10 blocks, 1000% difference (0.00 / 0)

Back in the days when there was a GREAT Farmers Market in the north lot at RFK Stadium -- which lasted until 2004 or so, the differentials could be as high as 1000%, i.e. Tomatos -- good ones -- for 29 cents a pound at RFK and $2.90 a pound at Eastern Market in DC ten blocks west.  At RFK the customers were mostly black and mostly middle to lower middle class.  At Eastern Market the customers are diverse but dominated by white yuppies.

The RFK farmers market closed when the Washington Nationals moved in for three years while thier 600 million plus gift from DC taxpayers was under construction.  The old RFK market was a model of diversity and affordibility -- without attitude or fancy frills -- thus it became expendible by the powers who want Capitol Hill to kick out anyone making under 100K a year and isn't in a trendy race with New Yorkers or Bostonians.

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by: howardpark @ Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 21:16:07 PM CDT

10 blocks, another world alltogether.. (0.00 / 0)

What does 'progress' in the Middle East really mean?  What does 'peace' between Israel and Palestine really mean?
It mean freedom and sweets and holidays and good times for the Palestinians too, finally.

Israel and the Jews of America can easily ignore the settlement question because they're free to party - no matter what. They've no incentive to do anything on behalf of others - because they've got theirs.  And that says volumes about them.

"Wen ich ess, ch'ob ich alles in dread."
(An old yiddish phrase that means "When I'm eating - everyone else can go to hell.")

Nationalism is not the same thing as terrorism, and an adversary is not the same thing as an enemy.

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by: worldlymother @ Sat Sep 19, 2009 at 11:27:03 AM CDT

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would you be willing to share your recipe (4.00 / 1)

for potato pancakes? or at least point me in the direction of a good one?  thanks!  

and actually the butternut squash/pear soup sounds delicious also.  Fall is in the air and I got the itch to start cooking up a storm.

(tonight I made corndog muffins & Hawaiian coleslaw - not my finest hour, but sometimes ya gotta go for the easy win with the husband & kid)

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by: sisterfish @ Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 21:56:11 PM CDT

The key is to put the potato (4.00 / 1)

in a clean dishcloth after it's grated, and squeeze all the liquid out. Other'n that, I'll defer to Adam!

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by: Joel @ Sat Sep 19, 2009 at 08:03:45 AM CDT

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Soaking in water first (4.00 / 1)

helps too. I think the goal is to get the starch out.

Montani semper liberi

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by: Sadie Baker @ Sat Sep 19, 2009 at 08:46:10 AM CDT

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Try adding onions n/t (0.00 / 0)

I blog on InnermostParts.org

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by: Sayhar @ Sat Sep 19, 2009 at 10:19:20 AM CDT

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Latkes (0.00 / 0)

I squeeze all the liquid out, but that's after it's grinded.

Take a dozen potatoes and 6-7 medium-sized onions, and let soak in water until you're ready to use. Chop each loosely. Grind in batches in a food processor- I do 1.5 potatoes and half an onion at a time, depending on size. Put the result in a very fine sieve over a bowl to let the juice drip out (the liquid Joel is talking about) while you grind the rest. Periodically squeeze the rest out of that batch with a spatula, then empty it into another bowl and put the new batch of what you just grinded into that sieve. Keep repeating until all the juice is squeezed out and you have all the stuff in a large bowl.

Add two eggs and mix together. Set up a saute pan and add enough vegetable oil to cover thinly. Turn on medium heat. Grab some of the stuff, enough to form a ball about half the size of a baseball, and move it back and forth between your hands until it coalesces into something firm. Plop it onto the pan and flatten it out with a spatula. Keep adding balls until the pan is covered but there is enough space between them (I do 3-4 at a time). Fry each side until golden brown and be careful flipping. Then put finished ones over paper towels and add the rest at a time. Serve with applesauce and/or sour cream. Enjoy!

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by: Adam Bink @ Sat Sep 19, 2009 at 19:33:32 PM CDT

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Booth fees are likely an issue. n/t (4.00 / 1)

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by: sb @ Sat Sep 19, 2009 at 07:07:26 AM CDT

Organic locally grown vegetables (0.00 / 0)

grown by the currently underemployed.

Healthy for the worker, healthy for the consumer, healthy for the economy, healthy for the social fabric.

In other words, the last idea America will ever try.

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by: Paul Goodman @ Sat Sep 19, 2009 at 09:04:21 AM CDT

I notice the variable prices (0.00 / 0)

But who is to say how much a tomato is worth?

Its worth what a customer will pay. More interesting to me is that the prices at a given Farmer's Market are all roughly the same at every stall. If the prices in your photo showed up at the market I frequent, they'd be undercutting the agreed prices by about 35%. Yet, no single seller at the market will cut their prices by that amount.


"It sounds wrong...
     ...but its right."

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by: SpitBall @ Sat Sep 19, 2009 at 15:06:10 PM CDT