Fig rolls

Dogbyte009

Are we seeing a repeat of the great fig roll shortage of 2008?

In the past fortnight I've been in Asda, Sainsbury's and Lidl, none of them have any in stock. 

PLRFD

Not had any since I found out about the free wasp thing.

sarah1972

Dogbyte009 said:

Are we seeing a repeat of the great fig roll shortage of 2008?

In the past fortnight I've been in Asda, Sainsbury's and Lidl, none of them have any in stock. 

49p in Tesco, got some last week https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/260169385
50p Asda https://groceries.asda.com/product/plain-biscuits/asda-fig-rolls/1000000982547
1.40 Sainsburys https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/bolands-fig-roll-200g?
1.60 Waitrose https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/mcvities-fig-rolls/018380-8904-8905
2 varieties at Ocado, one here https://www.ocado.com/products/bolands-fig-rolls-200772011

MovingForwards

PLRFD said:

Not had any since I found out about the free wasp thing.

Nor me! It's even put me off my dried figs 😐

YoungBlueEyes

Free wasp thing…? @PLRFD

sarah1972

YoungBlueEyes said:

Free wasp thing…? @PLRFD

Guessing they mean this? Can’t see a reason why it would put people off eating figs though 🤷🏻‍♀️

The female wasp crawls inside through a hole so narrow that she loses her wings in the process and becomes trapped. If the fig is a male, she lays her eggs inside. These hatch into larvae that burrow out, turn into wasps and fly off, carrying fig pollen with them. If the wasp climbs into a female fig [the kind we eat], she pollinates it, but cannot lay her eggs and just dies alone. Luckily for us, the female fig produces an enzyme that digests this wasp completely. The crunchy bits are seeds, not wasp parts.”

And yes, this happens every time a fig wasp flies into a female fig.

https://gardencollage.com/inspire/wild-earth/true-dead-wasps-inside-figs/

sammyjammy

Poor wasp!

YoungBlueEyes

Jeez that’s interesting, thanks @sarah1972. 

How is that the first I’ve heard of that, and me a QI addict! 🤨

Farway

sarah1972 said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

Free wasp thing…? @PLRFD

Guessing they mean this? Can’t see a reason why it would put people off eating figs though 🤷🏻‍♀️

The female wasp crawls inside through a hole so narrow that she loses her wings in the process and becomes trapped. If the fig is a male, she lays her eggs inside. These hatch into larvae that burrow out, turn into wasps and fly off, carrying fig pollen with them. If the wasp climbs into a female fig [the kind we eat], she pollinates it, but cannot lay her eggs and just dies alone. Luckily for us, the female fig produces an enzyme that digests this wasp completely. The crunchy bits are seeds, not wasp parts.”

And yes, this happens every time a fig wasp flies into a female fig.

https://gardencollage.com/inspire/wild-earth/true-dead-wasps-inside-figs/

Just in case anyone grows figs, UK grown ones do not have this wasp, too cold for them

GaleSF63

I wish I hadn't read this.

Rosa_Damascena

sarah1972 said:

Dogbyte009 said:

Are we seeing a repeat of the great fig roll shortage of 2008?

In the past fortnight I've been in Asda, Sainsbury's and Lidl, none of them have any in stock. 

49p in Tesco, got some last week https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/260169385
50p Asda https://groceries.asda.com/product/plain-biscuits/asda-fig-rolls/1000000982547
1.40 Sainsburys https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/bolands-fig-roll-200g?
1.60 Waitrose https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/mcvities-fig-rolls/018380-8904-8905
2 varieties at Ocado, one here https://www.ocado.com/products/bolands-fig-rolls-200772011

Ridiculous prices. I am used to paying 37p at Aldi.

Perhaps biscuits are about to become as unaffordable a treat as cake. Mucho sadness