Slog - Comments on Hooray! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1 I am pleased to report that, after one long and torturous month, MADISON MARKET HAS LEMONS AGAIN. Finally! I can now end my personal lemon strike, which I went on in quiet solidarity with my co-op's struggle to procure the fruit, and which has slowly been making me insane. p.s. If anyone can shed light on why the Market has been without lemons, please do. I want to understand.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:20:53 -0800 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:19:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by stacy they had a little sign up about it this weekend. i can't remember what the explanation was, but it did make me think "so *that's* why there haven't been any lemons..."

]]> stacy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789176 Chow Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:39:54 -0800 Comment by rb Who cares? Every other store on the hill has lemons. I've been eating gobs of them all summer.

]]> rb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789188 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789188 Chow Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:17:49 -0800 Comment by Heatmiser You think that is frustrating? I live in Arizona and the Whole Foods here is frequently out of lemons and/or limes. There are lime trees in my neighborhood dropping fruit to the ground but the Whole Foods can't figure out how to get any of them in the store, despite all of the signs imploring me to "Eat Locally".

I guess I should just steal from the neighbors.

]]> Heatmiser http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789191 Chow Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:27:31 -0800 Comment by Joy Man, they must be handing out writing gigs to everyone these days. Is that all you have to talk about???? Lame...

]]> Joy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789197 Chow Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:52:33 -0800 Comment by pox http://www.wedge.coop/produce/produce-lemon-shortage.html

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789200 Chow Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:07:30 -0800 Comment by kinaidos I'm not sure about Madison Market in particular but in general CA and AZ crops were devastated by freezes this season. Imported citrus that is available is from South America mostly and it's fumigated and thus not organic.
Unfumigated Mexican lemons are available, some organic, but they are too green for the american consumer, though they taste just fine.


]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789201 Chow Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:08:27 -0800 Comment by what a lemon news value - nothing

beverage value - less, as they have been just fine at my shopping spots

conclusion - slow new day, not very focused

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

by contrast, testicle are a flame, wow, love those testicle pix and stories

]]> what a lemon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789208 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:34:44 -0800 Comment by J. Lasser kinaidos has the clue here: after the disastrous weather ruined the citrus crops, Madison Market was unable to find lemons that met their quality standards. (I believe those aren't the "mmm, these are pretty and taste good" standards, but the "ethically grown, organic" standards.)

I'm torn between wishing that they'd have carried other lemons with a warning, and the notion that in doing so it would have allowed me to fool myself about the goodness of those particular lemons. By having to go to QFC and purchase them, it's easy to keep in mind that they're suboptimal.

]]> J. Lasser http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789236 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:08:16 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver @ 3, while I enjoy shopping at Whole Foods I find their whole "eat locally" slogan laughable given that half the produce section is stocked with southern hemisphere goods at any given time of the year.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789294 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789294 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:40:30 -0800 Comment by joe Time for a Lemon Party

]]> joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789318 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789318 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:11:24 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Organic lemons get moldy way too quickly.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789351 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:01:51 -0800 Comment by Dougsf The co-op near my place is frequently out of produce, no biggy, really. I'd love to see them stock important lemons with a sign "these probably suck, but in case you need them."

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789497 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789497 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:02:16 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Ha ha ha, "imported", it should read.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789500 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:03:13 -0800 Comment by lemonlove Thanks for bringing to our attention what happens when there is a freeze or other impact on crops. There's news about it and then a few months later nobody can remember wtf. It shows how jaded we are about price fixing and we just assume it's some kind of excuse - maybe it is, maybe it isn't. lemons? oil?

]]> lemonlove http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789668 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789668 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:57:45 -0800 Comment by mr. ryan Inidentally...I read this last night.

Then just this morning I saw a woman walking out of M Street Market (is this also what you call Madison Market?) with a huge bag of lemons!

I was sorta like, ZOINKS! I didn't know people actually bought those.

]]> mr. ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789830 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789830 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:41:12 -0800 Comment by mr. ryan *incidentally, of course

]]> mr. ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789843 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789843 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:50:04 -0800 Comment by Kelila For a foodie like me Lemons are liquid sunshine. For a taste of Israel for your Shabbat table try Lemon Olive Roast Chicken with organic lemons from Madison market. This chicken is especially popular in Moroccan Jewish homes!

]]> Kelila http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789990 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/hooray_1#c789990 Chow Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:19:56 -0800