On Food Stamps: Bad Apples

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Right now, the nation is abuzz with issues relating to health care and climate change, and at the same time the economic recession has (thankfully) brought many of us to look closer at the basic elements of our well-being.

I think that food - how we produce, where we buy it, how we eat it, our emotional relationship to it, and the culture surrounding it - is a huge part of the major progressive change our nation so badly needs. I think that if we improve the American food system, we could really do a lot to solve many of our environmental and health care concerns. This blog is my offering towards a better world through better food culture in America.

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Stay Hungry,

Julie

Monday, January 25, 2010

Bad Apples

For the first time in a very long time I bought apples from a large chain supermarket.

During the holidays I won two gift cards to Ralphs/Food-4-Less in an office raffle, and after my trip to San Francisco ($$$) I decided it was time to break down and use them to buy my week's groceries.

In order to get the most bang for my buck I went to the Food-4-Less near where I work. I bought mostly produce - lettuce, a few mangoes (on sale), a cucumber and the apples you see above.

I have to say, I have found these apples to be really disappointing. Compared to the Farmers' Market apples my taste buds have gotten used to, these are like eating wet sawdust. My mouth can tell that they were grown to travel well, not to taste good.

Never again, Food-4-Less, never again...

P.S. Kitchen craft Idea: check out the cork board I made in the background. I had my friend who works at a restaurant collect the wine corks for me and hot glued them into a tray I bought at the Goodwill store. Yeah for recycling!