On 10/11/01 13:16 +0000, Richard Clamp wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 11:28:07AM +0000, robin szemeti wrote: > > the best bet is to buy it at a local market [ should you find one ] or > > smaller shop. > > I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but if you really think market sellers > are using a completely different supply chain than supermarkets and > their refrigerated for a year fruit then you're wrong.
This is certainly true of London markets, as much as anything because they're so damned far from anywhere where food is actually produced. Deep, deep beyond the fringes of civilsation, though (Somerset, for example, or south Kent) you can find markets where fresh produce sold straight from farms is available, since farmers often find that the rewards of selling direct in this way are better than selling half an orchards' worth of apples to Sainsbury's for a tenner in order to support their price-wars and marketing budgets giving cash direct to Jamie Oliver. Of course, the local markets will still sell long-refrigerated Granny Smiths in March, but /shurg/
