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Watch out at that new farmers market on 3rd street
I went to the pop up farmers market on 3rd street last Saturday thinking I'd grab some fresh basil for my pasta sauce. The tomatoes looked amazing but I noticed the vendor was using the same bucket of water to rinse everything all day, no changes. I saw him drop a muddy beet in, pull it out, and then rinse a bunch of lettuce right after in that same murky water. Has anyone else seen this kind of thing at those temporary markets, or am I just being too picky about food safety?
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barbaraw168h agoMost Upvoted
and honestly that's exactly what I would've done too lol. I hit up a temporary market last month and saw a guy using the same grimy cloth to wipe down his cutting board after slicing raw chicken AND then a second later wiping off his prep table with it all casual. I just walked away and got my veggies from the dude three stalls down who was actually changing his gloves between handling cash and the produce. it sucks because the whole point of these pop ups is supposed to be fresh and local, but some vendors clearly don't give a crap about basic hygiene.
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paulw6311h ago
@oliviahenderson yeah I saw him do it, clear as day. The whole scene with that bucket really bugged me because it's part of a bigger carelessness I see everywhere now. Like how people at the grocery store will grab a pack of chicken, change their mind, and just toss it back in the meat case instead of handing it to an employee. Or how the deli counter worker will handle money and then go right back to slicing cheese without washing up. The farmers market problem is just one more example of people skipping the basic steps that keep food safe.
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