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Just got back from a supermarket in a small mountain town in Austria. Everything is better than in the UK. The veg, meat, the lot. It's not more expensive.
I think British people just don't have very discerning taste when it comes to food. Our produce is shit because people put up with it.
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It's not more expensive.
Interesting.
Cost is something I always notice in France, and have also noticed in Italy. Yes you can buy wine and whatever random local specialty at a shockingly lower prices (eg oysters in SW France), but overall I'd say a shop is cheaper in the UK.
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Our produce is shit because people put up with it.
It seems like most Brits gave up on fruit and veg a long time ago.
hugo7
¡apesta!
Triggered...
I was at the supermarket with my mum and dad today, it's a small market town on the road between A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela, completely unremarkable... This little chain supermarket has huge fresh meat and fish counters, you grab a ticket and wait to be served... The people that shop there are normal working people, no middle class types, they are the most discerning shoppers you'll find anywhere... The fresh produce is top draw and it's all very affordable, if something isn't good it doesn't get offered for sale because people just won't buy it... They know what they're looking for, they know food...
I can't speak for Northern Europeans but us down in the south know our onions while you're more likely to find a British person of a similar demographic in the frozen food aisle at Iceland... This isn't even a class thing, BITD the busiest area in my local M&S in Brixton was always the ready meal section crammed with young white professionals... It's a cultural thing...