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OK --joking apart- what should I be hoarding?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's the unregulated or fake imports that are really worrying, much more so than shortages.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Yes - anyone for more foot and mouth from unregulated meat products?
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Dirty water or pesticides used on vegetables could be an issue too. It's not just meat.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It seems fine in theory Philippa but maybe not so good in practice yet - https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2017/03/24/France-s-food-waste-ban-One-year-on

    However, it's a start and a first in the EU where food waste is widespread.

    It has occurred to me that, while people over this side of the Channel will have no problems with fresh food and anything else I might just hit a shortage of Golden Syrup and Marmite.  I can probably live without Marmite but I use syrup in a lot of cake and biscuit recipes............   Maybe I need to stock up?

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    My local Lidl seems to have stopped stocking 2lb tins of golden syrup... can I blame B****t?  
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Plastic bottles here.  Much easier to handle than the tins but not too environmentally friendly.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Plastic bottles here too, like sauce bottles, just squeeze out what you want, no messy spoons.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    But there's something wonderful about prising off the lid and seeing your reflection in the golden, sticky goo... like a lake...  sorry......  

    The tin design hasn't really changed since my childhood - still green and gold printing, with the lion and "Out of the strong came forth sweetness" on the front.  Though it does now say 907g instead of 2lb...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Golden syrup is just made with sugar cane or sugar beet. British Sugar grow refine and process sugar from beet in this country. It might not be Tate & Lyle, but it will be golden syrup.

     
  • Hampshire_HogHampshire_Hog Posts: 1,089
    edited February 2019
    Of course the problems we think we will have here also applies to the rest of Europe as any good flowing out of the UK will have to go through customs on the French side, so all the best quality beef we send out will be delayed along with welsh lamb, rhubarb baked beans etc etc so it's not going to be just us that suffers if at all.

    And just maybe we will get to buy British beef etc rather than the rubbish we import from Europe in the future.

    "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
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