The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost cantalope
melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a hold of it. Got
$1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an English cucumber.

The artichokes on the other hand were between baby and medium sized for
79¢/ea. I passed on them.

And they were out of basil!?? (

Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((

There were the typical "two ladies gabbing" roadblocks in every aisle and the
stocking grocers piling boxes of fresh fruits and veggies onto tables,
yelling help and advice to customers in what is the slowest unchoreographed
ballet that is my produce market.

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost
> cantalope
> melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a hold of it. Got
> $1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an English cucumber.
>
> The artichokes on the other hand were between baby and medium sized for
> 79¢/ea. I passed on them.
>
> And they were out of basil!?? (
>
> Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((
>
> There were the typical "two ladies gabbing" roadblocks in every aisle and
> the
> stocking grocers piling boxes of fresh fruits and veggies onto tables,
> yelling help and advice to customers in what is the slowest
> unchoreographed
> ballet that is my produce market.
>
> Andy

I know I've asked you this before, but which produce market do you shop at?

Jon

Zeppo said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost
>> cantalope
>> melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a hold of it. Got
>> $1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an English cucumber.
>>
>> The artichokes on the other hand were between baby and medium sized for
>> 79¢/ea. I passed on them.
>>
>> And they were out of basil!?? (
>>
>> Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((
>>
>> There were the typical "two ladies gabbing" roadblocks in every aisle
and
>> the
>> stocking grocers piling boxes of fresh fruits and veggies onto tables,
>> yelling help and advice to customers in what is the slowest
>> unchoreographed
>> ballet that is my produce market.
>>
>> Andy
>
> I know I've asked you this before, but which produce market do you shop
at?
>
> Jon


Jon,

Today and most often, Gentile's in Newtown Square on 252 just south of West
Chester Pike. Other times, in no particular order, the Produce Junction in
Broomall, the one (the name always escapes me) on 452, roughly 1/4 mile
south of Baltimore Pike, Linvilla Orchards of Media, the parking lot
produce trucks and the street corner cornfields dotted around the county.

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Zeppo said...
>
>>
>> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>>> The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost
>>> cantalope
>>> melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a hold of it. Got
>>> $1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an English cucumber.
>>>
>>> The artichokes on the other hand were between baby and medium sized for
>>> 79¢/ea. I passed on them.
>>>
>>> And they were out of basil!?? (
>>>
>>> Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((
>>>
>>> There were the typical "two ladies gabbing" roadblocks in every aisle
> and
>>> the
>>> stocking grocers piling boxes of fresh fruits and veggies onto tables,
>>> yelling help and advice to customers in what is the slowest
>>> unchoreographed
>>> ballet that is my produce market.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> I know I've asked you this before, but which produce market do you shop
> at?
>>
>> Jon
>
>
> Jon,
>
> Today and most often, Gentile's in Newtown Square on 252 just south of
> West
> Chester Pike. Other times, in no particular order, the Produce Junction in
> Broomall, the one (the name always escapes me) on 452, roughly 1/4 mile
> south of Baltimore Pike, Linvilla Orchards of Media, the parking lot
> produce trucks and the street corner cornfields dotted around the county.
>
> Andy

I need to get down to Gentiles sometime. I get to Produce Junction once in a
while, but I don't like that they pick the produce for you.

I love Linvillas but rarely get down that way anymore. Paul Linville was the
sailing chairman of my outdoors club for many years and used to host a corn
roast for the club each September. Nothing like pulling the corn off the
stalks and dropping them in the pot for fresh corn.

Jon

Zeppo said...

> I need to get down to Gentiles sometime. I get to Produce Junction once
> in a while, but I don't like that they pick the produce for you.

It's probably 60% nursery / 40% produce. Well, at least you don't have
everybody pawing and pecking all the produce all day long. Probably adds
longevity to the produce?


> I love Linvillas but rarely get down that way anymore. Paul Linville was
> the sailing chairman of my outdoors club for many years and used to host
> a corn roast for the club each September. Nothing like pulling the corn
> off the stalks and dropping them in the pot for fresh corn.
>
> Jon


Jon,

I never met the man. Is he still with us? If he is, I'll ask to meet him
during the pick your own harvests over the summer months.

I was thinking of joining the swim club this year. I never knew they had one
until I passed it by on the hayride transport to the sweet corn fields last
harvest.

They also make great unfiltered fresh pressed apple cider.

The bakery stuff all looks and smells good too.

But then there's always PA Dutch country! ))

Andy

Andy wrote:
> The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost
> cantalope melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a
> hold of it. Got $1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an English
> cucumber.
>
> The artichokes on the other hand were between baby and medium sized
> for 79¢/ea. I passed on them.
>
> And they were out of basil!?? (
>
> Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((
>
> There were the typical "two ladies gabbing" roadblocks in every aisle
> and the stocking grocers piling boxes of fresh fruits and veggies
> onto tables, yelling help and advice to customers in what is the
> slowest unchoreographed ballet that is my produce market.
>
> Andy
I beat you. . .red, yellow or orange huge bell peppers were .69 and green
bell peppers were .49. I was thrilled because the week before the cheapest
pepper I could find was $1.59 each. That was a real hardship for us as we
eat one whole red pepper in our salad each night. The .69 has pretty much
been the price here all winter except for the week of Easter and the week
after. I got some strawberries at Costco last week that were the largest I
have ever seen. 2 1/2 inches long and just a simdge under 2 inches wide.
Intense strawberry flavor. $5.99 for 4 pounds and not a nasty spot in the
bunch.
Janet

Janet Bostwick said...

> Andy wrote:
>> The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost
>> cantalope melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a
>> hold of it. Got $1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an English
>> cucumber.
>>
>> The artichokes on the other hand were between baby and medium sized
>> for 79¢/ea. I passed on them.
>>
>> And they were out of basil!?? (
>>
>> Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((
>>
>> There were the typical "two ladies gabbing" roadblocks in every aisle
>> and the stocking grocers piling boxes of fresh fruits and veggies
>> onto tables, yelling help and advice to customers in what is the
>> slowest unchoreographed ballet that is my produce market.
>>
>> Andy
> I beat you. . .red, yellow or orange huge bell peppers were .69 and
> green bell peppers were .49. I was thrilled because the week before the
> cheapest pepper I could find was $1.59 each. That was a real hardship
> for us as we eat one whole red pepper in our salad each night. The .69
> has pretty much been the price here all winter except for the week of
> Easter and the week after. I got some strawberries at Costco last week
> that were the largest I have ever seen. 2 1/2 inches long and just a
> simdge under 2 inches wide. Intense strawberry flavor. $5.99 for 4
> pounds and not a nasty spot in the bunch.
> Janet


Janet,

Great!!! I constantly feel gyp'd with the prices I pay. My #1 Bud in
Kalifornia always proclaims all the great prices he gets at Albertsons
etc., in L.A. and I keep threatening to visit just to go grocery shopping!


Great deal on the strawberries! I had a few plastic 1lb. tubs of those
JUMBOS last year. DeSantis (?? I forget the name). With surgical precision
I removed the tops, rinsed them off and then ate them over the kitchen sink
until gone. Ripe, sweet AND crunchy! The time hasn't arrived here for them
either.

Andy

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost
>> cantalope melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a
>> hold of it. Got $1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an English
>> cucumber.
>>
>> The artichokes on the other hand were between baby and medium sized
>> for 79¢/ea. I passed on them.
>>
>> And they were out of basil!?? (
>>
>> Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((
>>
>> There were the typical "two ladies gabbing" roadblocks in every aisle
>> and the stocking grocers piling boxes of fresh fruits and veggies
>> onto tables, yelling help and advice to customers in what is the
>> slowest unchoreographed ballet that is my produce market.
>>
>> Andy
> I beat you. . .red, yellow or orange huge bell peppers were .69 and green
> bell peppers were .49. I was thrilled because the week before the cheapest
> pepper I could find was $1.59 each. That was a real hardship for us as we
> eat one whole red pepper in our salad each night. The .69 has pretty much
> been the price here all winter except for the week of Easter and the week
> after. I got some strawberries at Costco last week that were the largest I
> have ever seen. 2 1/2 inches long and just a simdge under 2 inches wide.
> Intense strawberry flavor. $5.99 for 4 pounds and not a nasty spot in the
> bunch.
> Janet
>
>
I just bought five peppers in a net bag today, huge ones, total cost one
buck. A green, a red, a gold, a yellow, and an orange one. They had
two net bags left so I may go back tomorrow and get the other two. It's
going to be a couple of months before my Gypsy and Cubanelle plants
start bearing. I usually take the excess, chop them up, freeze them on a
bun pan and then vacuum bag them for longevity. Then I can just reach in
a bag and get what I need for cooking. Fresh peppers get used for dishes
that demand fresh.

George

Andy wrote:
> The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost cantalope
> melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a hold of it. Got
> $1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an English cucumber.

That's a good price!
>

> The artichokes on the other hand were between baby and medium sized for
> 79¢/ea. I passed on them.

That's the only size we ever get :-(

>
> And they were out of basil!?? (

Ours too...I went in with the purpose of buying a basil plant and a
rosemary plant and maybe a sage plant, but all there was was rosemary,
so that's what I got.

>
> Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((

Ours are normally $3.81 a lb. It's just awful. And they don't ripen
right...they're rock hard at the store, I bring them home, put them in a
bag with an apple and a day or two later they're black inside with hard
spots.

ravenlynne said...

>> And they were out of basil!?? (
>
> Ours too...I went in with the purpose of buying a basil plant and a
> rosemary plant and maybe a sage plant, but all there was was rosemary,
> so that's what I got.


ravenlynne,

I'd love to have herb plants to pick from but I'd only be feeding the deer
population that eats everything in sight.

Good luck to your rosemary plants. Aside from basil, my most favorite herb!


Andy

ravenlynne wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> The produce market had JUMBO green bell peppers for 79¢/ea. Almost
>> cantalope melon sized. Like two normal ones. I could barely get a
>> hold of it. Got $1.00/ea. red, yellow and orange bells and an
>> English cucumber.
>
> That's a good price!
>>
>> Avocados were $1.19/ea. I passed on those too. ((
>
> Ours are normally $3.81 a lb. It's just awful. And they don't ripen
> right...they're rock hard at the store, I bring them home, put them
> in a bag with an apple and a day or two later they're black inside
> with hard spots.
>
I'm not feeling so bad about the $1.29 sticker on the Haas avocados now.
But they were still hard as rocks so I didn't buy any. I don't seem to have
much luck "ripening" them, either.

Jill

Andy wrote:

> Today and most often, Gentile's in Newtown Square on 252 just south of West
> Chester Pike.

Wow, that brings back memories. I grew up there. As a teenager, I'd
walk to Gentile's and carry home a backpack full of produce. I can't
remember when that location opened. There was another one before
that--probably in Broomall/Lawrence Park.

When I was really young, there used to be a place in Broomall that we
referred to as "The Farm." I have no idea what it was actually
called. It was on Paxon Hollow Road, just off of Sproul. That's
where we used to get corn and tomatoes in the summer, long before that
area got developed. There were fields right there near the farm
stand. I've been driving up through that area a fair bit lately, and
I'm getting all nostalgic about how it used to be ;-)

pat

Andy wrote:

> ravenlynne,
>
> I'd love to have herb plants to pick from but I'd only be feeding the deer
> population that eats everything in sight.
>
> Good luck to your rosemary plants. Aside from basil, my most favorite herb!
>
>
> Andy

One year we planted 400 pansies and the deer ate all of them in one
night. lol

Try some hanging baskets. Right now, I have hanging baskets full of
rosemary, mint, chives, cilantro and parsley. I grow Thai basil and
sweet basil in pots. The lemon grass was planted in the ground.

Becca

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:41:32 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>ravenlynne said...
>
>>> And they were out of basil!?? (
>>
>> Ours too...I went in with the purpose of buying a basil plant and a
>> rosemary plant and maybe a sage plant, but all there was was rosemary,
>> so that's what I got.
>
>
>ravenlynne,
>
>I'd love to have herb plants to pick from but I'd only be feeding the deer
>population that eats everything in sight.
>
>
Sounds like the perfect excuse for a "hot house".


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Becca said...

> Andy wrote:
>
>> ravenlynne,
>>
>> I'd love to have herb plants to pick from but I'd only be feeding the
>> deer population that eats everything in sight.
>>
>> Good luck to your rosemary plants. Aside from basil, my most favorite
>> herb!
>>
>>
>> Andy
>
> One year we planted 400 pansies and the deer ate all of them in one
> night. lol

OUCH!!!

About the only thing the deer leave alone are the day lilies.


> Try some hanging baskets. Right now, I have hanging baskets full of
> rosemary, mint, chives, cilantro and parsley. I grow Thai basil and
> sweet basil in pots. The lemon grass was planted in the ground.
>
> Becca


Becca,

That's worth a try. With all the 150' white pines within feet of the house,
I only get about 4 hours of direct sunlight in the tiny front yard. I have
seen deer standing on their hind legs plucking rhododendron leaves (the
"last straw" deer food). Now there's empty branches 6 feet from the ground
up!

I surrender. ((

Actually I'm half tempted to bury the pool with dirt (since it's 8-foot
tall cyclone fenced in) and plant a vegetable garden there. Lay around on
chaise lounges in the sun, drinking mai tais all day watching the garden
grow! Cooking odds and ends on the grill with music piped out of the cabana
stereo system. Shangri-La.

C'mon over, in a couple months!

Andy

Becca wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>
>> ravenlynne,
>>
>> I'd love to have herb plants to pick from but I'd only be feeding the
>> deer population that eats everything in sight.
>>
>> Good luck to your rosemary plants. Aside from basil, my most favorite
>> herb!
>>
>> Andy
>
> One year we planted 400 pansies and the deer ate all of them in one
> night. lol
>
> Try some hanging baskets. Right now, I have hanging baskets full of
> rosemary, mint, chives, cilantro and parsley. I grow Thai basil and
> sweet basil in pots. The lemon grass was planted in the ground.
>
> Becca
Down here in Loosyanna we eat the deer instead of feeding them flowers
and produce.

George

George Shirley said...

> Down here in Loosyanna we eat the deer instead of feeding them flowers
> and produce.
>
> George


George,

If the law permitted, I'd just shoot 'em and let 'em die where they stood!

I won't even eat them, out of spite!!!

Andy

Andy wrote on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:27:07 -0500:

??>> Down here in Loosyanna we eat the deer instead of feeding
??>> them flowers and produce.
??>>
??>> George

A> George,

A> If the law permitted, I'd just shoot 'em and let 'em die
A> where they stood!

A> I won't even eat them, out of spite!!!

There is not a plant that is attractive and poisonous to deer is
there, damned hornrats!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Andy wrote:
> George Shirley said...
>
>> Down here in Loosyanna we eat the deer instead of feeding them flowers
>> and produce.
>>
>> George
>
>
> George,
>
> If the law permitted, I'd just shoot 'em and let 'em die where they stood!
>
> I won't even eat them, out of spite!!!
>
> Andy
Friend just brought me ten pounds of venison sausage. 80% venison, 20%
pork, smoked well. I think I'll make a chicken and sausage gumbo tomorrow.

I'll eat them in spite of them.

George

George Shirley wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> George Shirley said...
>>
>>> Down here in Loosyanna we eat the deer instead of feeding them
>>> flowers and produce.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>>
>> George,
>>
>> If the law permitted, I'd just shoot 'em and let 'em die where they
>> stood! I won't even eat them, out of spite!!!
>>
>> Andy
> Friend just brought me ten pounds of venison sausage. 80% venison, 20%
> pork, smoked well. I think I'll make a chicken and sausage gumbo
> tomorrow.
> I'll eat them in spite of them.

Heh too right!! Venison is good

Andy wrote:
> Becca said...
>

> Actually I'm half tempted to bury the pool with dirt (since it's 8-foot
> tall cyclone fenced in) and plant a vegetable garden there. Lay around on
> chaise lounges in the sun, drinking mai tais all day watching the garden
> grow! Cooking odds and ends on the grill with music piped out of the cabana
> stereo system. Shangri-La.
>
> C'mon over, in a couple months!
>
> Andy

Hah! Here in Louisiana, we filled our pool in with dirt. We bought the
house a year ago, the pool was not heated, plus we have so many trees,
and I can not remove the trees that are on the golf course.

When we are working in the back yard, golfers will stop by and say, "Did
you know there used to be a pool in your back yard?" lol

Becca

Becca wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> Becca said...
>>
>
>> Actually I'm half tempted to bury the pool with dirt (since it's
>> 8-foot tall cyclone fenced in) and plant a vegetable garden there. Lay
>> around on chaise lounges in the sun, drinking mai tais all day
>> watching the garden grow! Cooking odds and ends on the grill with
>> music piped out of the cabana stereo system. Shangri-La.
>>
>> C'mon over, in a couple months!
>>
>> Andy
>
> Hah! Here in Louisiana, we filled our pool in with dirt. We bought the
> house a year ago, the pool was not heated, plus we have so many trees,
> and I can not remove the trees that are on the golf course.
>
> When we are working in the back yard, golfers will stop by and say, "Did
> you know there used to be a pool in your back yard?" lol
>
> Becca
Friend of mine in Texas turned his pool into a fishing pond. His kids
grew up and left home and neither he nor his wife cared about swimming.
Quit treating the water, tossed in a couple of tree tops, put some bass
and perch in there and waited awhile. Would test his latest fishing
lures by watching the fish chase or not chase them. At the time I
thought it was a creative way to utilize an otherwise useless pool.

My eldest nephew has owned and operated a pool supply company for about
30 years or so. He claims that pools are a big waste of money and he's
gotten quite wealthy providing the toys and chemicals pool owners need.

George