to want to take a sharp knife into Sainsbury's and...

[MardyBra]

... trim down the extremely long stalks on their broccoli before buying it. They're bloody heavy those stalks. Probably double the cost of the broccoli.

[MardyBra]

And while I'm at it, I'll take the vines off those vine grown tomatoes rather than pay for them.

[VirginiaDare]

You know you can eat the stalks, they are part of the broccoli?

[IvorHughJackolantern]

Could you also please pierce the additional packaging surrounding their cucumbers? Cucumber is wrapped in clingfilm. Clingfilmed cucumber is then place in enormous plastic sealed bag. Why? WHY?

[MardyBra]

I like the stalks raw, but there's only so much stalk one can snack on.

[AnnoyingOrange]

I was in Tesco he other week and the guy next to me twisted the broccoli in his hands, snapped the stalk off and tossed it back into the tray

I was

[BonkeyMollocks]

My Gpigs would be rather miffed if they didn't get their stalk!

[MardyBra]

I'm sure the stalks are getting longer and longer. There is probably a directive to the supermarket suppliers to cut the stalks good and long otherwise they'll screw them up the arse even more.

[MardyBra]

Are those guinea pigs or grandpigs?

[TessCowDirect]

YANBU

It won't be long before the veg comes complete with a plot of soil and a farmer.

[MardyBra]

So tempting Annoying

[MardyBra]

I would pre-peel bananas in the aisle, but they might go a bit brown and squishy in the trolley.

[MaryZezItsOnlyJustNovember]

Our supermarket supplies a little hacksaw so you can chop off the stalk.

Their broccoli is double the price, mind you .

But our cucumbers are naked.

[TessCowDirect]

A hacksaw

I wonder how many health & safety risk assessments they had to complete before that was allowed.

[MaryZezItsOnlyJustNovember]

I know.

Every time I see it I'm amazed. It's attached with string to the plastic box of veg.

[MardyBra]

at the hacksaw. It would only take one nutter to saw through the string...

[sparkle12mar08]

I always snap broccoli stalks - Jamie O suggested it in one of his programmes during the time he worked for Sainsburys. If it's good enough for Jamie...

[MardyBra]

LIke the user name Maryz.

[TessCowDirect]

Probably put some poor brocolli-stalk-chopping sod out of work.

Where will it end? Sewing machines in the aisles to run up your own clothes, ovens to bake your own pies.....

[MaryZezItsOnlyJustNovember]

I'm running a one-woman campaign Mardy and failing badly

I was polite, though, and used "just" instead of the alternatives.

[mumtoaandj]

Can you eat the thick stalk- i never knew that? i take the grapes off the thick heavy branches, i am not paying for the branch bits!

[StElmo]

I didn't know you can eat the stalk! I just break them off.

[CaliforniaLeaving]

I chop the stalks up and cook them with the broccoli, tastes good to me.

[MardyBra]

I'll join you Maryzz - can you think of something not too long to type (I like to log out to avoid teenage stalking!)

[MaryZezItsOnlyJustNovember]

I log in using my email address when I have a long name. Else I get confused.

I dunno - MardyBramindsYouItsNotDecemberYet is a bit long

[ouryve]

I would snap the broccoli stalks but the stuff in ours is always all soft and bendy. I'd tie it in a knot more easily.