"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
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>
>> Yeah, my palate is out of sync. I guess they'll taste that much better
>> next
>> spring. I probably will have to plant some zux if I hope to be able to
>> try
>> them. Produce hell, that's where I live.
>
> I'm confused. Unless you've moved since the last time you posted your
> location, you live pretty close to where much of the fresh produce in
> the US is grown (Southern California). If you want to experience
> produce hell, try Alaska. High prices, poor selection and poor quality.
> Hawaii has some great tropical stuff, but for cool weather crops, same
> story.


Yep, SoCal. I can get great produce if I want to go on a 100 mile round
trip. I do not want to go on a hundred mile round trip for veggies. I
simply have not the time and gas is expensive. The crap they sell in the
markets around here defies description. Most of the produce is grown in the
Imperial Valley/Kern County which is over 150 miles due north of here. By
the time it gets to me all that is left is what nobody else wanted.

Paul