus is grown in the UK, & has a very specific (short) season, whereas avocados aren't. I was also quite pleased to find avocados (which I like) which weren't from Israel.

I once had a little fit in Sainsbury's in January when I found a bunch of spring onions about to go into my basket when I asked myself where they'd come from at that time of year - Mexico!

[amateur51]

is it ?
I find that going down to the allotment a useful technique

Asparagus only has a short season, why eat it all year round ?

I eschew all imported asparagus but commit myself to a total gorge on it while it's in season in UK - its short season is part of its delight in this household.

[Nick Armstrong]

I recently spurned asparagus from Peru

I'd love to have been in the veg aisle to watch that

[MrGongGong]

I eschew all imported asparagus but commit myself to a total gorge on it while it's in season in UK - it's short season is part of its delight in this household.

[Anna]

For centuries we've always had to import fruit - think bananas and pineapples! I have no problem in buying imported fruit or veg we simply cannot grow in the UK, if we want to consume it we have to import it, but when it comes to strawberries and asparagus which we grow superbly I totally agree with the comments above - the season is something to look forward to, to stuff ourselves with the lovely stuff and then that's it until next year. Surely that's the joy of eating seasonally? There is no joy in eating tasteless strawberries from Spain or asparagus from Peru in January.

Surely we all look forward to the first sprouts of the Winter?

[eighthobstruction]

>>>
Surely we all look forward to the first sprouts of the Winter? <<< ....NNnoooooooooooo!!! UGH!!

I wonder if they eat sprouts in Brazil....or South America even....How many other countries in the world eat sprouts????....I wonder....

[Pianorak]

I wonder if they eat sprouts in Brazil. . .

Never mind Brazil - I wonder if they eat sprouts in Brussels.

[teamsaint]

Many people look forward to the first celery of..er...the celery season !

[Anna]

According to wiki: Forerunners to modern Brussels sprouts were likely cultivated in ancient Rome. Brussels sprouts as we now know them were grown possibly as early as the 13th century in what is now Belgium. The first written reference dates to 1587 It also states the largest producer of sprouts is The Netherlands, followed by Germany.

I love them!! Although I'm not sure why they should only be eaten after the first frost. However, I would have no wish to be able to eat them in July. Our greengrocer is very good at stocking home produced, seasonal, fruit and veg and has at the moment quinces (which you won't find in any supermarket) and lately red chard, salisfy, etc. If we all ate with the seaons it would give such a boost to British farming.

[Frances_iom]

>>>
Surely we all look forward to the first sprouts of the Winter? <<< ....NNnoooooooooooo!!! UGH!!
...

actually they need the first frost to improve the taste, when if the smaller ones are chosen and not overcooked they can be great

[teamsaint]

According to wiki: Forerunners to modern Brussels sprouts were likely cultivated in ancient Rome. Brussels sprouts as we now know them were grown possibly as early as the 13th century in what is now Belgium. The first written reference dates to 1587 It also states the largest producer of sprouts is The Netherlands, followed by Germany.

I love them!! Although I'm not sure why they should only be eaten after the first frost. However, I would have no wish to be able to eat them in July. Our greengrocer is very good at stocking home produced, seasonal, fruit and veg and has at the moment quinces (which you won't find in any supermarket) and lately red chard, salisfy, etc. If we all ate with the seaons it would give such a boost to British farming.

Re sprouts, heresy no doubt, but though I like fresh, I prefer frozen.....they seem to be a little sweeter.

Excellent point about supporting farmers.