[AT] Watermelon

charliehill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Wed Apr 14 07:17:09 PDT 2010


Charlie,  the food store can tell you where they came from.  It might even 
be on the label of the one you bought. Federal law requires country of 
origin labeling on food.

Charlie Hill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie V" <1cdevill at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Watermelon


> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Steve W. <falcon at telenet.net> wrote:
>
>> Charlie V wrote:
>> > Just wondering if watermelon is shipping from Georgia or Florida
>> currently.
>> > My wife bought a slice at the supermarket today, and the flavor is 
>> > pretty
>> > good compared to some which are shipped in.  The supermarket slices the
>> > melon lengthwise into about eight slices and wraps each slice in cling
>> wrap
>> > for sale by the pound.  I am guessing the cost of the melon is returned
>> in
>> > one or two slices.  I guess that is modern marketing.  Expensive but 
>> > good
>> > beats expensive but I wouldn't feed it to anything but the garbage can.
>> > (grins)
>> >
>> > Charlie V. in WNY
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > AT mailing list
>> > http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What store?
>> The last shipment locally were from Mexico.
>> I don't think Florida is shipping yet.
>>
>
> Wegmans Food Markets.
>
>>
>> --
>> Steve W.
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>
>
>
>
> =======
> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.
> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14770)
> http://www.pctools.com/
> ======= 





=======
Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.
(Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14770)
http://www.pctools.com/
=======



More information about the AT mailing list