Monday, November 13, 2006

THE BIG APPLE IS A BAD DEAL

I am, of course, referring to the orchard relatively near to Allen's house. We went there yesterday on the hunt for unpasteurized cider. The only available cider was pasteurized, which was a sad time, but no disaster. Upon our arrival at Allen's house, we realized that the cider did not come from the orchard, it was "produced for" it. "WTF?" we asked. The same went for the "good deal" apple butter we purchased (it was not a good deal), which contained high fructose corn syrup and lies.

The New York City big apple remains a good deal, but only with tricky accounting and fuzzy math. Dispairing over the amount of dollars we were spending on a recent weekend jaunt, we decided that we were actually on vacation, making our modest expenditure justifiable. The Union Square farmer's market seemed like a seriously good time, and I touched all the yarn.