The escalating costs of tomatoes have become a recurring headline, grabbing attention frequently. From instances of tomato theft to acts of distributing them for free or selling at discounted rates bundled with other products, a variety of news stories are emerging these days. Adding to the current situation, a woman has recently brought 10 kg of tomatoes from Dubai as per her mother’s request, amid the ongoing surge in prices.
According to reports, a woman who was on a summer holiday visit to her mother in India from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) asked her mother if she wanted anything from the city known for its luxury shopping. Surprisingly, her mother requested her to bring 10 kg of tomatoes. The woman’s sister recently shared this incident on Twitter.
Under the Twitter handle @Full_meals, the woman’s sister wrote, “My sister is coming to India from Dubai for summer holidays with her children, and she asked her mother if she wanted something from Dubai, then the mother said to bring 10 kg of tomatoes. That’s why they have packed 10 kg tomatoes in suitcases and sent them.” Furthermore, she added, “Her sister had transported the tomatoes from Dubai to India by packing them in Pearlpet storage jars, which were then placed in her bag.”
As soon as this tweet came, this amusing story went viral and has so far been viewed 54.4 thousand times and people are giving funny reactions to this tweet. People are commenting on what will they do with such a numerous amount of tomatoes, to which Revs replied, “As a family we use a ridiculous amount of tomatoes so my will make a like a pickle, a chutney, bring some for me.”
To this tweet, a Functional Nutritional Coach and Chef named Nayantara Bagla tweeted, “In this time of inflation, the best daughter award is probably going in that direction.”
Another person tweeted the statistics and wrote, “Tomatoes in Dubai cost 5.8-6 AED/kg – which accounts to ₹130/kg. In Chennai, depending on the quality you can get tomatoes between ₹125-135. I think your mother was being nice and being funny. We are not adding the ₹10k one-way flight OR the fact that Dubai imports tomatoes from India.”
