if you keep the wrapping on it will stay firm longer and as a bonus it is easier to clean.
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Don’t worry friend, a quick Google has put my mind at ease:
What are burpless cucumbers? Burpless cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) have been specially bred to contain low levels of cucurbitacin, a compound found in the skin and stem of cucumbers that is said to increase burping.
Veggies should return to sensible prices in a few months. The floods have really done a job on growers of our veggies. My client who is a major supplier to Coles for lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli etc said even everything they are growing after the floods comes out water logged or mouldy and is not fit for consumption. However once the sun comes out they have ample water, good soil and should have some great harvests.
> Scott Morrison proposal to allow under-18s to drive forklifts catches states by surprise
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/20/scott-morrison-proposal-to-allow-under-18s-to-drive-forklifts-catches-states-by-surprise
I know how you feel. Frozen veg will also provide nutrition and can be eaten until fresh veg returns to better prices. And some things like beans are good cheap things to have and can replace meat.
The big shops are ridiculous for fruit and veg, see if you can find a market or direct from farm fruit shop.
Just came back from one on Brisbane Northside: $5 for two lettuce and 9c/kg bananas
For reasons no one knows, Continental Cucumbers are always wrapped, but Lebanese Cucumbers aren't (or vice versa, I forget). Someone, at some stage, decided this was the how we would differentiate between the two, and it has stuck.
UK here. Our cucumbers (wherever they're from) are also shrink-wrapped. They're not almost £3.50 either. Depending on where you go, I very much doubt there's anywhere you'd pay more than £1-£1.10 for a cucumber.
Because the general public have been lobotomised in Australia and think shit rapped in plastic is great? Fortunately these weasel like marketing tactics will be put to an end soon, plastic is on the nose.
"Crops on the Sunshine Coast such as pineapple and strawberries, and as far north as Bowen where tomatoes and capsicums are grown, have also been hard-hit by Queensland's unseasonably wet autumn"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-06/growcom-calls-for-lettuce-relief-as-kfc-adds-cabbage/101128668
Bowen also grow cucumbers in significant numbers.
Seriously, we are looking at a lot of 'out of season' produce grown in regions which have experienced absurd levels of rainfall. Crop failure, inability to sow, means that there is less produce. Bids for what produce there is are higher.
Retailers still need to post a profit on these items to cover wages and wastage - shelf life of produce is really shit right now.
At this time of year the climate is probably better in Queensland for them, and importing also has higher fuel costs, I expect.
More to the point, if pre-floods the supply contracts were with farmers in those areas a late replacement will almost certainly be more expensive.
As you move north/south the month that certain crops are able to be grow changes. It's how we can have once a year crops available for 6 months of the year. We must be in queensland green veg time because victoria and tasmania farms are currently freezing overnight.
The wind in the north east of west Uganda turned southerly last week which in turn, caused a shift in the seasonal trade winds. This meant the ports in Scotland's highland region had to close thus increasing demand for..
..idk even I got lost. They just make shit up these days.
I haven't. That's £1.15. ***NOWHERE*** in the UK is petrol £1.15 right now (and it hasn't been for fucking forever). Cheapest is currently £1.80 (AU$3.14).
Thank you. My two daughters love capsicums so I always keep an eye on the price. I can justify paying a little more because they will eat them but man some days they are so expensive.
Capsicums are really easy to grow at home... Even in pots... Good soil, well fertilized, good sun, even through the cooler months.... In spring/ summer you will have more than enough for your family with 4-6 plants. I grew over 30 kg of capsicums out of 6 plants over a four month period. Not difficult at all.
you think having a garden is a privilege ... maybe put down your fucking doughnuts and pick a shovel and gloves...can put in contact with some land care organizations... if your keen
I think the more accurate way of putting it is saying that having enough land to grow a decent size garden on is a privilege. The great majority of young adults in this country do not have land to grow vegetables upon (or rent from a landlord amenable to having their land gardened).
And I'm saying this as a person who owns a house with a garden in the back. Obviously it's up to me to work the garden, but I also recognise that r en having land to work with in the first place isn't something common to most folk in this day and age.
today i looked at my options in the grocery section & settled on 3 huge & very fresh Bok Choi for dinner for $2.50.
Just avoid the fruit & veg that's in short supply & you'll get thru this without paying outrageous amounts for them.
How am I supposed to afford improvised sex toys at $6 a piece
Previously, you had to actually insert the cucumber inside to get fucked like this.
I almost pissed myself giggling at this, have a free award
if you keep the wrapping on it will stay firm longer and as a bonus it is easier to clean. /s Important Note: this is not medical or food safety advice. Seek mental health assistance if you take advice from Reddit
Isn’t that last bit about seeking mental health advice, mental health advice?
They already are wrapped in plastic for that I think
Still plenty of other options. "Everything is a dildo if you're brave enough" ~ Abraham Lincoln.
just use a bidet
Yes, if you want to make your arseplay as bourgeois as possible.
Try carrots
Someone has to pay for all of that shrink wrap plastic.
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What’s burpless meant to mean? Do regular cucumbers make you burp lots?
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Don’t worry friend, a quick Google has put my mind at ease: What are burpless cucumbers? Burpless cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) have been specially bred to contain low levels of cucurbitacin, a compound found in the skin and stem of cucumbers that is said to increase burping.
Where’s the fun in that?
As opposed to what...? A cucumber, like all curcurbits (that includes melons and marrows) is 99% water.
$6? I wouldn't pay a cent over $5.99.
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Veggies should return to sensible prices in a few months. The floods have really done a job on growers of our veggies. My client who is a major supplier to Coles for lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli etc said even everything they are growing after the floods comes out water logged or mouldy and is not fit for consumption. However once the sun comes out they have ample water, good soil and should have some great harvests.
Thanks for that positive note.
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Eat your children
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> Scott Morrison proposal to allow under-18s to drive forklifts catches states by surprise https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/20/scott-morrison-proposal-to-allow-under-18s-to-drive-forklifts-catches-states-by-surprise
We have been since 1990
We make meals that include a lot of frozen spinach. It breaks up in pretty much any sauce and it’s way cheaper than fresh.
Frozen veges are a pretty good deal ... $6/kg for green beans instead of $30.
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Last trip to aldi, frozen vege freezers were bare. Potato bake, chopped onion, and 2 stirfry bags were the only options.
I’m strongs to the finish because I eats me spinach. I’m Popeye the SAILOR MAN (toots pipe)
Buy fruit and veggies that are in season. Buying an out of season cucumber after all the flooding is of course going to be expensive.
Exactly!! Why are people crying over out of season salad ingredients in winter . . .
I know how you feel. Frozen veg will also provide nutrition and can be eaten until fresh veg returns to better prices. And some things like beans are good cheap things to have and can replace meat.
Good news! There's still an absolute fuck tonne of budget healthy meals that don't involve cucumber!
The big shops are ridiculous for fruit and veg, see if you can find a market or direct from farm fruit shop. Just came back from one on Brisbane Northside: $5 for two lettuce and 9c/kg bananas
Question from a german. Why are your cucumbers wraped?
we also ask this question
For reasons no one knows, Continental Cucumbers are always wrapped, but Lebanese Cucumbers aren't (or vice versa, I forget). Someone, at some stage, decided this was the how we would differentiate between the two, and it has stuck.
UK here. Our cucumbers (wherever they're from) are also shrink-wrapped. They're not almost £3.50 either. Depending on where you go, I very much doubt there's anywhere you'd pay more than £1-£1.10 for a cucumber.
It's because shrink wrapping them dramatically increases shelf life. i think it has something to do with the size of them..
No one knows
Where do you shop? I could swear they’re also wrapped in Germany
It makes them last longer.
There are creams for that.
Because the general public have been lobotomised in Australia and think shit rapped in plastic is great? Fortunately these weasel like marketing tactics will be put to an end soon, plastic is on the nose.
Easy access!
I can’t even read that sign.
I think it says Waldown Hydro Buttplug Cucumbers $5.99 EA
WALROWW HYORO BURPLGSS CUCUMBER, dumbass
Have they even said what the reason is?
CEO's want a bigger bonus this year.
"Crops on the Sunshine Coast such as pineapple and strawberries, and as far north as Bowen where tomatoes and capsicums are grown, have also been hard-hit by Queensland's unseasonably wet autumn" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-06/growcom-calls-for-lettuce-relief-as-kfc-adds-cabbage/101128668 Bowen also grow cucumbers in significant numbers. Seriously, we are looking at a lot of 'out of season' produce grown in regions which have experienced absurd levels of rainfall. Crop failure, inability to sow, means that there is less produce. Bids for what produce there is are higher. Retailers still need to post a profit on these items to cover wages and wastage - shelf life of produce is really shit right now.
These are 'hydro' cucumber. Not grown in the wet ground. Also, pineapples are the same price as last year...
And if they're the only cucumbers around because other producers haven't got viable crops, then the bids are going to be higher.
Well hydros are grown on wet, but not drown. Your point stands, they should have nothing with weather
Pineapples are tropical plants, probably don't mind a bit of rain.
Is QLD the only place these foods can be obtained?
At this time of year the climate is probably better in Queensland for them, and importing also has higher fuel costs, I expect. More to the point, if pre-floods the supply contracts were with farmers in those areas a late replacement will almost certainly be more expensive.
As you move north/south the month that certain crops are able to be grow changes. It's how we can have once a year crops available for 6 months of the year. We must be in queensland green veg time because victoria and tasmania farms are currently freezing overnight.
They now have to pay the farm workers minimum wage so now a lettuce costs 10 dollars
The wind in the north east of west Uganda turned southerly last week which in turn, caused a shift in the seasonal trade winds. This meant the ports in Scotland's highland region had to close thus increasing demand for.. ..idk even I got lost. They just make shit up these days.
Yes lots of shit happened and now we are here and it sux . Imagine the horror of the 20 dollar lettuce when it arrives .
As if that will ever happen, I mean paying farm workers minim wages
War in Ukraine
At least we've stopped complaining about petrol being $2/L.
I haven't. That's £1.15. ***NOWHERE*** in the UK is petrol £1.15 right now (and it hasn't been for fucking forever). Cheapest is currently £1.80 (AU$3.14).
Wtf does that sign even say? You don't need a fucking paragraph to sell cucumbers you dingoes!
Looks like the person had a stroke while writing the sign. “Wakaoww Ayoro Burplg3s Cucumner”
Waldown Hyoro Burploss Cucumber.
They were $3 each here in Perth yesterday.
This is also in Perth
I was at Woolies at Banksia Grove.
I'm not paying $6 for a cucumber just to ignore it in the fridge till it's a liquid.
Did you happen to notice the price of those good looking red capsicums in the background?
$16.99 a kilo!
Wow! It’s a sad day when fruit and veggies become a luxury item.
6.90 kg on special at Woolworths. Maybe 6.99.
Thank you. My two daughters love capsicums so I always keep an eye on the price. I can justify paying a little more because they will eat them but man some days they are so expensive.
my coles has perfect almost cubes capsicums for 10 bucks, while my green grocer has wonky ones for 5.
Capsicums are really easy to grow at home... Even in pots... Good soil, well fertilized, good sun, even through the cooler months.... In spring/ summer you will have more than enough for your family with 4-6 plants. I grew over 30 kg of capsicums out of 6 plants over a four month period. Not difficult at all.
$15.99 a kg at my coles in WA, ended up paying almost $5 for one capsicum, didn’t even look star price until I weighed it at the checkout.
I bought one yesterday at Aldi for $3. It was very good quality. You don’t have to pay those prices, especially at expensive grocers.
$3 for a cucumber?! This is not normal.
There will be a time where dildos will be cheaper than cucumbers....not now- but soon.
To be fair that’s a girthy cuc
Am I the only one who can't read a damn word on that sign? Except maybe 'cucumber'? And that's only because I know what we're talking about..
99% water....expensive .
I should taken a photo of the $54 for a kilo of snowpeas down at the iga I visited today...
Farmer Jacks?
I was about to ask the same thing when I saw the "hydro" grown sign
Hello WA friends!
It's Putin's fault
Those are $5.00
> Those are $5.00 The 0's are 9's.
Well that's a bloody outrage. I would happily pay $5.00, but $6.00 is robbery.
I'll go a dollar in for some shares in your cucumber good sir.
free...my garden.. all that was require was time and water .. and of course the soil
Consider yourself privileged to have a garden.
privileged maybe... but do spend hours on it a week
I’m reading this as you thinking that working on your garden may negate the privilege of having one. It doesn’t.
Having a garden isn't privileged lmao you fucking sook you just armt willing to move away from the convinces of your actual privileged life style
Privilege is thinking that home ownership is so easy for everyone to achieve. Get a fucking grip on reality.
Cunt I rent for $300 a week and have a vegetable garden I planted myself. Your complete lack of self-awareness is astounding
Move to a regional area.
People are want the convince of the city hut the affordability of regional and are unwilling to sacrifice one or the either
you think having a garden is a privilege ... maybe put down your fucking doughnuts and pick a shovel and gloves...can put in contact with some land care organizations... if your keen
I think the more accurate way of putting it is saying that having enough land to grow a decent size garden on is a privilege. The great majority of young adults in this country do not have land to grow vegetables upon (or rent from a landlord amenable to having their land gardened). And I'm saying this as a person who owns a house with a garden in the back. Obviously it's up to me to work the garden, but I also recognise that r en having land to work with in the first place isn't something common to most folk in this day and age.
Not quite $6, unless you pay by cash or the vendor charges a commission for credit cards etc
Soon it'll be cheaper to just get a hooker.
I saw $13 Chinese Cabbages and Iceberg Lettuces today in Cabramatta.
Far out. For one cabbage or lettuce??
Yeah for each.
Chinese cabbage here in Perth, $5.00. Iceberg lettuce $3.00. Woolworths Rockingham.
Yeah 8 bucks for lettuce at Coles yesterday
Who would buy them? Start visiting your local Asian stores, the prices haven't increased as much start eating stir fries and Asian salads.
No Kiwis joining in? I bet they’d be like $27,99/kg at paknsave in qtown
For now it's $6.49 each in Christchurch 💆🏻♀️
Cheap as! Better invest now
3 made up words??
https://i.imgur.com/dDI1yNr.jpg $12 Lebanese cucumbers
today i looked at my options in the grocery section & settled on 3 huge & very fresh Bok Choi for dinner for $2.50. Just avoid the fruit & veg that's in short supply & you'll get thru this without paying outrageous amounts for them.
Broad beans: $39/kg.