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

[eirenetz at comcast.net]

Montgomery Alabama? Shoot! I should have read *all* the posts before I replied to the previous one. Location, please?

Eirene


> 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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> Mundanely, Pat Griffin of Millbrook, AL
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