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New Year salad shortage

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DaphneBroon Fri 23-Dec-16 07:18:13

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/22/blow-new-year-diets-salad-shortage-threatens-strike-supermarkets/

I am devastated, will have to finish up the cheese, the mince pies and the puds instead oh and the ???tchgrin

David1968 Fri 23-Dec-16 16:37:18

Well funnily enough I was amazed to find hardly any green salad available in the shops here this morning. We didn't know about the shortage - thought they'd simply run out. We do actually eat it!

1974cookie Fri 23-Dec-16 17:29:31

No sign today of a shortage of salads at our local Tesco today, however the Cash Machines had run out of money.
By the way, raw brussel sprouts are delicious. I know that this may sound odd, but if you have never tried one, give it a go.

A very Merry Christmas to all Gransnetters tchsmiletchsmiletchsmile

Nicksmrs46 Sat 24-Dec-16 12:52:06

There's always frozen sprouts or try the farm shops!! As I'm recovering from a week long spell of Ill health I won't be having Christmas lunch...just rice pudding...
Happy Christmas everyone x

TriciaF Sat 24-Dec-16 18:48:00

I bought a huge lettuce a fortnight ago and we're still eating it. I wash it, pull leaves apart and dry on a towel, the put in a large plastic bag in the salad box at the base of the fridge. Keeps fresh for ages.
I do the same with fresh herbs.
I didn't notice yesterday if there's a shortage here - probably not because most fruit and veg come from local growers, and we certainly haven't had floods.