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melissa-dallas

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Don't you just hate it? In a single day I had: spinach that was starting to get gooey because of the stupid overspraying by the misters in the produce department. I hate getting sopping wet greens. Then thawed a piece of cod from a new bag of individually frozen pieces I just bought. I could tell before I cooked it that it would be (and was) a mushy mess. Bought some beautiful nectarines. Took a bite of the first one and it is mealy, dry & tasteless. Pitched it. Grrrrrr.....And none of these things were from the same grocery store either.

 
Not only a culinary disappointment, but such a waste money-wise, too... I'd take it all back

 
I'm so glad I have an orange tree now, because store-bought are always dry inside or taste rotten

 
I haven't had a good nectarine or peach all season. Dry as an oven mitt. Not to mention

my favorite fruit, honeydews. They're picked too soon, and have been coming in hard as a rock, with no chance of ripening - even in a paper bag. The best description I ever heard came from someone who said they tasted like cucumbers. It's too bad, because when they're ripe, they are unbelievably sweet and delicious.

 
I've bought some field tomatoes which have been absolutely tasteless. These days, it seems, the only

good ones are from my friends' gardens.

 
I was told by a produce manager it's because they're stored too cold. I buy Southern peaches from a

produce stand and they've been good.

 
And I'll vent about the eggplant I cut last night, looked fine, brown in spots under the skin. I

think it got too cold, too.

 
I take anything back that does not meet my standards for the money I spend

and that includes food. How else will the growers, manufactures know that their product is inferior. Just recently, I gave Dailey's Peppered Bacon people a call. Their bacon is a great product, thick cut, tastes good and cooks well. The last two packages I bought were not cut as thickly as normal. The woman I spoke to said that was not right and would I please send the bar code from the package I still had. I did as she instructed, and last week I received a plastic gift card tucked into a nice card and note for Raley's Supermarket to purchase more bacon. I have no idea yet as to how much the gift card is for. But I was happy with their response.

 
Meryl, don't you have Farmer's Markets where you live?

Ours are open here from April through November and I am there every Saturday.

 
it's a grafted tree - half navel, half valencia.... although I think the valencia is taking over!

 
I shop after work and way across town from where I live

To take things back I have to remember to take the item to work with me, then remember to get it out of the fridge when I'm leaving work. Otherwise I'd spend $5 worth of gas driving to return $1 worth of nectarines. Sometimes it is more trouble than it is worth. I will complain about the produce misters though. As far as the frozen fish goes, it has been 100+ degrees for ten days in a row now with no end in sight. My guess is some partial thawing went on somewhere.

 
The trouble with our Farmers Market here in Raleigh, IMHO, is that

The produce sits out there day after day in heat close to 100. Also, the prices are as high, or higher than my Kroger and the quality is spotty as well. I don't think I have bought a tomato there that wasn't woody in the middle. They don't even reduce prices when there is a glut of things like peaches or cukes in the fall when I want to make pickles. I rarely bother to go there now.

 
Pears. I cannot find a good store-bought pear, even in season. . .

I like to let them set and soften, so that I have a true "pear experience." Nearly all of the pears I have purchased, *even in season*, turn brown and dry-mushy inside instead of softening and becoming juicy. I have read that this is due to over aggressive refrigeration/storage under refrideration.

 
I just finished up about 25 lbs of Romas, given to me by a guy on Craigslist. . .

I am not joking! about a quarter of his BIG backyard was covered in Roma Tomato vines. I made 3 batches of canned salsa using 15 lbs and then made some absolutely delicious spaghetti sauce from about 5 lbs more and the rest were still ripening and I did not want to wait for them, so I gave them to my chickens. God Bless that guy!

Store bought tomatoes usually really suck big-time.

 
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