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On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 17 Sep 2018 03:02:49p, barbie gee told us...
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>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2018, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> I was sorely disappointed today. Signed up for delivery of an
>>> organic produce box last week. I was pleased that I was allowed
>>> to customize it because I don't need more of what I'm already
>>> growing. The company also said I would save money. I did not.
>>> Last week's box contained all good stuff except... There were no
>>> salad type greens offered. Yes, you can put kale in a salad but
>>> I personally think the taste would be overwhelming so I would use
>>> a small amount mixed with other greens. No other greens were
>>> offered. And instead of getting kale, I got rainbow chard which
>>> wasn't even listed! We actually prefer the chard so that was
>>> fine.

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>> Sounds a bit like "Imperfect Produce", which is a subscription
>> service. You get 2 days to modify the order of stuff they plan to
>> send you. And yes, they don't let you go back to old invoices and
>> see what you've already purchased, nor what you paid for each
>> item.
>>
>> I went VERY modest; every other week, small mixed fruit and veggie
>> box. Up side is that it gets veggies into my house that I might
>> not put into my grocery cart otherwise.
>>

>
> For a friend's 80th birthday tomorrow, I baked a 4-layer Amalgamation
> Cake (very Southeern).
>


Amalgamation Cake????