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blake murphy

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:36:50 +0000 (UTC), (Steve
Pope) wrote:

>Janet Bostwick > wrote:
>
>>I got to thinking about this. These tomatoes that are being picked apart. .
>>.maybe they are offered for customers to pick apart. The tomatoes on the
>>vine that I am familiar with are offered in a plastic box or net bag that is
>>sealed. Obviously they are meant to be sold as a unit. The other tomatoes
>>are apparently just in a bin like bunches of bananas. Then I see no
>>difference between taking two bananas from a bunch or 2 tomatoes from a
>>bunch.???What say you?
>
>I agree, it's not particularly egregious.
>
>Contrast to people who go to the bin of $30/lb porcini mushrooms,
>pull of the stems and leave them there, taking only the caps.
>Now that's slimeball.
>
>Steve

i've been wondering when we'd get back to the mushrooms.

your pal,
blake