Comment on Would you buy food from an Amish salvage store? by Robin.
I would be the first person standing outside waiting for it to open if there were one around here! #1 I frequently buy organic vegetables and they tend to be a little less attractive because sometimes the bugs have nibbled on them. My Daddy used to say that vegetables are supposed to have bug holes because if they aren’t good enough for the bugs, then they aren’t good enough for you. #2 The bent and dent shelve at the farm stand is the only place to get bananas ripe enough for my secret-recipe banana bread. #3 The grocery store I go to has a bent and dent rack in the back of the store and there are treasures to be found there! My neighbors actually call each other if we see something on the rack that one of the others can use. It’s one of the very few things urgent enough to force me to use my cell phone.
As for honey — I think they found some in the pyramids in Egypt that was still OK to eat.
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