Does size Matter to you???

I_luv_cats

http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/food/campaign-for-knobbly-fruit_p_1.html

I like Sainsbury cos they tend to sell a bag of mixed sizes @ good prices.


"Supermarkets demand apples to be blemish-less and weigh on average about 150g. Too big or too small and you won't find them in the fruit aisle." (quote from the show)

geordie_joe

I_luv_cats wrote: »

"Supermarkets demand apples to be blemish-less and weigh on average about 150g. Too big or too small and you won't find them in the fruit aisle." (quote from the show)

That's tosh, my local morrisons sells small apples. They are sold as "kids apples", but they are small. They also sell small oranges, pears and clementines for kids.

Also, it wasn't the supermarkets that demanded perfectly shaped fruit, it was the EU who said they couldn't sell mis-shapen fruit.

It's only in the last couple of years they have changed it, but people are used to perfectly shaped fruit now, so the odd shaped loose apple always gets bought last.

geordie_joe

Try reading this

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1084904/Curly-courgettes-bumpy-tomatoes-EU-allow-misshapen-veggies-dinner-table.html

I_luv_cats

Also mentioned on the tv prog :

Funny how the Moroccans have on sale in their markets etc. big, any shape, tasty juicy tomatoes, but export to us the cherry (all the same size) tomatoes.

DCFC79

geordie_joe wrote: »

That's tosh, my local morrisons sells small apples. They are sold as "kids apples", but they are small. They also sell small oranges, pears and clementines for kids.

yes sainsburys used to do small apples, pears etc for kids but not sure if they have stopped that range now