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AOC Shares Story of How Hard It Was for Her to Buy Fresh Basil, ‘Very Illustrative’ of Racism
MenRec ^ | 10/15/20 | Staff

Posted on 10/15/2020 6:34:34 PM PDT by rustyweiss74

AOC: "I looked at this recipe and I needed basil, and I was going home and I get off the subway station and I go into the grocery store and there’s no basil, no fresh basil in the grocery store. So then I walked to another grocery store two blocks down, no fresh basil. I was very stubborn about making this recipe that evening, and I must’ve been — I must’ve walked around for an hour in our neighborhoods, visiting four or five grocery stores, and there was no basil, no fresh basil in any of them. And it just goes to show, it’s very — it’s very illustrative of the difficulties that we have in our communities in accessing fresh produce."


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: aoc; aocstupid; firstworldproblem; thehorror; usefulidiot
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To: newnhdad

McCormmic has it in 2oz plastic bottles.


21 posted on 10/15/2020 6:43:21 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
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To: rustyweiss74

I’m having trouble finding ammo now.

Is it my white privilege? Do they see me coming and hide the good stuff?


22 posted on 10/15/2020 6:43:36 PM PDT by moovova
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To: rustyweiss74

Keepin’ it real with first world bougie strife. Did she also have problems finding free-range white asparagus?


23 posted on 10/15/2020 6:43:53 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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To: rustyweiss74

So use the dry. Better than nothing.


24 posted on 10/15/2020 6:44:29 PM PDT by Exit148
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To: rustyweiss74

Alexandria,
Just slip on a negligee, make me a sandwich and bring me a beer. We’ll get through this!


25 posted on 10/15/2020 6:45:00 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: rustyweiss74
... this is a very systemic problem and it goes all the way from what seeds that the federal government encourages we plant and what we subsidize...

I checked...we don't subsidize basil. If you want fresh basil, buy a small pot, some soil, and some seeds. Follow the directions on the package and maybe...just maybe...you're smart enough to follow those directions so you'll have fresh basil at home. (I've seen your work...I'm not optimistic.)

26 posted on 10/15/2020 6:45:21 PM PDT by econjack
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To: rustyweiss74

Oh, the humanity!


27 posted on 10/15/2020 6:46:18 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: rustyweiss74
Perhaps it means in her neighborhood there wasn't a big demand for basil hence the stores didn't carry it.

I needed something for a recipe at my local Kroger and they didn't have it. Must have been because of racism.

28 posted on 10/15/2020 6:46:55 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: caww

If she doesn’t know where to get it, why doesn’t she use a grocery delivery service?

She can certainly afford it.


29 posted on 10/15/2020 6:47:35 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: kaehurowing

AOC is lying, she grew up in a wealthy neighborhood. If she couldn’t find basil it’s because she was too stupid to recognize it in the store.


30 posted on 10/15/2020 6:48:53 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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To: rustyweiss74

She’s lucky. My great aunt died from lack of fresh basil back in the olden days.


31 posted on 10/15/2020 6:48:57 PM PDT by JoeRed
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To: rustyweiss74
So AOC is trying to say to her fanbase that she is trying to actually cook!!??

For someone of her character, I thought her default meal was from the CAT MEOW, Special Kitty or Purina Friskies style of foods!

Well what a surprise indeed!

32 posted on 10/15/2020 6:48:59 PM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
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To: BoomerBabe

I didn’t know that fresh basil wasn’t available in New England. Here in Arizona we can buy it either n a plastic box full of cut leaves or we can buy whole plants in the grocery stores.


33 posted on 10/15/2020 6:50:37 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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To: a fool in paradise
AOC’s immaturity never ceases to amaze......or she's just stupid.
34 posted on 10/15/2020 6:50:38 PM PDT by caww (...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
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To: rustyweiss74
Fresh Basil


35 posted on 10/15/2020 6:51:05 PM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: rustyweiss74

Last time I needed fresh basil, I found it at Wal-Mart. It’s a shame they don’t like Wal-Mart in NY.


36 posted on 10/15/2020 6:51:40 PM PDT by FrogMom (Time marches on...)
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To: rustyweiss74

Hard up, eh?
Laf

Po white folk lucky to get Chef-boy-r-dee sans ‘herbs’!


37 posted on 10/15/2020 6:53:00 PM PDT by TianaHighrider (God bless President Trump)
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To: rustyweiss74

Grow your own.

It’s not hard.

Just stick a seed in the ground and wait.


38 posted on 10/15/2020 7:01:49 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: rustyweiss74

What it shows is that neighborhood doesn’t buy mush basil, because if they did, somebody would be selling it.

It also shows she is an idiot, but that’s an everyday thing.


39 posted on 10/15/2020 7:02:37 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: BoomerBabe

Sandy Cortez is white.


40 posted on 10/15/2020 7:04:00 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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