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Re: Score!
From: susan_r23666@yahoo.com (The Cook)
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:59:35 -0500, George Shirley
<gmshirley@suddenlink.net> wrote:
On 9/7/2010 7:26 AM, KW wrote:
I went in to visit my friendly local produce stand on Saturday to grab
enough peaches for a large cobbler I was making for a dinner party. When I
put my basket on the counter, the Pictures of People">lady that runs the place says that'll be
$4, but if your interested.....I have a 25+ lb box of culled fruit that I'll
take $5 for if you aren't worried much about how they look! WooHoo! She just
kept adding to the box from little piles of culls here and there until the
tomato box was full! There was only one peach in the whole box that needed
to be pitched and most only had a slight bruise here and there. Put up 7
quarts of slices in ultra-light syrup, made a cobbler to feed 20+ and still
have enough peaches to make a couple runs of jam.
KW
I wish we had a local produce stand. The ones nearby buy their produce
at the Houston Farmers Market and you never know from whence it came.
I can occasionally do what you did at the local Kroger, the produce
manager there is a long-time friend. When he starts culling fruit from
the market he calls me. I find the Chilean fruit is best as compared to
some of the US fruit that is offered.
We still have what used to be called a "curb market." As far as I
know it has been in continuous operation since about 1950. I can
remember my aunt taking me with her to buy a watermelon when I was
probably about 10. The present owner has been in business there since
1985 and even earlier in other locations in town. He buys as much
local produce as he can. We are very close to the Brushy Mountains
and their peaches and apples are wonderful and he buys them in season.
He also buys from local farmers and gardeners. We sell him asparagus
and I have been in the store when someone would come in with box of
produce to sell.
--
Susan N.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
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