Since when are strawberries an ‘everyday essential’ in the depths of winter?

For your Pimms, darling! 🍹

Still not seasonal, I know, and I don’t buy many in winter, but lately I’ve been pleased to find tomatoes grown in Kent, rather than in e.g Spain or the Netherlands. I know they’ll have been grown in polytunnels or glasshouses (same as elsewhere in Europe in winter) but at least I’m supporting our own farmers, rather than anyone else’s.

like most people, if I like and can afford something that is in the shops, i will buy it. it's a simple as that.

I d not know what to make of that statement . Shopping has always been a political decisio (I am not talking party political).

From boycotting South African produce during the apartheid regime, to thinking about what the cost anything I buy has been to those who made it, to environmental issues, which cover eating in season, not buying food and then discarding it.

None of this undermines my wholehearted enjoyment of food and interest in exploring new cuisines and new foods.

But all our decisions in life on almost anything are political and there is no way it can be avoided. even choosing to ignore the politics of life is itself a politial decision.

like most people, if I like and can afford something that is in the shops, i will buy it. it's a simple as that.

I think we need to move towards 'can the planet afford it in terms of sustainability' rather than can an individual afford it.

Hear hear, Jane71!

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Lucy Ann and Coco.
To me the worse thing about tinned fruit and evaporated milk was being made to eat bread and butter with them. The same went for any dessert such as trifle. I vowed as a child that I would never make any children of mine have to go through that.

Oh, no, that’s a step too far! We would have had sandwiches with cold roast meat in them from the day before, followed by tinned fruit (fruit cocktail ) and the sickly Carnation…..