Posted on 09/15/2014 11:03:32 AM PDT by not2be4gotten.com
One thing that is really cool about Europe and has been ruined in the US, is the ability to buy food from the common people on the street. Many are the actual farmers them selves. And we have many wonderful conversations with these remarkable people. I remember going out to Southern California as a pre-teen and experiencing all the different little grocery stands that were there in the late 60's. When I returned there in 2010, there where NO independent produce/fruit stands. It took me a while to figure out why this happened, I was stumped for a long time. What happened is that over the years, the big grocery chains figured out how to get rid of their competition through politics. Under the guise of "public safety" and "public health" they set up lobby groups to require food retailers to have running water, sewage connections, refrigeration requirements, weighing device standards and so on and so forth. They made it impossible to set up a fruit stand under the threat of fines and even jail time. In other words, the big grocery stores got the government to hire all of these bureaucrats, to eliminate their competition with YOUR MONEY! And it is just sickening. It is called "crony capitalism". The common folk in America have no clue this has happened to them. Those who require safety/security over freedom deserve neither.
Judging by your current pro European posting history, one wonders why you fail to respond to comments made to you.....especially on THIS thread.........
There ya go, ya found yer perfect utopia..........
With that being said, lots of comments to ya but not one response or rebuttal from you.......
Ya like fresh picked sweet corn or tomatos?
One of the delights of living in Istanbul was to go to a street vendor in the morning and buy some "simits." These look like bagels, and are covered with sesame seeds. Delicious. They were baked overnight in regular bakeries, then distributed in plastic bags to the street vendors. They'd display them on little portable tables. Now when I'm in Detroit I buy some at the Middle East markets.
Any to recommend? I’m just outside Detroit.
LOL...if I go the Mozzi nearest me.....I need a armed guard. Long gone is the nice Italian neighborhood [little Italy] where the Mozzi’s flagship store stands...changing times [sigh].
They do make a nice ice cream cake for b’days though.
I remember the trays stacked high to the sky and fresh roasted nuts served in newspaper cones. :D
As a kid, I was mesmerized by how fast he would add up the columns of numbers he scribbled on a brown paper bag, with a pencil he kept behind his ear, to get his total.....heaven forbid he was *off* by a penny....b/c mom would have caught it! Thanks.
At the onset of chain groceries like A&P and Finest, I guess were his demise....kinda like the milkman and breadman. Good memories.
The only problem with European markets are that they are in Europe.
Well, I had to go to sleep. I am 6 hours ahead of you guys in the states. Second, it isn't so much I am pro-Europe. I am actually anti big government. And that is everywhere. The result of letting the females in our democracies vote, over 100 years ago. The ancient Roman's didnt let the females into their politics and they lasted for over 500 years. Cause and effect?
I don't know my way around Detroit that well. My son-in-law Richard, who's Lebanese, and who lives in Auburn Hills, usually takes me to the Middle Eastern shops.
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