17/365 Project 2010 Hijole! A Vine "Ripened" Reaming!

Here's what moved me today.  These are "vine-ripened" tomatoes from Mexico at our local Safeway.  Notice the price per pound - which equates to about $2 a tomato, notice their orangish hue (a few of them apparently are the new, improved  "green-ripe" variety).  BTW - the local milk was $8.99 a gallon.  Needless to say, Safeway is not where I primarily shop - the high price of paradise is a little TOO HIGH there - but the beer was on sale so c'est la vie.   [yes, shopping at Safeway makes me utter some French - in so many ways!)



On a side note - my grandparents made a good portion of their living on tomato farming.  I am proud to say I attended the Tomato Festival a few times in SoCal.  So I wonder what grandma would say to $7.29/lg tomatoes!

Oh - and to you locavores out there - I only buy local tomatoes & I grow my own so there's no need for lectures - this was just to demonstrate some sticker shock!  For all you out there that think life in Hawai`i is a breeze - just realize that milk can be $9 gallon, eggs are $5/dozen, tomatoes can cost you 2 bucks a piece, and gasoline is nearly $3.50.  Mahalo!