It was like a breath of fresh air tonight. I went into one of my favorite watering holes and saw a sign that said "Farm eggs $1.00 per doz." I haven't seen that for years. Used to be all the neighborhood bars had fresh eggs brought in by local farmers. Used to be illegal, probably still is, but nobody bought eggs at the store. Some had fresh milk too. In the fall you can get homemade horseradish. I used to buy eggs from a farmer for a restaurant I worked at. Totally against the health code, but I could never understand why. The farmer could sell those same eggs to the local broker who could put them in cold storage for 6 mos. and then sell them to me, but I couldn't buy the eggs direct from the farmer. I did anyway and had a lot of happy customers. A lot of times what we would like to do is hampered by health codes, some of which make no sense. |