/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18916608]

Are farmers markets a meme?

[Anonymous No.18916637]

Most suck and are complete ripoffs. Amish markets that are actually run by the Amish are really good for the German style food the Amish make.

[Anonymous No.18916650]

Foods aren't memes. Drinks aren't memes. Restaurants aren't memes. Grocery stores aren't memes. And farmers markets aren't memes. Just fucking ask if they're worth it or just something people do to post on instagram or whatever you're imagining. (It depends on the farmers market and what you buy, but yes, they're typically "worth it".)

[Anonymous No.18916654]

I live in a farming area and ive never heard of a farmers market. if you want their shit you go to their house and buy it or maybe a roadside stall.

[Anonymous No.18916663]

>>18916637
I can confirm that the Amish do have the best farmers markets

[Anonymous No.18916665]

>>18916654
>if you want their shit you go to their house and buy it or maybe a roadside stall
That's literally what a farmers market is, dum dum. Instead of having people randomly show up at their house or spend all day sitting in a hut on the side of the road they set up a stall with a bunch of other people who want to sell their shit directly to people for a few hours on a Saturday morning.

[Anonymous No.18916669]

>>18916650
>an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture
They literally are memes

[Anonymous No.18916678]

>>18916608
Depends on your area. At the very best, pick three.
>Cheap
>Unique or heirloom veggies and goods
>Actually happens more than once a month
>Sold by actual farmers, gardeners, or whoever made the thing their selling

>>18916637
This, although I recommend Mennonites rather than the Amish. It could just be the Amish in my area though that are pieces of shit however.

[Anonymous No.18916684]

If you lived in the city they were nice before hipsters ruined it.

[Anonymous No.18916689]

>>18916669
>an idea, behavior, style, or usage
>foods, drinks, restaurants, grocery stores, farmers markets
I made a venn diagram showing the overlap of the things you mentioned and the things I mentioned. Maybe you'll find it helpful.

[Anonymous No.18916711]

>>18916663
You have to be a bit careful with Amish markets. The ones near me are somewhat off the beaten path for the Amish, the raw meat, dairy products, baked goods, and pickles are made by them but the stalls for the fresh produce and cooked meat are rented out to other people. The produce isn't pesticide free nor is it grown by the Amish. They may be old fashioned but they know they need to make money first and foremost.

[Anonymous No.18916714]

>>18916608
Most are overpriced but you get some decent ones.

[Anonymous No.18916747]

>>18916689
Retard alert

[Anonymous No.18916808]

feet

[Anonymous No.18916844]

>>18916747
>i shall bring my rhubarb
>you shall bring your eggs
>augustus will bring his goat cheese and honey
>and octavia will bring her homemade organic fudge
>the people will come, and titus shall provide them their bread
>and though we shall refer to this mutually beneficial collective as "farmers market", it is in fact all a mirage, if not a farce
>yes, we make money, and the people eat, but this "farmers market" you speak of is a delicate house of cards
>it is not the people, nor is it the food, nor is it the exchange of money and goods and subsequent social experience of eating with others and forming relationships with those who grow said food that constitutes this so-called "farmers market"
>no, for the "farmers market" is merely an idea, spread from person to person within a culture, and without that idea it shall crumble as surely as those edible wort candles domitius was trying to hock at 50% off last tuesday

[Anonymous No.18917090]

>>18916844
>I shall bring
>You shall bring
>Augustus will bring
>Octavia will bring
>People will come
>Titus will provide
Sure sounds like a behavior spreading from person to person within a culture

[Anonymous No.18917133]

>>18916608
The ones where I live are pretty good.
(I live right in the middle of a farming community with internationally famous dairy and wine)

[Anonymous No.18917136]

>>18916689
I'm sorry?

[Anonymous No.18917139]

>>18916844
>>18917090
This is actually a good argument and I can’t tell who is winning

[Anonymous No.18917157]

>>18917139
Probably not the one who doesn't count recipes as memes (a'la "The Selfish Gene")

[Anonymous No.18917165]

>>18916665
No it's not. What he's talking about are roadside stalls outside of farmer's properties. What OP is referring to are markets in cities and suburbs that are ran by hipsters who grow vegetables in their backyard as a hobby and usually don't know what they're doing. Hence why all the people in the photo are hippie types. Nothing but low quality shit there.

[Anonymous No.18917167]

>>18916654

>lives in farming area
>doesn't have a farmers market

The absolute state of flyovers hahahahahahaha yeah I don't think they have farmers markets at the Walmart u fuckin hick hahahahhaha what an IDIOT

[Anonymous No.18917172]

the magic is kind of ruined the first time you see someone unloading Sams club produce to claim as their own

[Anonymous No.18917180]

My Farmer's market doesn't run again until June

[Anonymous No.18917310]

>>18917157
>Ctrl-F "recipe"
>1 result
Nobody mentioned recipes in the thread, retard. The goalposts were already moved two fields over when the Dawkings definition was used, even though OP was obviously using the internet meaning, and then you still had to bring something up that was never part of the discussion >>18916689
>>18917165
>what OP is referring to are markets in cities and suburbs that are ran by hipsters who grow vegetables in their backyard as a hobby and usually don't know what they're doing
It's mind blowing how out of touch flyovers can be sometimes. Aside from the fact that they think hipsters are even still a thing, they believe that anywhere within a thousand miles of a coast is nothing but illegal immigrants, homeless people, and trannies. And even when you try to explain that California grows more produce and raises more livestock than anywhere else in the country they'll obstinately cling to their mental illness narrative. It's honestly kind of sad, but mostly just pathetic.
>>18917167
This, but unironically. Most flyovers are Monsanto slaves who grow corn which goes to their Walmart, HFCS goyslop, and soybeans, which go directly to China. Nothing but a bunch of ignorant, hypocritical dum dums.

[Anonymous No.18917332]

>>18917310
I'll make this real easy for your obviously retarded ass: Anything you can express in language is a meme.

[Anonymous No.18917334]

>>18917310
are you trying to bait people because you have no access to fresh produce? you keep saying 'flyover' like its an insult, if you continue, i will have to ban you

[Anonymous No.18917346]

>>18916608
Most of the food just comes from the regular store, LOL.

[Anonymous No.18917358]

>>18917332
>anything you could ever possibly cognize, understand, express, speak, discuss, or argue over is a meme
When you define a concept so broadly that it subsumes literally anything and everything it becomes meaningless. It's like arguing that all foods are "natural" because everything is ultimately derived from nature, but also that all foods contain chemicals because everything in nature can be broken down into their chemical components. It makes you sound like a 14 year old who is 30 seconds away from just getting frustrated and calling you a fag before going back to looking at their tiktok or whatever zoomers do these days.
>>18917334
>*reads a wall of text explaining how coasties actually have better access to fresh food than most flyovers*
>*replies with, "lol, you're just mad because you don't have access to fresh produce!"
I'm not even trolling, but people like you are so easy to play it's practically impossible to avoid it.

[Anonymous No.18917443]

>>18917358
i didnt read your wall of text and im not reading this one either lmao

[Anonymous No.18917449]

>>18917443
>lmao
Zoom zoom!

[Anonymous No.18917630]

>>18916608
No way not here in new zealand lol. Farmers markets are legit I think mostly because supermarkets are a fucking rip off big time here

[Anonymous No.18917853]

>>18917358
You fags always get so triggered when we aren't impressed by you overpaying for basic things

[Anonymous No.18917860]

>>18917358
Yea bro no one outside of urban areas have fresh produce, because that's where all the farmland is right?

[Anonymous No.18917864]

>>18916608
Meme as in there's no one stopping you from just ordering vegs from sysco and then selling it on the farmers market.

[Anonymous No.18917916]

>>18916608
Not trying to be racist, but every farmers market I've even been to is overrun by black people selling produce that was clearly just bought from a grocery store or grocery store supplier. Like it's literally still in the boxes the fruit was shipped in. Sort of ruins the appeal to me.

[Anonymous No.18917931]

>>18917916
where?

[Anonymous No.18917938]

>>18916608
They can be, I've been to some where they had 0 produce just old ladies selling their circuit projects and some nerd selling delta-8 and cbd.
I'm rural so it's common for farmers to just bring a truck of whatever they have to town and sell it on weekends. They typically have very good prices too.

[Anonymous No.18917953]

>>18917931
Cleveland Public Market

[Anonymous No.18917961]

it really depends on the area. some are great, some are terrible. fortunately I have access to different ones every day of the week, so I can go to the good ones.
best thing is to show up late when they're leaving or about to leave, you can get ridiculous deals or even free stuff since anything they don't sell they just throw away
>Cleveland
makes sense, I never see actual black farmers selling their produce

[Anonymous No.18917977]

>>18916650
Her sexual frustration never gets old kek

[Anonymous No.18917986]

>>18917916
Lol, I can believe it. But in NYC the farmers markets are amazing. There are lots of little farms nearby in NY, NJ, and PA and they grow excellent produce and raise heritage breed animals to supply top restaurants and home chefs. The only drawback is the short growing season being so far north.

[Anonymous No.18918001]

>>18917310
>calls others ignorant
>can't spell Dawkins
>cannot into memes
Embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.18918032]

>>18917167
>>18917310
they're Amish people. I go to their house and they sell me produce, preserves, eggs, and meat products. maybe they go to a farmers market somewhere but it's not around where I live. Some farms also have honor systems stalls where they're unmanned and you put money in a box for the produce you took.

[Anonymous No.18918038]

>>18917860
>he thinks coastal states are nothing but urban areas
Guess what, anon. The entire west coast isn't just San Francisco and the entire east coast isn't just NYC.

[Anonymous No.18918068]

>>18916608
>Are farmers markets a meme?
where I live we have "farmers markets", if you mean people who go to the grocery store buy produce, then come to a parking lot full of other people who did the same and try to sell the produce at double the price.

[Anonymous No.18918620]

>>18918068
This is what I was referring to. I fucking hate "side hustle" culture. Like I know you didn't grow this fucking pineapple yourself in mid-August western New York.

[Anonymous No.18918903]

>>18916608
I'd farm her market on the left, if you know what I mean

[Anonymous No.18919080]

>don't wash hands
>touch all the veggies to see "which are just right"
>squeeze some just enough that you can't see they're damaged but they are ruined
>refuse to elaborate further
>leave
I love farmers markets

[Anonymous No.18919123]

>>18916678
mennonites aren't real they were made up by some tv guy

[Anonymous No.18919136]

>>18918068
that sucks, where is that?
>>18919080
>being proud of behaving like a nigger
sad!

[Anonymous No.18919158]

>>18916608
Just keep an eye out for signs that somebody just brought produce from a wholesaler. Ask the operator of the stall where their farm is, and if they're the farmer. Don't be a sperg, just make conversation. Look for cardboard produce boxes. Most real farmers don't want to waste money buying cardboard boxes that will fall apart and will use reusable boxes to bring produce to the market. Get suspicious if the produce is too perfect.

[Anonymous No.18919162]

>>18919158
I forgot, don't be a moron. Know what's in season and what's not. If somebody has something out of season, ask about it. They might have a greenhouse, or they bought it at a wholesaler.

[Anonymous No.18919398]

Good for checking out girl's feet

[Anonymous No.18920679]

>>18919398
this

[Anonymous No.18921003]

it depends where you are. CA has amazing farmers markets where the bros from the central valley drive 3-4 hours to bring me my sweet gains

[Anonymous No.18921021]

>>18916650
>Grocery stores aren't memes.
Wrong if they have a jester that actually gives a fuck about his job.

[Anonymous No.18922488]

>>18917133
Ithaca NY?

[Anonymous No.18923071]

>>18916637
Breathing is a meme. Sleeping is a meme. Drinking water is a meme. Walking is a meme. Loving your family is a meme. Being employed is a meme. Dying of old age is a meme.

[Anonymous No.18923310]

>be mexican
>try to put my sunglasses on sale in the corner
>no sorry, we only sell farm products
why are americans like this?

[Anonymous No.18924471]

>indoor market vendor selling produce advertises themselves as local produce
>has pineapple
>in England
Im going to set his stupid stand on fire, how he gets business Ill never understand. Theres 4 grocery stores in walking distance from it.

[Anonymous No.18924484]

>>18916654
that sounds pretty cool. I'd love to get fresh food that way.
>>18917167
this sounds like some seething poor trying to punch up

[Anonymous No.18924515]

>>18919080
Truly the most Aryan Anon.

[Anonymous No.18924523]

>>18923310
buenos noches, you spic fart.

[Anonymous No.18924526]

>>18919080
>le chad meme
The new internet can be thanked for its one virtue of making retards recognizable on sight

[Anonymous No.18924534]

>>18916608
they have one at my college lol

[Anonymous No.18924553]

>Take mother to farmers market
>She buys strawberries, and blueberries.
>Cleans then, bugs fall off in the water
>She leaves them out on her counter for a week
>Mold grows on them
>She cleans off the mold
>Eats them with yogurt
At some point I think a creature replaced my mom because there is no way she just eats old moldy fruit with no problems.

[Anonymous No.18924697]

>>18916608
only if the farmer looks like his customers.

[Anonymous No.18924738]

>>18919123
Mennonites are Amish people who can drive minivans and aren't pieces of shit. They are basically modern day hobbits unlike those inbred, smelly, pseudo-jew Amish "people".

[Anonymous No.18924825]

>>18916650
>Just fucking ask if they're worth it or just something people do to post on instagram
that's literally what op did

[Anonymous No.18924907]

>>18916608
>Are farmers markets a meme?
No, they're markets at which producers sell their produce direct to the public.

[Anonymous No.18924959]

>>18916669
“Meme” applies strictly to internet subcultures. Either way, when fags like OP and you use the word, you are simply substituting it for other words like “fad” or “trend” whilst wondering whether or not they’re “worth it”.

[Anonymous No.18926265]

So there's a wholesale market, a farmers market, and a "farmers market".

The wholesale market is just a point of sale somewhere in the commercial supply chain, the producer has a major buyer, loads extra shit in the truck and they try to flog it after making their main delivery. It's where you get the cheapest prices on seconds produce.

The farmers market is a local market FOR farmers, where mostly people just say Gday and exchange their produce so no producer has to actually pay retail for themselves. You can buy shit here if you're not a farmer but you may or may not get better prices, many people aren't even aware you can barter.

the "Farmers market" is where small and artisan producers rip off stupid rich people, the produce is rarely better than anywhere else and is often worse, the retailers are often no more or less local that the major producers, and the quality of secondary produce is often questionable as many products are actually just beig tested, launched or ortherwise workshopped

T. producer

[Anonymous No.18926692]

>>18916608
I used to visit my local one to support small business as opposed to the Supermarkets.
One day I got there super early, on a morning jog and half of these fuckers were having their items delivered by supermarket vans. The baker got given a ton of baked bread, baguettes, loaves...
Vegetable trader a ton of vegetables.
Fuckers. never again.

[Anonymous No.18927085]

>>18916663
Amish women are so hawt

[Anonymous No.18927366]

>>18926265
My local farmer's market is kinda a combination of the two "farmer's markets" you mentioned. Ours is old and very well-established, with a dedicated building owned and operated by the city government.
The municipal part of the market is heavily regulated - produce has to be locally grown, picked within a few days of being sold there, strict regulations on how the farmers are allowed to treat and grow their crops. Typically the prices beat out what you can get at the grocery store, freshness and general quality is way way better for sure. Definitely a great option, I would rather buy produce from there 100% of the time vs the supermarket.

HOWEVER, that business only takes up about a third of the building. The rest is a bunch of bougie artisan producers like you described. It's both independent farms that would rather set up their own booth rather than sell their produce in the city-owned part, and also various other craftspeople, bakers, butchers, etc. Prices in this section are way higher than in the other section or external stores, both for the food and for the crafts. In some cases it's worth it, but in others you're absolutely right that they're ripping off rich people. In the end, though, I'm still thankful to have the option, and it does feel good to support local small businesspeople.

[Anonymous No.18927593]

>>18916678
>Mennonites
Mennonites out buy commercial vegetables and sell them at their farmers market stands. I've caught the Hutterites doing the same.

[Anonymous No.18927597]

No and nor is anything else

[Anonymous No.18927632]

>>18926265
>>18926692
you 2 should make out. you're made for each other.

>>18924959
100% correct

>>18916608
If you can't sniff out scammers like >>18926265
and their willing victims >>18926692., you're probably a willing victim yourself. Talk to people. Ask questions. Educate yourself. Ignore farmers who sell tomatoes in December and shrimp in March.

[Anonymous No.18927710]

>>18916608
I go to a local neighborhood farmer's market and buy avocadoes from a farm that are way better quality than from any store I've bought them from. cheaper too. I stopped buying them in grocery stores once I realized how much a better deal it was. buying them at the grocery store I'm usually lucky if 90% of the avocadoes are good. the farmers market it has been 100% every single time. thanks for reading my blog. hit like/subscribe/etc

[Anonymous No.18927817]

>>18917358
Fag

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