[Sca-cooks] New Topic - Farmer's Market vs Chain Grocery

[Micheal]

 Can`t say I have we don`t have farmers markets except the occasional side 
of the road shack stand. Neasrest actual farmers market is an 2 hours away 
or so.Road side shacks don`t open till August up here
 Da
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From: "Pat" <mordonna22 at yahoo.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:38 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] New Topic - Farmer's Market vs Chain Grocery


>I went to the State Farmer's Market in Montgomery Monday.  Bought tomatoes 
>(real tomatoes, not pink plastic balls), Chilton County Peaches, Sweet 
>Potatoes, Southern Field Peas, and Baby Lima Beans.  The beans and peas 
>were already shelled in quart bags.  I paid $8.00 per quart.  Today I 
>bought frozen quart bags of locally grown Southern Field Peas and Baby 
>Limas from Food World for $4.00 a bag.  The Chilton County Peaches at Food 
>World were 3/4 the price of the Farmer's Market.  The Sweet Potatoes are 
>also a better price.  All the produce (except the tomatoes) was much better 
>looking at the grocery.  I will probably only return to the Farmer's Market 
>for tomatoes in the future.
> Has anyone else had a similar or different experience?
>
> Mordonna
>
> Johnna Holloway <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu> wrote:
> I just checked and no messages in 24 hours.
> So is the list up or not? If it's this quiet, perhaps
> it's time to move onto conversation on Midwestern hot dishes
> and Jell-O salads.
> Our major culinary project of late is the best way to create
> frozen lemonade slushes and ices. Otherwise, it's far too hot to
> cook.
>
> Johnnae
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