Reply to: EU Wonky Fruit ban defeated

[shaunbhoy]

I think this is the beginning of the rot. What next? Wonky cars?

Er I think we did that to death in the 1950s-1970s

[Mich the Tester]

So the daftness hasn't been completely repealed.

I agree it mainly seems to be the UK that pays attention to this type of muppetry, I bought some veg in a grocers in Porto the other week and it was all shapes and sizes, but very good and a third of the price I would have paid at home.

If you buy fruit and veg in a Dutch supermarket it's likely to be a fairly standard shape, but that's because the supermarkets turn down funny shaped veg as it's logistically inconvenient and doesn't sell well. If you buy at the market or a farm shop you'll find delicious produce that often has a wierd appearance. I don't think anyone ever really took any notice of this mad legislation, after all, governments would have to spend money enforcing it and at the moment there are other priorities.

[NotAllThere]

We'd like to see your pictures of fruit and veg that might be aesthetically challenged.

Is shaped like genitalia

[threaded]

Excellent. The only thing that made shopping with the wife an experience slightly this side of death was the chance of finding a fruit or veg that I could wave about shouting "Hey this one looks just like a nob!"

I hold them with provocative stance and loudly proclaim "Ohh arr, fertilizer!"

[TykeMerc]

But the rules remain unchanged for 10 types of produce, accounting for three-quarters of EU fruit and vegetable trade.
They were: apples, citrus fruit, kiwi fruit, lettuces, peaches and nectarines, pears, strawberries, sweet peppers, table grapes and tomatoes.

So the daftness hasn't been completely repealed.

I agree it mainly seems to be the UK that pays attention to this type of muppetry, I bought some veg in a grocers in Porto the other week and it was all shapes and sizes, but very good and a third of the price I would have paid at home.

[swamp]

I think this is the beginning of the rot. What next? Wonky cars?

[northernladuk]

Excellent. The only thing that made shopping with the wife an experience slightly this side of death was the chance of finding a fruit or veg that I could wave about shouting "Hey this one looks just like a nob!"

Thank god for that. I thought it was only me that did that and I needed help....

[xoggoth]

Excellent. The only thing that made shopping with the wife an experience slightly this side of death was the chance of finding a fruit or veg that I could wave about shouting "Hey this one looks just like a nob!"

[shaunbhoy]

Oh some of it is given to French farmers too, who are always deserving of our help.

Good point. If we were not lavishing them with Fuel grants they would have insufficient diesel to propel their tractors to the strategic road junctions where they can bring the whole continent to a standstill. I mean just how upsetting can it be to be deprived of your "Don't grow any more Parsnips" subsidy?

[Mich the Tester]

Always nice to have it confirmed that the millions we pour into the EU coffers is being effectively targeted at the problems that really matter, and not just being frittered away in a profligate manner.

Oh some of it is given to French farmers too, who are always deserving of our help.

[shaunbhoy]

Always nice to have it confirmed that the millions we pour into the EU coffers is being effectively targeted at the problems that really matter, and not just being frittered away in a profligate manner.

[Mich the Tester]

Maybe they didn't but I paid for the pleasure of a load of pompus idiots to discuss it and finally come to their senses.... twice!!!!

As did all of Europe's taxpayers. The EU parliament is actually just an expensive mental home for those who were too useless to get a job in national governments (which is saying something). Think of it as a sort of 'fletcher memorial home'.

[darmstadt]

Well thats good for "That's Life" then

[northernladuk]

<eco mentalist mode>
This is bad for our carbon footprint. Vegetables and fruits with an irregular shape take up more packaging and transport space as they can't be packed tightly, therefore increasing our use of fossil fuels and production of CO2. This is a backward step.
</eco mentalist mode>

TBH, I don't think anyone in Europe other than the British government really took much notice of this.

Maybe they didn't but I paid for the pleasure of a load of pompus idiots to discuss it and finally come to their senses.... twice!!!!

[Mich the Tester]

<eco mentalist mode>
This is bad for our carbon footprint. Vegetables and fruits with an irregular shape take up more packaging and transport space as they can't be packed tightly, therefore increasing our use of fossil fuels and production of CO2. This is a backward step.
</eco mentalist mode>

TBH, I don't think anyone in Europe other than the British government really took much notice of this.