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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby kurupetos » Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:53 pm

repulsewarrior wrote:...thanks stud.

...it seems we all care, for onions.

Yes, I eat them on a daily basis, but they are always Cypriot. 8) :)
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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby yialousa1971 » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:17 am

bill cobbett wrote:Went shopping at a local supermarket somewhere in "north" London earlier this evening.

Amongst other things, wanted some onions, bog standard cooking onions.

Picked up a bag of onions, looked at the country of origin on the label and would you believe these onions had come all the way from NZ...!!!

These onions, these very ordinary nothing special onions, had been shipped 12,000 miles.

What is that about...???


Are you making onion gravy to have with your sausages? :)
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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby kurupetos » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:11 pm

yialousa1971 wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Went shopping at a local supermarket somewhere in "north" London earlier this evening.

Amongst other things, wanted some onions, bog standard cooking onions.

Picked up a bag of onions, looked at the country of origin on the label and would you believe these onions had come all the way from NZ...!!!

These onions, these very ordinary nothing special onions, had been shipped 12,000 miles.

What is that about...???


Are you making onion gravy to have with your sausages? :)

:lol:
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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby supporttheunderdog » Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:28 am

yialousa1971 wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Went shopping at a local supermarket somewhere in "north" London earlier this evening.

Amongst other things, wanted some onions, bog standard cooking onions.

Picked up a bag of onions, looked at the country of origin on the label and would you believe these onions had come all the way from NZ...!!!

These onions, these very ordinary nothing special onions, had been shipped 12,000 miles.

What is that about...???


Are you making onion gravy to have with your sausages? :)


oh so you finally woke up?
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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby CBBB » Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:20 pm

supporttheunderdog wrote:
yialousa1971 wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Went shopping at a local supermarket somewhere in "north" London earlier this evening.

Amongst other things, wanted some onions, bog standard cooking onions.

Picked up a bag of onions, looked at the country of origin on the label and would you believe these onions had come all the way from NZ...!!!

These onions, these very ordinary nothing special onions, had been shipped 12,000 miles.

What is that about...???


Are you making onion gravy to have with your sausages? :)


oh so you finally woke up?


He'll be back in his coma soon.
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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby insan » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:37 pm

bill cobbett wrote:Went shopping at a local supermarket somewhere in "north" London earlier this evening.

Amongst other things, wanted some onions, bog standard cooking onions.

Picked up a bag of onions, looked at the country of origin on the label and would you believe these onions had come all the way from NZ...!!!

These onions, these very ordinary nothing special onions, had been shipped 12,000 miles.

What is that about...???



You'd like Japanese on eh?? :lol:

Billy first of all new zealand is maybe the only country scientifically invests in onion production and... and development of this bad semelling but medicine-like fruit... maybe the only country that officially named a website onionz something... furthermore.... read below and understand please... they deserve support by all means!

"n the mid-1980’s Japanese growers supplied increasing amounts of domestic requirements and New Zealand growers had to develop new markets. The focus turned to European markets and the development of the United Kingdom market, where New Zealand has become one of the leading onion suppliers to these markets. The New Zealand industry invested heavily in research and development to produce high quality onions with strong storage characteristics that are capable of reaching these markets in sound condition. "


http://www.onionsnz.com/
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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby insan » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:39 pm

insan wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Went shopping at a local supermarket somewhere in "north" London earlier this evening.

Amongst other things, wanted some onions, bog standard cooking onions.

Picked up a bag of onions, looked at the country of origin on the label and would you believe these onions had come all the way from NZ...!!!

These onions, these very ordinary nothing special onions, had been shipped 12,000 miles.

What is that about...???



You'd like Japanese on eh?? :lol:

Billy first of all new zealand is maybe the only country scientifically invests in onion production and... and development of this bad semelling but medicine-like fruit... maybe the only country that officially named a website onionz something... furthermore.... read below and understand please... they deserve support by all means!

"n the mid-1980’s Japanese growers supplied increasing amounts of domestic requirements and New Zealand growers had to develop new markets. The focus turned to European markets and the development of the United Kingdom market, where New Zealand has become one of the leading onion suppliers to these markets. The New Zealand industry invested heavily in research and development to produce high quality onions with strong storage characteristics that are capable of reaching these markets in sound condition. "


http://www.onionsnz.com/



Fruit??? :shock: :lol: :lol: yeah... a kinda eh?
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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby Tim Drayton » Fri Jul 11, 2014 1:54 pm

As far as I am concerned, the onions grown locally to the Limassol region that I buy fresh at the pandopolio take some beating.
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Re: Onions from NZ to London... WTF...!!!

Postby yialousa1971 » Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:30 pm

CBBB wrote:
supporttheunderdog wrote:
yialousa1971 wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Went shopping at a local supermarket somewhere in "north" London earlier this evening.

Amongst other things, wanted some onions, bog standard cooking onions.

Picked up a bag of onions, looked at the country of origin on the label and would you believe these onions had come all the way from NZ...!!!

These onions, these very ordinary nothing special onions, had been shipped 12,000 miles.

What is that about...???


Are you making onion gravy to have with your sausages? :)


oh so you finally woke up?


He'll be back in his coma soon.


Hello Mr Rabbit :mrgreen: , Voltaire and Archimedes want to know when you are coming around for dinner. Bill C has given them some of his onions to cook with you. 8)
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