Charlotte Farmers' Market
Mandy and I went to the Farmers' Market Saturday morning, as we've started a habit of doing, to get fresh fruit for the week and a spinach scone. The scones, along with muffins and various loaves of bread, are from Nova's bakery. Mandy loves the spinach scone but I avoid it at all cost. We got there too late though, and for the second week in a row, they were sold out by 9am.
One of the vendors were rabbit farmers and Mandy pointed out Taylor would be horrified if she had seen their sign...
This stand was one of the more colorful and well organized at the market. Can I just say how much I love organized and segregated vegetables?! In fact, I'm a major proponent for more frequent use of the separated plate to maintain order and prevent unintended mingling. If given an opportunity to pose a question to the '08 presidential candidates, I might ask their position on the topic. Segregated or desegregated plates?
At the end of one row, some kids were rolling a ball back and forth on a table. I thought it made a cute photo, but upon closer review, there are actually three kids in the photo. I just can't figure out how the girl standing was able to twist her feet that way!
One of the vendors were rabbit farmers and Mandy pointed out Taylor would be horrified if she had seen their sign...
This stand was one of the more colorful and well organized at the market. Can I just say how much I love organized and segregated vegetables?! In fact, I'm a major proponent for more frequent use of the separated plate to maintain order and prevent unintended mingling. If given an opportunity to pose a question to the '08 presidential candidates, I might ask their position on the topic. Segregated or desegregated plates?
At the end of one row, some kids were rolling a ball back and forth on a table. I thought it made a cute photo, but upon closer review, there are actually three kids in the photo. I just can't figure out how the girl standing was able to twist her feet that way!
posted by Steelerfan06 | 9:53 AM
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Rabbit. It's what's for dinner.
Bunny eaters, work your way through the slideshow at:
http://tinyurl.com/5uyq2
James Lileks calls rabbit "the other, OTHER white meat." :-)
Kris, your "web gems" never cease to amaze or bewilder, as the case may be. So am I to understand that those rabbits, sold for human consumption, are lab animals? FAQ #3 on their website was "Can your rabbit complement be used for cytotoxicity assays?"
Answer: Yes! Evidence suggests that the proteins participating in the transmembrane channel formation are structurally interrelated."
I'd like to meet the lab geek that gets excited by that question enough to use an exclamation point. He can probably also tell us exactly how long it takes for a bunny to stop squealing after being injected/"tested".
Seriously? You actually went to the "punch line"...and then on to the FAQs?!? YOU never cease to amaze! (I didn't even visit Pel-Freez until you posted the Geek Speak.)
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Here's another nugget from the Pel-Freez site:
Our History:
The history of Pel-Freez began humbly in Englewood California in 1911. A pregnant rabbit named Betsy Ann was given to the son of Herman Pelphrey, a local resident. The rabbits born to Betsy Ann grew, bred, and eventually the back yard of the Pelphrey’s home was overrun with rabbits. In time, Herman would turn the dilemma into an opportunity.
He first sold fresh rabbit meat to his neighbors. When the demand proved to be sustainable, he set his goals higher. By 1918 he was marketing the meat to the public under the name of the “H.F. Pelphrey Company.” Operations continued unchanged until 1936 when the firm began to explore the production and marketing of frozen rabbit meat. Delayed by the advent of World War II, the marketing of frozen rabbit meat didn’t become a reality until 1947 when the “Pel-Freez” name was developed to emphasize the “frozen” meat. Around that time, Robert Dubbell married into the Pelphrey family. Robert would play a pivotal role in establishing Pel-Freez operations in Rogers, Arkansas, as well as entering other markets for rabbit by-products.
http://www.pelfreez-bio.com/ComapanyProfile.html
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This raises more questions than it answers! Was the meat "frozen" or not? And what, pray tell, are rabbit by-products?
Besides lucky foot keychains, I can't think of a single possible rabbit "by-product"...
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