Remember my post this morning when I wrote about going to the farmer's market with Annie? You know, my fat little boy baby Annie?
Well. It turns out that was just a bad trip altogether. (Leslie, since we were on the phone during part of this, you might be interested to know that the night only got worse after I hung up!) Today I bought 6 ears of corn, 2 zucchinis, 2 red bell peppers and 3 tomatoes.
Jake had one good ear of corn with his dinner. I had one good red pepper with my breakfast this morning. Then... I went through the other 5 ears of corn, trying to find some that didn't have rot or worms on them. The other bell pepper was...moldy. Very very very moldy on the inside (but beautiful from the outside). I burned the crap out of the zucchinis. I have yet to touch the tomatoes, but I suspect I should just go ahead and throw them away...
I have never had such an awful experience at the farmer's market! I always come away with produce that is yummy enough to make me want to grow my own garden. Every time I go to the farmer's market, I think I need to go more often.
Not so much tonight. So tonight for dinner, Ike and I had burnt zucchini with chicken over rice. Ike ate what he could of it, while I actually enjoyed it. Maybe because I covered it in soy sauce. And then more soy sauce.
Oh! And while burning the zucchini (I actually burned the olive oil first), I set off all of our smoke detectors and woke up the baby. AND the smoke was so thick that I could barely see my way to her room.
Forget organic, locally grown veggies. Somebody pass me the boxed dinners...
Well. It turns out that was just a bad trip altogether. (Leslie, since we were on the phone during part of this, you might be interested to know that the night only got worse after I hung up!) Today I bought 6 ears of corn, 2 zucchinis, 2 red bell peppers and 3 tomatoes.
Jake had one good ear of corn with his dinner. I had one good red pepper with my breakfast this morning. Then... I went through the other 5 ears of corn, trying to find some that didn't have rot or worms on them. The other bell pepper was...moldy. Very very very moldy on the inside (but beautiful from the outside). I burned the crap out of the zucchinis. I have yet to touch the tomatoes, but I suspect I should just go ahead and throw them away...
I have never had such an awful experience at the farmer's market! I always come away with produce that is yummy enough to make me want to grow my own garden. Every time I go to the farmer's market, I think I need to go more often.
Not so much tonight. So tonight for dinner, Ike and I had burnt zucchini with chicken over rice. Ike ate what he could of it, while I actually enjoyed it. Maybe because I covered it in soy sauce. And then more soy sauce.
Oh! And while burning the zucchini (I actually burned the olive oil first), I set off all of our smoke detectors and woke up the baby. AND the smoke was so thick that I could barely see my way to her room.
Forget organic, locally grown veggies. Somebody pass me the boxed dinners...
4 Comments:
Heh. I've been pretty horrified by the bonus flora and fauna on organic produce, too. George says "You're going to have to get used to it if you want to buy organic stuff." I say "Um, fine. I'll buy it, you're on mold and bug duty." :P
Bleh.
See, this is why I cook from a box ;-) Seriously though, remember my "wonderful produce stand" that I loved so much? Well, after 4 trips resulting in discusting tomatoes and zucchini, I gave up and started by my produce at the grocery store again :( Damn nature! Oh well, we tried. Better luck next time.
I am bad about fresh veges and fruit like that. It always ends up getting bad before I get to cook it! With the grandparents in the summer next door they are putting bags of it on our porch and half the time I just throw them out because I open the bag and half of it is already bad looking! I would rather just buy from the store when I need it.
I have been wanting to go to the Farmer's Market but now I am thinking maybe not! Sorry your day was so crummy and don't fill bad, I can't count how many times I have had to open the back door to let out all the smoke! :)
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