Comments on: Buying Vegetables from Sainsbury’s http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys Food - Photography & More Fri, 18 May 2012 01:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25902 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:53:27 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25902 Melissa, It is truly dull isn't it? I can't wait for the Spring now. Good luck with the weather where you are :( Miles Melissa,
It is truly dull isn’t it? I can’t wait for the Spring now. Good luck with the weather where you are :(

Miles

]]> by: Melissa http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25891 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:54:55 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25891 Rhubarb? I never would have guessed rhubarb. Interesting. I agree with the sentiments shown above. February and March are rather boring "eat local" seasons. We have several inches of snow on the ground right here in town. Melissa Rhubarb? I never would have guessed rhubarb. Interesting.

I agree with the sentiments shown above. February and March are rather boring “eat local” seasons. We have several inches of snow on the ground right here in town.

Melissa

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25888 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:52:53 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25888 Annie, With great difficulty to be honest, I use cabbages, cauliflowers, Jerusalem artichokes...that sort of thing. It's that in-between period before the first broad beans and peas. I hate it! Miles Annie,
With great difficulty to be honest, I use cabbages, cauliflowers, Jerusalem artichokes…that sort of thing. It’s that in-between period before the first broad beans and peas.
I hate it!

Miles

]]> by: Annie Flinn http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25886 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:30:47 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25886 Hi, I read, with interest, your reply about veggies this time of year. How do you include fresh, locally grown vegetable offerings when they are so limited this time of year? Annie Hi,
I read, with interest, your reply about veggies this time of year. How do you include fresh, locally grown vegetable offerings when they are so limited this time of year?
Annie

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25867 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:49:02 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25867 Annie, I think everyone is getting a battering at the moment, France and Spain have had it bad and we have flood warnings in place again in England :( Baton down the hatches! Miles Annie,
I think everyone is getting a battering at the moment, France and Spain have had it bad and we have flood warnings in place again in England :(

Baton down the hatches!
Miles

]]> by: Annie Flinn http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25857 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:05:15 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25857 Hi, Remember that in a past post I said California had three seasons: earthquake, mudslide, and fire? Well, today we are getting torrential rains (thus the potential for mudslides), and our coastal areas are under a tsunami warning. My friends are listening for the sirens, and my son and daughter-in-law are offering their place as a refuge to their friends who live closer to the water. It is never dull here. Our sympathies go out to the people of Chile, where a HUGE quake (significantly larger than the Haiti quake) struck early this morning. Chile and California are all part of the Pacific Ring which is highly susceptible to quakes. Annie Hi,
Remember that in a past post I said California had three seasons: earthquake, mudslide, and fire? Well, today we are getting torrential rains (thus the potential for mudslides), and our coastal areas are under a tsunami warning. My friends are listening for the sirens, and my son and daughter-in-law are offering their place as a refuge to their friends who live closer to the water. It is never dull here.

Our sympathies go out to the people of Chile, where a HUGE quake (significantly larger than the Haiti quake) struck early this morning. Chile and California are all part of the Pacific Ring which is highly susceptible to quakes.

Annie

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25707 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:15:36 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25707 Annie, February is about as bad a month as you can get over here. It's 'limbo' month. Rhubarb is good but most other fruits are kept in storage or imported. There are still decent vegetables and winter lettuce to be had but February is all about waiting for spring to arrive. It's a frustrating month. Miles Annie,
February is about as bad a month as you can get over here. It’s ‘limbo’ month. Rhubarb is good but most other fruits are kept in storage or imported. There are still decent vegetables and winter lettuce to be had but February is all about waiting for spring to arrive.
It’s a frustrating month.

Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25706 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:12:59 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25706 Rod, Good point, it's a bit like the paparazzi, everyone hates them but still buy their work. It's just snowballed over time this greed of ours. Miles Rod,
Good point, it’s a bit like the paparazzi, everyone hates them but still buy their work. It’s just snowballed over time this greed of ours.

Miles

]]> by: Annie Flinn http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25705 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:31:06 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25705 Hi Miles, Just out of interest: what vegetables and fruit are "in season" in England right now? How do you get locally grown veggies and fruit in the midst of a deep winter? I guess I am just ignorant of what can be seasonally grown there. Annie Hi Miles,
Just out of interest: what vegetables and fruit are “in season” in England right now? How do you get locally grown veggies and fruit in the midst of a deep winter? I guess I am just ignorant of what can be seasonally grown there.

Annie

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25700 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:26:42 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys#comment-25700 To play Devil's Advocate: Is it Sainsbury's or is it their customers ? I think we live in a society that thinks and feels along the lines of "I want something and I want it now" to that end the supermarkets cater to us as though we are petulant children. You could, of course, ask yourself which came first: 'the cage fed chicken or the ready boiled egg' Perhaps the supermarkets encourage our 'anything anytime' attitude or perhaps they respond to consumer demand - either way it's in the hands of the consumer. Every square inch of floor space is accounted for by the big supermarkets in the UK, if it's there it's because people want it - the moment they don't it'll be gone Regards Rod To play Devil’s Advocate:
Is it Sainsbury’s or is it their customers ?
I think we live in a society that thinks and feels along the lines of “I want something and I want it now” to that end the supermarkets cater to us as though we are petulant children.

You could, of course, ask yourself which came first:
‘the cage fed chicken or the ready boiled egg’
Perhaps the supermarkets encourage our ‘anything anytime’ attitude or perhaps they respond to consumer demand - either way it’s in the hands of the consumer.

Every square inch of floor space is accounted for by the big supermarkets in the UK, if it’s there it’s because people want it - the moment they don’t it’ll be gone

Regards
Rod

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