The pie police are coming.
Today's Ledger reports that Hunterdon County officials are making life difficult for local farmers' market vendors -- and customers.
Seems homemade pies, cheeses and meat products are no-no items unless federal and/or state requirements are met.
I know I'm probably off base, but this sounds extreme.
Having grown up with considerable glasses of unpasteurized whole milk, eaten at countless church suppers whose hygeneity was unquestioned, and having a fondness for homemade pies -- no matter in whose home they are made, or where and howsoever they are served -- I just find it a bit much.
Perhaps the inspectors need some homemade pie.
Maybe a cream pie.
Applied you know where.
Star-Ledger - 7/23/2007: "Farmer's market crackdown"
-- Dan Damon
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1 comments:
Interesting idea. Since when did this become news? I operate a roadside farm market in central NJ, Mr McGregor's Garden, and almost half my sales are from homemade pie. It's a lot of work peeling the peaches, cooking the fillings, and rolling the crusts each day but there is a great demand for fresh homemade stuff. In the past 2 days I've had at least 9 people ask me about this new "Law". It's news to me. We've been washing dishes and mopping floors here for years. The once a year visit from the health inspector is the least of our worries. The daily scrutiny of our customers and their opinion is far more important.
The Pie Man
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