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Hallo again to all. We awoke one morning this week greatly hoping that something – tomatoes, peppers, anything really – would have started growing from our young, small garden. An early spring harvest could be expected in our part of the northern hemisphere. Regretfully, although not altogether unsurprisingly, nothing but herbs were ready for harvesting. With that we trotted off to a local farmers' market in search of produce for the week's meals.
Seconds are those pieces of produce that aren't quite perfect enough to sell for full price – they may be an odd shape or bumped and a bit bruised, not quite the most visually appealing, but are sold in bulk at a reduced rate and are often perfect for a sauce or salsa, canning, pie filling, or jellies and jams. We seasonally look forward to the sweet taste of strawberries and the tangy tomato sauce out of these otherwise 'not good enough' fruit. We came to wonder what other things come in 'seconds'. Improperly made clothing is often sent to lower-end outlets, many electronics retailers sell disfigured items for a lower price, but people, certainly people aren’t categorized as 'seconds'.* Children in Sudan, Guatemala, the United States, and even more from Nigeria just last week. Are these children, then, our seconds? Those who just 'aren't desirable enough' to spend our time or energy to find?
See you next week. |
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