"KW" > wrote in message
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> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
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>> 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 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.
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> Most of what they get is from the Farmers Market....but the old man (since
> deceased) taught the kids well how to pick the best out and what they have
> is always leagues better than what's at the local grocers. In this
> particular case, he had made a run over to South Carolina and bought the
> peaches straight off the farm. Most of these things were the size of
> softballs. I have never seen peaches this size before.


my 11 year old daughter and I were at the local grocery store the other day,
when she spotted a peach in the 'organic produce' section - she grabs it and
announces loudly " now THAT'S a PEACH!!!"

it was softball sized. I'd never seen anything like it either! They were
$2.49 a pound.

We bought it (one) anyway - (cost $1.81 !!!!!) it was delicious and it will
be the last time I buy one of those babies!!!

Kathi





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