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Where have all the exotic fruits gone?

Marianne72

I wanted some kumquats for Christmas but again this year there are none in the major supermarkets. None of the staff I've asked seem to know why. Similarly, dragon fruit, ugli fruit - even Cox's apples [Cox's first apples were huge and really tasty]. Is it climate change? I know the Cox's might be.

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  • I read somewhere that it is not economically viable to stock some foreign produce due to political instability, e.g., war, increased transportation costs (shipping routes disrupted) and tariffs.

    I like sweet potatoes, but some of them are from South America and they are transported into the US and have been treated with something that used to be illegal in the UK because it was considered harmful, before Brexit.

    M&S has stopped listing the country of origin on much of its pre packed fresh foods such as meat, unless it is from Ireland. Sometimes it will say packed in the UK, which means nothing—it could have come from deepest Peru and been twice round the world. Much ‘fresh’ meat and poultry has been frozen and thawed (visible in the smallest writing on the back of the pack). Food standards have declined! I can source most of my fresh food from Ireland, north and south, but it is time consuming.

  • in reply to ArchaeC
    ArchaeC said:
    Food standards have declined!

    Yes, they have. I find most fruit and veg doesn't seem to taste very much. When I can afford it, I buy organic. In the 50's [I sound like my mother!] we had tasty New Zealand cheddar - the only cheddar I find tasty is expensive Vintage Cathedral.

  • in reply to Marianne72

    I don’t remember New Zealand cheddar (I was born in the 1960s), but I do remember Canadian cheddar which is still available, although it doesn’t taste as good as I remember it used to.

    There used to be a delicatessen near our home which stocked different types of cheddar and other cheeses, cold meats, pates, jars and tins of jams, chutneys, lesser known vegetables etc, I miss not having shops like that.

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  • in reply to Marianne72

    I don’t remember New Zealand cheddar (I was born in the 1960s), but I do remember Canadian cheddar which is still available, although it doesn’t taste as good as I remember it used to.

    There used to be a delicatessen near our home which stocked different types of cheddar and other cheeses, cold meats, pates, jars and tins of jams, chutneys, lesser known vegetables etc, I miss not having shops like that.

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