Green spuds, to eat or not to eat?

[Dot]

Now I know what to do with those 6 snow tyres that were on the bus.

[Busman]

As a Woolies produce supplier for the last 20 years I am afraid that is not the case, our produce is picked today and in store by 8 am the next day, depending on location from the distribution centre, this comment is unfortunately misinformed.

William

[Greynomad]

So THAT's why I was taught to keep the spuds in a well-ventilated dark place!
Growing up (pre plastic-everything days) they were in a wicker basket in the bottom of the kitchen cupboards.
We now use a very ventilated plastic bucket with a lid. Great OTR...
Never knew green spuds were poisonous, just told BAD for you.
Ya live an' learn!!!
Thanks, Dottie!

[Dot]

So THAT's why I was taught to keep the spuds in a well-ventilated dark place!
Growing up (pre plastic-everything days) they were in a wicker basket in the bottom of the kitchen cupboards.
We now use a very ventilated plastic bucket with a lid. Great OTR...
Never knew green spuds were poisonous, just told BAD for you.
Ya live an' learn!!!
Thanks, Dottie!

Keep putting the "hard word" on me I shall give you a good feed of them

[slowhand]

As a Woolies produce supplier for the last 20 years I am afraid that is not the case, our produce is picked today and in store by 8 am the next day, depending on location from the distribution centre, this comment is unfortunately misinformed.

William

William, that may be the case where you are, but we worked on a couple of Woolies storage facilities in Victoria before I retired and they had spuds stored for almost a year, some imported, which they repack and roll out in the off season. They also have large amounts of mostly imported apples, pears, oranges (stored in a gas) bread, dairies and other food. Some according to the workers, especially imported bread, stays there for well over year before being chemically refreshed, Aus packaged and sent to stores where they throw it in the oven for 5 minutes to thaw it and claim it's fresh.

Buy woolies spuds in Tas and you get old rubbish, which is the same with most of what the duopoly sell to the masses. They claim to sell local foods, but that is very rare and will only pay a pittance, that's why small shops and markets are so big here. You pay 1/3 of what the duopoly sell for and it's all fresh, not weeks or months old.

[Busman]

AS you say years ago so that is where your information is dated. In the last few years Woolies have spent 1/2 B in each state for the most modern distribution facilities in the world, the new mantra is to have nothing in the place at the end of the days deliveries to stores, fill the joint up again with what is needed for that days distribution, then aim for empty again. Bananas are the only exception, they are ripened as required which they now do inhouse.

BTW it was Coles that had the 'irish" bread.

To say all their food is old is just plain misinformed, you obviously are not aware of the facts as they are now.

The only problem is that you can get is with lazy produce specialists instore who don't remove stuff when it is past its best, or trying too hard to meet their targets, this is a problem everywhere.

I won't make much comment on what you would be paying for food, yes even at Tasmanian markets, without the competition between the 2 largest retailers and if you don't think this is the case the ACCC certainly thinks that is the case.
I am aware of the situation in Tasmania as my sister has farmed there for many years and built up a very successful business selling their apples, berries, ice cream, potatoes etc to the public.
But when she needs the stuff she does not grow, where does she go ? To one of your much hated supermarkets !!! Why ? They have the range,that's why !!!
William

[slowhand]

William, last year was when I last worked on one of woolies new storage projects, my kids are still dong work for them. Not going to argue with you, but there is more local fresh variety of non chemicalised foods in small Tas shops at much cheaper prices than either woolies or coles in Tas. I haven't shopped in either for a very long time, including fuel. Its the same when travelling in Aus rural areas. fresh local produce is always cheaper and much better quality than in the duopoly by a long shot.

Wasn't talking about Irish bread, they had bread and loose produce from Israel, Poland and Hungary, according to the workers. They pack them in Aus bags and legally are classed as Aus produced. There are current court case revolving around these fact going on now.

Off course if you want junk processed chemicalised foods, then woolies an coles are the ones to got to, I prefer my health, saving money and supporting local small business, not corporate rip offs. However some of us do have free choice and that's the way it should be.

It's the same as food processing, during my building career worked in many food processing and packing plants, that's why I won't eat any processed foods, I know exactly what goes into them and how they are produced.

Take the salmon coles, woolies and others sell from Tas, many who know the industry won't eat it not even the workers. it contains huge amounts of chemicals, dyes and antibiotics and to create one kilo of farmed salmon, require 18 kilo of caught fish which they macerate, add antibiotics, red colour dye and chemical growth formula's. They catch thousands of tonnes of breeding native salmon and everything else that gets caught in their miles long nets each season, now they are looking to use horse and cattle/sheep offal in their fish foods because they have destroyed the native fish stocks. Most people don't realise more than 85% of the fresh fish they eat is imported and 100% of processed fish, including what you get from takeaway shops and restaurants is imported farmed junk of questionable origin and quality.

Sadly, every thing is not what it seems mate and spin, deception and lies are the norm for our corporate controlled societies.

[Dot]

Why don't the workers speak out about these practices? and don't give the old crap about they want to keep their jobs, that doesn't wash these days. They can go to the news, or MP's, even good old facebook, best yet take video proof. With the phones these days no excuses. I loathe gutless people that just stand by and watch what is happening. I LOVE whistle blowers they are the true hero's, I take crap produce back now be it "fuzzy" apples claimed as fresh, cakes that have been frozen then are stale the next day, green spuds and even crap meat I have taken back. My $$ is too short these days to be throwing it away. just sayin

[Busman]

The society says as many as four kilograms of wild fish need to be caught to raise one kilogram of Tasmanian salmon.

The above quote is from an ABC program which was pretty critical of salmon farming, not the 18 Kg claimed above, so you can see that it is impossible to have a rational discussion with fanatics that will just pull any figures out of the air to back their wild claims.

I am not interested in continuing this "discussion" while the sort of stuff above is claimed.
Goodbye
William

[Dot]

The society says as many as four kilograms of wild fish need to be caught to raise one kilogram of Tasmanian salmon.

The above quote is from an ABC program which was pretty critical of salmon farming, not the 18 Kg claimed above, so you can see that it is impossible to have a rational discussion with fanatics that will just pull any figures out of the air to back their wild claims.

I am not interested in continuing this "discussion" while the sort of stuff above is claimed.
Goodbye
William

was it something I said or the ABC?