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When I was a child in the 50'th we were told to buy Israeli products beacouse we have to support our young industry in the young country. (I was born with the isreali state so we are getting old together). Now when I visit our small supermarket near my house I see that the green apples are from South Tirol, the red are from the Usa and the dark green are from Argentina. not long ago the valley near us was an apple orchard. but no more.( I went yo buy apples beacouse I wanted to make red cabbage like Weaver, that how strong I am influenced by reading blogs).
It's the same here Yael. We have to travel into the countryside to actually buy fruit and vegetables from the growers themselves, as supermarkets only stock imported produce. English apples are mostly exported...it's a mad, sad world. Can I ask, where in Israel do you live?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Gary for commenting here and following the blog. As you can see my english is not so well and always I say less than I want to becouse I am not sure how to say it,Ilive half an houR from Jerusalem AND 45 minuts from Tel-aviv, In a small village.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Gary for commenting here and following the blog. As you can see my english is not so well and always I say less than I want to becouse I am not sure how to say it,Ilive half an houR from Jerusalem AND 45 minuts from Tel-aviv, In a small village.
ReplyDeleteI only buy local apples from the farmers outdoor market which is in the street on a Saturday morning. In fact I always buy local produce whenever I can. One time I bought 3 garlic in a supermarket because they were labelled as being from nearby in Italy. There was even an Italian flag symbol on the label. When I got home and looked carefully at the tiny print on the label I discovered the garlic was from China. It had only been packed in Italy. On TV yesterday I saw Spanish farmers dumping tomatoes because they cannot export them to Russia. Stupid sanctions!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunatly we dont have farmers markets here so we have to buy our fruits and egatables in supermarkets.30 years ago we had a small farm near the dead sea and when the prices of the tomatoes were law we had to dump them.Crazy world indeed.
DeleteI wish this was not the case as you describe and we could still buy local produce easily without it being an issue.
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel, I realy dont understand this , people are growing fruits here but from some reason they dont sell it here,
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel, I realy dont understand this , people are growing fruits here but from some reason they dont sell it here,
ReplyDeleteIsraeli fruit and veg used to be very common in UK supermarkets, but less so now. France is a very nationalistic country, and foreign foods are still rare here. I try to grow most of my own fruit and vegs.... much better.
ReplyDeleteIn our small supermarket we have products from all over the world, it is interesting i think. I tried to talk about with some people but no one seems to care about it so i stoped. ( do you think Cro that the dubble comments have to do something with the returning of the trols? i see that only me suffers from that)
DeleteI have no idea Yael, but I did notice that it's still happening to you. You're not living a double life are you?
DeleteLol, now that could be a leading question!!!
DeleteI am so happy that some of you come back to see the comments, I always wondered, but when i come back and read mine i somtimes get embarrased beacouse of mine so many mistakes.
DeleteIt is not just you Yael, it happened to me on Weaver the other night and then I tried to delete and there was no way of deleting. It is happening to everyone.
DeleteTHank you Rachrl|)
DeleteIn our large supermarket there are items on sale from many areas of the world, lots from Asian countries, some fruit citrus fruit from USA which is often on the shelves same time as local fruit. Crazy! I think countries receive more money from sending overseas and too often local consumers are not considered. I always read the country of origin; some things, especially fish, I will only buy from Australia or New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteThe worst about imported fruit, and some local if it is last seasons is that it has been 'cool stored' making it lose the crispness ... making it soft and tasteless.
Love that post Yael ... makes for comparisons from those who reply:)
I knew you would love it Shirley:)
DeleteIn our small supermarket there are also a lot of sweets and chocolads that my children used to get from their late German grandmother 30 years ago beacouse we did not have here in Israel,
We have what are called Farmers Markets here but the stall holders are not farmers at all and then it puts you off. It is a shame that the supermarkets don't sell local produce but the supermarkets are not interested at all and only think in terms of £sd. I buy from farm gates as much as possible and Peter does a lot of this for me.
ReplyDeleteUsualy I dont buy a lot of fruits but I was looking for apples to make the red cabbage that weaver wrote about.
ReplyDeleteRed cabbage is cabbage, not apples. I make red cabbage pickle. Slice up the cabbage, cover with dry sale and then cover with foil, then do another layer and cover it all up and leave overnight. Wash and dry it and then put it in jars with a few peppercorns and cover with vinegar. Leave for three days. Eat within a month because it soon goes flaccid.
DeleteSalt I mean.
DeleteThank you Rachel I am going to try it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rachel I am going to try it.
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