it seems Rationing is back...

I eat salad every day.love it...but would never buy a tasteless iceberg lettuce....

i suppose we will see a price increase when they do return to the supermarket shelves. Roll on the warmer weath when i can start to grow my own sald again.

As a man on the radio just said we can all live without lettuce especially in the winter, years ago they were a seasonal item we have just got use to having everything when we want it.

I like sue1169 eat a fair amount of salad myself especially celery, tomatoes and peppers so i know i can still have something fresh.

Lets hope it doesnt put people out of work in the fast food industry making salads and sandwiches to sell as lunches.

Plenty of courgettes in the freezer. We has some for lunch. I wouldn't have an iceberg lettuce as a gift, still less 3. I am another who would much prefers watercress. It tastes of something.

I did need to buy some mixed salad leaves today and there was no shortage of them today, but I think those are grown greenhouses in Holland and UK.

If push came to shove, I'd substitute lettuce with finely grated cabbage. The only time I buy courgettes is when we're having roasted Mediterranean veg and DH isn't very keen on the texture anyway, but if broccoli were to disappear from supermarket shelves I'd go into a decline! as we eat it at least 4 times a week.

The way this is being headlined, it sounds as if all veg is in short supply! Excuse for a lot of prices to go up, methinks... or am I just cynical?

Well we went shopping today in Tesco. No sign of a shortage of any fruit or vegetables. Quite a lot of management, though, look at and discussing the displays

I think this has all been started by a vegetable buyer for Tesco who realises that they have over-ordered........

People were talking about the price of courgettes last week.
I checked then, and they were about 2€ a kilo here. Today nearly 6€ a kilo.
We're in SW France near the border with Spain. So perhaps there's something in the story.
Luckily I'm not so keen on courgettes.

I phoned my friend in Marbella this morning, and guess what, no shortage of iceberg lettuce there mmmmm?

Eat in season and eat locally like the slow food movement!!

Well we would never have been eating any sort of lettuce in the winter when I was a child, and, of course, we would never have eaten courgettes at all At school we used to have what they called a winter salad which was mainly shredded white cabbage and beetroot.

As Deedaa says, I also had shredded white cabbage at school, usually with mince. It was the first time I had had it, and loved it as it was so crunchy. It was a long time ago.

Courgettes are basically water.We grow them in Summer for roasted Med veg, the only we can eat them.Iceberg lettuce needs a lot of bits with it and mayo to make it appealing.
Who is buying three? Somebody who keeps rabbits?

Another advantage of being on the senior side of life. I can remember the olden days before courgettes and any number of veg that we now expect to eat out of season.
I think we'll cope.
We could always have a bar of chocolate, I'm sure we can find some data that says that would be just as good for us ?,

The reason for rationing is that there is a shortage of vegetables at the wholesalers
So some restaurants have started going into supermarkets to buy their ingredients in bulk. Thus the supermarkets are trying to protect their supplies for their usual customers .... ie individuals like you and I.

While on the subject of iceberg lettuces, I always wonder when it says 'wash before use', whether this only applies to the outside leaves?

I am a fat girl.........unscathed by the lettuce crisis.

Share my allocation between yourselves with my blessings.

I spiralize courgettes together with carrots then freeze them. No shortage near us in the West Mids so far. I did try to buy a head of broccoli off the market yesterday, but the salesperson was so engrossed in his ipad that I walked off and he missed the chance to make a sale.

No spinach in Morrisons earlier this week, though.

Is it a salad shortage or is this just the tip of the iceberg?

Queues were reported in high streets this morning, not seen since the dark days of Northern Rock. The spirit of the 1940's was sadly lacking as hard hands grabbed a greengrocer's soft fruit. 'It's only some vegetables that are short', he wailed but his words were drowned under a high-pitched moan.

A small girl sat crying; 'My Gran made me eat a bent carrot. She said they are all the same in the end; but it wasn't. It was bent!.' Distraught vegans held a secret street-side meeting, ultimately disappearing in ones and twos towards the vegetable section at Iceland.

While the weather was said to be responsible, there were no shortage of theories for the current horrendous predicament but most thought it would all be over by Christmas.

We catered an event yesterday for nearly 60 people but we aren't professional caterers, it was for friends. As there is broccoli in the allotment at the moment, it didn't occur to me that it was imported. I did buy the 6 heads of broccoli from the supermarket but only because I assumed it would be British and seasonal. We didn't serve salad but did use one bag as a garnish.

I blame it on brexit ....

I have no idea why anyone would buy an iceberg lettuce but I can eat pointu cabbage practically by itself. Finely shredded with grated carrot and apple and finely chopped spring onion. Add mayonnaise and some sultanas and it's coleslaw.

ELEGRAN.
Agree. How much vitamin content is there in a lettuce that we could survive without it until they become more plentiful.?
My salads, year round, consist of watercress, mustard and cress, grated apple. grated carrot and maybe cucumber
Lettuce is not necessary no more than like bread without butter when there are alternatives.

Back to eating vegetables in season, bent or otherwise, I guess. I'm sure there was a time when we didn't eat courgettes, avocados, peppers etc.

Oh for goodness sake, talk about first world problems, there is far more to worry about! I try to eat what is in season and what is local where possible though I do admit to buying fruit from abroad such as bananas