Embrace the Mankiness

[Manky Monkey]

I see Morrison's supermarkets have launched a range of lower grade fruit & vegetables, (& are probably charging more for them). They call it the Wonky range.
At last, Mankiness is cool

[JayJay]

This was a question on the quiz show 'The Chase' the other week. At that point I'd never heard Wonky in relation to a product. I thought the answer was going to be biscuits like those cheaper broken biscuits you could buy. Turns out Asda have been selling Wonky veg boxes for a while and another supermarket sells the same under a different name - definitely not Manky. Could you sue if they did? 

[Manky Monkey]

"Naturally Manky".

[stinkey]

What a bunch of CON artists these companies are..charging for stuff that they told us we didn't want because we don't like natural (wonky) grown products ?  Why not just put them on show with all the other VEG ? Oh of course they won't make money from the MUGS who trendily purchase them ?

[Manky Monkey]

Aren't we supposed to be all-inclusive now & treating everyone/every vegetable the same?

[poprodder]

yep we've been selling wonky veg for a couple of years.

[Manky Monkey]

You sell your own produce?

[poprodder]

company i work for do!!! but in 4yrs i've never delivered any.

[JayJay]

What a bunch of CON artists these companies are..charging for stuff that they told us we didn't want because we don't like natural (wonky) grown products ?  Why not just put them on show with all the other VEG ? Oh of course they won't make money from the MUGS who trendily purchase them ?

I think they are sold in boxes of mixed veg and at a much cheaper price than unwonky veg. I think that's why I have never seen them, as they sell out so quickly. They must be great for families on a budget who eat a lot of veg.

[Baychimp]

Do you remember the days before Supermarkets became so obsessed about things being all the same size and perfect. You went down to the Greengrocers and brought what ever he had in stock. It all tasted the same,it all looked the same when you cut it up.

[JayJay]

So much supermarket veg are in plastic bags now and the use by dates are terrible, they are usually only a few days ahead. Potatoes grow eyes really quickly even when kept in the dark. No, before you say something, I don't mean I'm keeping secrets from them! 

Yesterday I made soup, and ratatouille, out of veg that was well out of date including veg that was reduced to about 10p when I bought it a week ago. Even the tin of tomatoes was 9 months out of date. When you think of the undated tinned stuff taken on expeditions that was eaten years later, we should be alright. Eggs which lasted for ages sitting in one of those chicken shaped baskets on the counter now have to be kept in the fridge and eaten within two weeks! We survived in the past. Too much food waste because of dates.