"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