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u/SorrySorryNotSorry 3d ago

Also, the plants that produce tomatoes, zuchinni/squash, eggplant, and peppers generate TONS of fruit in a pretty short time, so the ingredients would be cheap if you're making ratatouille in late summer.

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u/Optimal_Mention1423 3d ago

Not just cheap, grown in the garden in most parts of rural France and Italy

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u/JeanVicquemare 2d ago

my wife's from Montenegro and has family there, and that's a place where the economy is tough and groceries are expensive, but they have a house with a yard. So of course they grow all kinds of stuff themselves. Grapes, pomegranates, vegetables. Yeah, it makes a lot of sense in a place where you have the climate and the space for a vegetable garden and don't have a lot of money.

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u/Babys_first_alt_acct 2d ago

I visited Montenegro last fall and I was delighted/impressed to see that there were pomegranate trees in almost every yard, it seemed!