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[bimble]

Kind of curious as to which vegetables are acceptable during the months of February -March, TopCat any guidance? I think that’s when the great British farmers have nothing.

 

[brogdale]

Surely it's got to be Quinoa if you're going full-on faragist/pub landlord tribute act?

 

[brogdale]

Kind of curious as to which vegetables are acceptable during the months of February -March, TopCat any guidance? I think that’s when the great British farmers have nothing.

(thin) rats & rainwater

 

[TopCat]

Kind of curious as to which vegetables are acceptable during the months of February -March, TopCat any guidance? I think that’s when the great British farmers have nothing.

February was always a lean month on the allotment. Chard. Yes Chard would be available. Plus marrows are always there.

 

[Pickman's model]

Kind of curious as to which vegetables are acceptable during the months of February -March, TopCat any guidance? I think that’s when the great British farmers have nothing.

Nine Crops to Harvest in March | BBC Gardeners World Magazine

Advice on which crops to harvest in March, including leeks, rhubarb and kale, plus tips on harvesting, from the experts at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine.

www.gardenersworld.com

 

[Chilli.s]

Kind of curious as to which vegetables are acceptable during the months of February -March, TopCat any guidance? I think that’s when the great British farmers have nothing.

Kale and winter/spring greens... Very nice indeed

 

[brogdale]

Nine Crops to Harvest in March | BBC Gardeners World Magazine

Advice on which crops to harvest in March, including leeks, rhubarb and kale, plus tips on harvesting, from the experts at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine.

www.gardenersworld.com

It's OK just to take these things from the rich people's gardens?

 

[TopCat]

Nine Crops to Harvest in March | BBC Gardeners World Magazine

Advice on which crops to harvest in March, including leeks, rhubarb and kale, plus tips on harvesting, from the experts at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine.

www.gardenersworld.com

I cant get on with Kale.

 

[TopCat]

It's OK just to take these things from the rich people's gardens?

More than ok.

 

[brogdale]

I cant get on with Kale.

I thought that until I got hold of the proper leaf Kale, not the horrid chopped up stuff in bag.

 

[Pickman's model]

I cant get on with Kale.

Fried with chilli and pine nuts and served with pasta

 

[platinumsage]

It's not linear. The transport costs rising by 300% does not necessarily increase the price of tomatoes by 300%.

A lorry of tomatoes (20 tonnes) retails at £40,000, so it's more like a 12.5% increase.

 

[Pickman's model]

A lorry of tomatoes (20 tonnes) retails at £40,000, so it's more like a 12.5% increase.

And if it's say ten tonnes of tomatoes and ten tonnes of pine nuts?

 

[teuchter]

As proponents of shoplifting and fare-bunking frequently like to remind us on here, the price of something to the consumer is essentially unrelated to the costs of supplying it. So the tomatoes will be fine.

 

[platinumsage]

And if it's say ten tonnes of tomatoes and ten tonnes of pine nuts?

Absurdly unlikely.

 

[bimble]

Maybe brexit will be the thing that finally forces me to learn to cook more than 3 things

 

[Pickman's model]

Absurdly unlikely.

What experience do you have of the haulage industry?

 

[Pickman's model]

Maybe brexit will be the thing that finally forces me to learn to cook more than 3 things

What are your current 3?

 

[bimble]

What are your current 3?

Foreign muck.

 

[Pickman's model]

Foreign muck.

Quinoa cous cous and pasta?

 

[bimble]

Pasta is one . I don’t really understand the point of cous cous and can’t even pronounce quinoa .

 

[Pickman's model]

Pasta is one . I don’t really understand the point of cous cous and can’t even pronounce quinoa .

The point of cous cous is it's easy to make and takes only a couple of minutes as opposed to about 10 mins for rice or pasta

 

[bimble]

The point of cous cous is it's easy to make and takes only a couple of minutes as opposed to about 10 mins for rice or pasta

Yeah but it’s just very tiny pasta.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yeah but it’s just very tiny pasta.

Couscous: Just Don’t Call It Pasta (Published 2009)

Couscous is a convenient staple ideal for winter stews.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Flavour]

Cous Cous is shite tbf

 

[Pickman's model]

Cous Cous is shite tbf

You're just not making it right

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Amazed to find the Canary Islands are actually "The Islands of Dogs" - ironically

Cos the Romans found the islands teeming with dogs and the Latin for dogs also relates to your pointy teeth...

 

[Chilli.s]

Couscous makes fine salads, like the ones that cost loads to buy, piss easy to make, cost buttons

 

[Artaxerxes]

Kind of curious as to which vegetables are acceptable during the months of February -March, TopCat any guidance? I think that’s when the great British farmers have nothing.

April to May is the hungry gap I believe.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

April to May is the hungry gap I believe.

There is a variety of kale with that very name, Hungry Gap, I believe.