Courgette crisis!

chelseababy Yes! thats mine as well. Start chopping an onion or two and the start to think what to put with it.

I think I heard the weather in Spain has been really bad for vege crops this year.

I tend to buy smaller cherry/plum tomatoes on the vine as they do have a better taste. Don't like the bigger ones that seem to be all water.

Courgettes, red peppers and red onions are our favourites for a stirfry veg accompaniment for most things.

I can't remember the last time I ate a courgette. I've never cooked one or a marrow.
I couldn't do without the versatile spud.

Never! I've had some delicious tomatoes recently - but you have to choose for flavour and avoid those generic 'moneymaker' types.

I agree Grannyknot I have given up buying expensive tasteless imported tomatoes unless I am cooking with them (then I look out for reduced ones) I am waiting until tasty local ones are available again!

suzie but is it just me or are most tomatoes now completely tasteless? Whatever happened to that sunkissed taste of fresh tomatoes? I often take one bite (I eat them like the fruit that they are) and chuck the rest in the bin.

Pittcity me too!

My mil used those in the 70's and they were just awful. What did they do to the veg to remove all trace of taste?

I read there would be a shortage of spinach this year as well. I can live without courgettes and spinach but not onions, carrots, swede etc. Love root vegetables.
Tinned veg are awful generally, does anyone remember those tins of vegetable macedoine that tasted of nothing at all.

Courgettes are so easy to grow that we always have a glut in the Summer. This means that I don't want to buy or even see one out of season.

I think we've got used to having fresh fruit and veg all the year round and the prices are going to go up, but I think fresh tomatoes are the one thing I'd miss if we really went back the being completely seasonal. I know we used to eat more tinned fruit/ veg in the past, but who really likes tinned carrots, peas, pears etc? Tinned tomatoes are good in cooking, but couldn't eat them as they come.

No shortage in our Tesco!

Not that keen on courgettes, except in chocolate cake and marrow chutney.

Yep. Onions.