Bendy bananas

I don't think it is getting rid of the legislation now.

Yep, we no longer have to buy bananas grown in the EU.

I thought you could always buy smaller or bendier bananas, you just had to buy "class 2" bananas, such as you sometimes found cheaper in Lidl but rarely in Tesco or Sainsbury's.

nib

Is there much differnce bewtween bananas from differnet countries as far as taste goes. As a few weeks ago I had some colombian bananas bought from the co-op which I didn't like. They has some small seeds in the centre which tasted quite bitter and stringy in the centre. Not sure if it was a one off bunch but I've avoided buying colombian bananas since.

No, the civil service has decided de facto to keep us in the EU. No matter what the people or the government say.

I thought it was Jacob Rees-Mogg who was personally going to go through all the 'EU Laws', but gave up when all could find was that the EU had sabotaged the distances between the signage in the Dartford Tunnel.

Are you saying we are back in the EU? Can I work in Germany without filling any more forms that a Frenchman would complete?

I know you won't reply because if you looked further you would realise your post is a load of BS.

Was that tongue-in cheek? Maybe, but of course we never did have to buy EU Bananas. The only place in the EU with a banana crop of any size is the Canary Islands and they don't produce anything like enough.

We _did_ in the EU have to import bananas from places with certain minimum standards of workers rights and environmental protection and certain simple standards of the product. there was also some favourable arrangement with former colonies I think. It was all good, but brexiters are stupid.

TW

Ah, class 1 - nothing to do with taste, just looks.

As long as both tongues and cheeks are 100% Anglican.

We should stick to British grown bananas. Same for tea.

I bought some of the tea grown in Cornwall:

So... yes.

the Cornish Tea Plantation would be delighted

I was given some, after one bag, the rest went in the bin.

Sounds like the EU…

Do you mean the bananas were artificially bent by exploited workers? I thought they just grew that way.

Also grown in Scotland

I think it must be the way they are transported and stored, as all dessert bananas are clones (or, strictly speaking *a clone*). They have to be propagated vegetatively as they are sterile.

Or where they are grown. The same varieties of fruit can taste completely different when sourced from different countries.

It could be the weather in the growing season or the minerals in soil, when they are picked as well, as you indicate, transportation.