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Originally posted by ElysianWort
RJ You seem to be angry about the whole thing...
It is easy for you to say 'angry' but I was more annoyed. You should have looked up the word before putting your post up.
Was I suppose to laugh? Where do you see any humour in your post? You were making fun of my post and I don't read it any other way. I'll be me and you be you and that what makes the forum interesting.
As for this having gone too far, Lodestone is right, this has gotten stupid but very revealing.
I am tired of this topic. I have bigger fish to fry. It's Labor day and the Union makes us strong. Solidarity forever.
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One of the reasons we quit going to the market is there is never enough covered seating. After standing in line for 30 minutes waiting to order and receive food, I need a place to get out of the sun and sit down. Preferably as far away from the entertainment as possible because I like to converse with whoever I'm with.
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Yup you be you. I'll be me. That's what people should be best at. Being themselves. It's funny, ludicrous intimate people brought and image to my mind. Sorry about the intimate ignorance however couldn't find any of your reported bigotry or borderline racism. Fry away, add some lemon and pepper.
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get use to it, pahoa ted, more white people are coming. So, better to be nice now than be better about it later.
The way I see it, if people can make money than that money that they make stays on the island and goes around to others that need it.
I like the sticker idea, but I hardly if ever go to makua ... closes too early, we prefer to head to Keaau market on the way home after the hilo trip. Plus they are open till 4:30 or so. Makes it nice to pick up some fruits and veggies for the trip home.
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Fry away, add some lemon and pepper.
Will do. [8D]
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Originally posted by hotinhawaii
When Makuu Market closes, the decision and announcement are made well in advance to allow vendors time to prepare. It is not simply a matter of throwing the tarps back on and opening up. If food needs to be picked or prepped, that probably starts on Thursday or Friday. They made the right call this past week based on the information at hand.
After living here for a few years, you realize that Makuu Market closes anytime there is a threat of bad weather as a precaution. So if there is a flood watch or high winds possible, just count on Makuu being closed.
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This is lost on PW, but the point is a Farmer's Market is supposed to be for Farmers, doh. All this weepy old woman concern for "native Hawaiian farmers" starts making me vomit after awhile. The Hilo Farmer's Market has managed to mostly stay true to its word but the Maku'u and Pahoa "Farmer's Markets" are CRAFT FAIRS, with trinkets, dust collectors, prepared food tables.
Do you need pictures? Go to Maku'u and Pahoa "Farmer's Markets" and take photos of every table/booth that is trinkets, crystals, knife collections, dust collectors, nik-nak, and take a photo of the person there. It is going to be a white face. Native Hawaiians do not sell mood crystals and all the other tourist-scam useless junk. There are some prepared food tables with native Hawaiians. Most of the real farmers are Thai or Filipino.
The suggestion for a Produce-Only Saturday Morning Actual Farmer's Market was to alleviate this somewhat dictatorial condition among some people in Puna that everything has to have an element of zaniness surrounding it. Also, a Saturday morning Produce-Only would make some look a little less hypocritical of being weepy self-righteousness concerned for Native Hawaiian farmers. A Saturday Produce-Only would actually support this Agriculture Initiative that has been babbled about for over 4 years. It is only for local farmers, so any competition to the Hilo Saturday market is irrelevant. That way, local farmers can get their crops prepared Friday, sell on Saturday morning 7-12, bring what's unsold back to the Sunday market. It is two trips to the market in two days but it isn't like 100 years ago when Real Local Farmers were taking wagons and crossing the Wailuku to the real Hilo farmer's Market.
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There you go again, ted.
Trying to actually make a good point, as to what is and is not sold at Makuu Market.
I go to Makuu Market every Sunday, when it is open.
Buy organic greens, tomatoes, etc from Johnson Family Farm of Opihikao (went to Hilo last Saturday, where Johnson formerly sold and the absence of good greens was evident, although the local fruit was super impressive).
Also, rely on source there for macadamia nut butter and get good honey as well.
Rarely buy fruit, unless it is once a year Waimea strawberry or Kona mango. Grow our own.
In my observation, many of the produce vendors are buy-and-sell operations.
A day for just local produce sounds very interesting.
btw: The "Makuu Farmers" thing is about the Association that operates the market.
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It would be very convenient to buy weekly produce without having to wade through food and trinket stands.
It never seemed like an insurmountable difficulty to identify local food vendors at the Maku'u Market, make your purchases, then drive home. I've always been pretty good at quickly recognizing the difference between lemons, limes, and slightly used tennis balls though.
Just out of curiosity ted, in order to assist with a quick selection process at home, do you keep your kitchen partitioned in a manner similar to your Maku'u market suggestion, with multiple refrigerators? Carefully dividing your purchases between them, one for the storage of fresh fruit and vegetables, another containing only packaged food items like milk and fish, and a dedicated third unit for beer and other less essential beverages?
By the way, sorry to hear this "weepy old woman" you mentioned in a earlier post "starts making me vomit after awhile" for some reason. I'm just guessing, but it sounds like one of those new west coast craft beers. The lower case brand name hints at a micro brew label trying to appeal to the hipster market. Hope it wasn't a bad batch. If not, but your temporary illness resulted instead due to quantity rather than quality, check out the Budweiser, you can get pretty much the same results at much lower price point.
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It would be very convenient to buy weekly produce without having to wade through food and trinket stands.
Again, ground-based single-user retail is obsolete. Drone delivery would be far more efficient. I hear Domino's, 7-11, and Amazon are experimenting with these new technologies, over in the First World.
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