"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 13:58:05 GMT, "graham" wrote:

My local supermarket (in Calgary) often has Dutch ones! The cost of
flying
them that far must be horrendous!

When I was in Canada 2 years ago (Vancouver to Calgary) we were amazed
that we seldom saw a tomato in any hotel or restaurant. We were told
that they are very expensive because most are exported to USA! What
is the world playing at? LOL

Pam in Bristol

The Yanks were/are suckers enough to pay the high prices for them...I bought
a single tomato to 'check 'em out'....not even good enough for fried
tomatoes...H