On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 10:10:49 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> The other day we stopped at a roadside produce stand for the first time.
> Much of what they had was not a pretty as the supermarket. What is
> lacked in appearance it more than made up with it in flavor and price.
>
> The supermarket tomatoes look pretty, but they lacked flavor and were a
> way from being ripe. The ones bought here were fully ripe and made a
> great tomato sandwich for lunch today.
>
> Strawberries were great for $2 a quart. I sliced them up and just had
> some for a snack. Again, nice color and lots of flavor, better than the
> ones I saw for $3 and up. Peaches were pretty good too.
>
> I get the impression they buy stuff that the big stores pass on because
> it won't last as long, but at the right price, they move it. Good deal
> if you are going to use it up quickly.

One of our relatives had a papaya farm. He brought over some off-grade papaya. They were too large to sell so we got them. These were giant funny-looking fruits. They pretty tasty too. Unsalable mutant papayas are just fine with me.