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Default Today's Farmers Market Haul

On Nov 16, 5:12*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Giusi wrote:
> > "jmcquown" ha scritto nel messaggio
> >> Lin wrote:
> >>> It had been a couple weeks (or more) since a serious FM visit. But,
> >>> today it was a must go, as we needed eggs and my "Lamb Guy" had a
> >>> leg>> of lamb waiting for me to pick up.

>
> >> Lin, you seriously kill me with reports of being able to buy eggs
> >> *and meat > at a farmer's market. *I get slammed here all the time
> >> by saying I've never > seen such a thing. *Truly, not everyone has a
> >> farmer's market that sells these things. *Sorry guys and gals! *It's
> >> true, it doesn't happen everywhere. *No artesan breads, either! *I'm
> >> glad you got a good haul; sure sounds like it

>
> >> Jill

>
> > Different towns, different laws, different populations and different
> > ideas on what to buy. *The famous Farmwoman's Market in Bethesda is
> > under roof and can sell baked goods and carry out, but the outside
> > ones cannot. *No restrictions on eggs, but maybe in TN there isn't a
> > market for them?

>
> Considering I haven't been in Tennessee this year (except for 3 weeks in
> May)... the farmer's market here in Beaufort SC travels around day by day
> every week from town to town. *I didn't feel like chasing it down. *But they
> don't sell any such things either. *And in both places they are only open
> May to October so it's really a moot point, this being mid November. *There
> is something like a farm stand, except I can't really call it a farm stand
> since it doesn't move. *They mostly sell flowers. *Right now marigolds are
> the hot item. *Plant them now, they come up again next fall. *They do,
> sometimes, have squashes and sweet potatoes, things like that.
>
> > I can buy hen, turkey, duck and goose eggs as well as the birds on
> > the hoof at part of mine. *I can buy chicks, ducklings and goslings,
> > too, to rear at home. *Quail, partridge etc, yes indeed.

>
> I'm happy for you! *I'm simply pointing out not everyone can do this. *No
> offense intended to Lin at all, we aren't all as fortunate. *I can't get
> Chinese food delivered when I'm in Memphis, either. *And no one seems to
> believe that. *The best I can do for food delivery is Papa John's pizza
>
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Bummer- Papa John's sucks...