On 2019-03-07 2:35 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> 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.
>

I get a lot of my produce from Food Basics, a discount grocery store
with a name for good produce. They sell a lot of misshapen peppers.
They may not be perfectly symmetrical. They may have pointed ends
instead of nice round ones. You can't count on seeding and slicing them
easily by cutting into them flattening them and slicing off the ribs,
but they still taste the same. They cost about half as much.