On 2009-10-31 20:35:12 +0000, "Graham Harrison"
said:


"lloyd" wrote in message
...
Is it just me or is the white, tasteless, sanitised lump of nothing
they call cabbage in the supermarkets these days really that bad, or
was the green much tastier and better for us?

And where did it disappear?

I don't know about cabbage but a couple of years ago I moved from East
Bershire to South Somerset. That meant going from being 10 minutes
walk from Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose to the nearest supermarket
being Morrisons a 5 mile drive (well, maybe one bus a day but timed for
school so makes for a long stay for a quick shop) away. Anyway,
result is I now shop in the local village and it's the meat that gets
me. Pork, in particular, actually tastes of pork. So my advice is
not to change your supermarket so much as change from a supermarket to
an independent greengrocer, or a farmers market or something of that
ilk.

That's how we shop here and it's a world of difference to supermarket
stuff. We have one member of the staff who's famous for her road kill.
If she sees that a tractor & trailer has dropped leeks or cabbages or
potatoes, or whatever, on the road, she stops her car, hops out and
picks them up. Then she brings them here and distributes them. You
can't get a lot fresher than that - and free!
--
Sacha