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Crabbing is much the same--some friends of mine down in the Gulf used to make a living that way. Some of the hardest-working most resourceful people you'll ever
by angersock 12y ago
Crabbing is much the same--some friends of mine down in the Gulf used to make a living that way. Some of the hardest-working most resourceful people you'll ever meet.
The amount of effort put into these industries boggles the mind.
- rayiner 12y agoBerries are similar. Costco charges several dollars a pint. My wife refuses to buy any. Where she's from (Oregon), they're an invasive weed, and you can pick so much off the branches you can't give them away.
- steveax 12y agoSpecifically, the Himalayan Blackberry [1] which was imported in the 1800's and escaped. They are a scourge [2] up here in the PNW. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_armeniacus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_armeniacus [2] http://pnw-ipc.org/docs/ManagingHimalayanBlackberry.pdf http://pnw-ipc.org/docs/ManagingHimalayanBlackberry.pdf
- judk 12y agoSo does she go to Oregon whenever she wants a berry?
- krisgee 12y agoPrinciple of the thing. I don't buy scallops unless I'm down home because the markup on it seem ridiculous (especially since they're usually less fresh and of lesser quality).
- _delirium 12y agoThat's how I feel about figs. I like them, and will eat lots of them when I'm in Greece or California, but I'm not paying €1 ea. to buy them in Denmark. (Apparently they don't ship well, so are very expensive outside of the areas where they're cultivated.)