AOC Shares Story of How Hard It Was for Her to Buy Fresh Basil, ‘Very Illustrative’ of Racism

MenRec ^ | 10/15/20 | Staff

[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."

[Deaf Smith]

McCormmic has it in 2oz plastic bottles.

[moovova]

I’m having trouble finding ammo now.

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

[KarlInOhio]

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

[Exit148]

So use the dry. Better than nothing.

[rfreedom4u]

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

[econjack]

... 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.)

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Oh, the humanity!

[ealgeone]

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.

[a fool in paradise]

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

She can certainly afford it.

[wildcard_redneck]

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.

[JoeRed]

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

[prophetic]

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!

[wildcard_redneck]

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.

[caww]

AOC’s immaturity never ceases to amaze......or she's just stupid.

[The people have spoken]

Fresh Basil

[FrogMom]

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

[TianaHighrider]

Hard up, eh?
Laf

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

[metmom]

Grow your own.

It’s not hard.

Just stick a seed in the ground and wait.

[Lurkinanloomin]

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.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Sandy Cortez is white.