After realizing that neither Andronico's nor Mollie Stones were truly (or even close to being) organic, I had been meaning to return to Milk Pail Market, which I visited several years back while living off of Rengstorff. TheMilk Pail, being a "European market", gave me the impression that fruits and vegetables there would be organic. Also, we had also recently chatted with a Bulgarian neighbor over dinner who was adamant about how fruits and vegetables from American grocery stores were tasteless, and how she only bought organic... from the Milk Pail.
Not having had apples for smoothies for about a week, I was itching to buy a big bag of organic Red Delicious to incorporate into our smoothies. Guess what, not one organic label in the house. Milk Pail Market is not organic, nor does it claim to be. Interestingly, if you look at the fruit stickers (as I often do) you will see exactly the same stickers as in Safeway. The only difference is a price mark up of about 50-100%.
So, if you are fanatical about really being organic, look for the stickers. If it is organic, it will have the organic seal. Another way to tell? The fruit sticker will have a 5-digit number starting with 9.
Posted by torque at May 8, 2004 9:27 PM | TrackBack