Selling Strawberries is illegal (in Waterford)

by Observor Wed Jul 16, 2003 15:48

Its not just the litter caused by casual traders, the fruit is often kept in unsanitary conditions. Country people are not renowned for washing their hands after going behind a hedge. The Council are just acting in the best interests of the public.

by Mags Wed Jul 16, 2003 15:56

How is it impossible to post anything on this without the morons crawling out of their holes...

The reason given by the Council drone is that 'established traders' have objected - read: local FF gombeens running overpriced shops.

The motivation not related to litter, storage conditions or your frankly obnoxious comment on rural folk and toilet habits.

However you are obviously an educated urban upper life form - in that case how about learning how to spell 'hygiene'.

by ollie - katalyzer Wed Jul 16, 2003 16:11

the rule used to be that once you were outside the boundries of the town you were allowed to do it, and I wasn't aware it had changed. And this has has been going on for millenia, so to turn around and go on about a small number of designated areas is, quite frankly, a pile of piss! Bastardzzzzzzzz!!!!

The logic of being roadside outside a town is that it SPECIFICALLY doesn't disrupt small (minded) shopkeepers in towns, so it was fair...

hygine and strawberries - not exactly brainsurgery now is it....strawberries on sale isn't exactly raw meat now is it - how wrong can you go exactly?

Seperate to the different debate about pesticides, herbicides, additives etc which, as it happens are in higher concentrations in strawberries that almost any other fruit (its so soft ,porus ,and it 'needs' to appear bright red)......check http://www.panna.org

As for the other guy in this discussion.........not worth engaging with any more really.....

by Observor Wed Jul 16, 2003 16:12

There are Health Regulations, EU, State and Local which cover all aspects of the sale of food. People selling food at the side of the road would not have access to a toilet or washing facilities.

There are plenty of Health & Sociological surveys which show a Hygiene deficit in the habits of Rural dwellers.

by Sidlebar Wed Jul 16, 2003 16:16

I totally agree with Mags, what a stupid comment. Considering the pesticides fertalizers, etc used on fruit and veg I reckon grubby hands are the least problem. Solution mr Urban Observor, wash the fruit before you eat it. Or do you only buy prewashed imported Marks and Spencers fruit in those handy little packages. Oh and Moore St. is the cleanest area in the city too, all those little women smoking while handling the fruit uugghhh...boil em all!!!

by Observor Wed Jul 16, 2003 16:20

They are used to indoor flush toilets and the practice of washing your hands after using the facilities. Toilet and washing facilities are provided by Dublin City Council for these tax-paying traders.

by Hebe Wed Jul 16, 2003 16:27

Its just sour grapes on his part, dont let him berry you. Stick to currant events, hes a bit sloe. You are still the apple of our eye.

by Mags Wed Jul 16, 2003 16:35

Our house (eight miles from a town) has a bathroom with a shower, flushing WC and washbasin. Some of the more modern rural houses have two bathrooms (these people would be twice as clean as my family, obviously).

The shops down our way sell soap, shampoo, shower and bath stuff (disguised soap as five times the price), body sprays, disinfectants, toilet paper, washing powder, cleansing wipes and loads of similar products. Also plastic gloves for serving foods.

However us boggers don't know how to use any of the above and are waiting for Mr Urban Observor to come down and give us classes.

Isn't it amazing that some people make the error of excreting via their facial orifice, rather than the more usual method used by the more ignorant among the population.

by Observor Wed Jul 16, 2003 16:48

It is sad to see baths used for storing coal or for dipping lambs. Flush toilets are generally used (perhaps once a month) to wash feet. Showers comletely stymie the yokels.

It would indeed be a good idea to provide training courses in the use of these facilities for our country cousins.

by DAAS Wed Jul 16, 2003 17:01

WHO CARES??? THIS IS THE MOST BORING POST IVE READ IN YEARS, YAWN!!!

PLEASE ONLY CLICK ON PUBLISH NEWS IN FUTURE WHEN YOU HAVE SOME....SO INTERSTING THE PLIGHT OF STRAWBERRY SELLERS, OH LETS ALL GO AND HAVE A PEACEFULL PROTEST ON A ROADSIDE NEAR YOU!!!....YAWN...GET A LIFE

by Indy Head Wed Jul 16, 2003 17:05

a raspberry at them. Fuckin boggers, probably on the dole and getting student grants while their da owns 500 acres and gets €100,000 a year from taxpayers.

by student (pacifiscta) Wed Jul 16, 2003 17:07

Strawberries are worth almost 5 years in jail.
I've my eyes on ye.
poluting our youth with yiz primal screams and ken keasy spacers.

did your mammy in between brain washing you on which foot you kicked with, which tribe you belonged to, and whether you should really have to bring those mindwarping books back to the moblie library not tell you
WASH YOUR FRUIT BEFORE YOU EAT IT.

by King Mob Wed Jul 16, 2003 18:34

How many cases of food poisoning do you hear about from fruit.

Plus any gobshite should wash any fruit or veg they get be it from a supermarket or roadside stall. Health and safety me fucking bollocks

King Mob will get all misty eye'd remembering getting fresh strawberrys at a roadside on the way home from the beach as a kid.

You are talking fucking shite

by Observor Wed Jul 16, 2003 18:38

Now this expalians a few thing, all the parasites King Mob ingested as a kid have made their way to his brain. Which is situated in his arse. Thats why we have to endure his rantings.

by Mike Wed Jul 16, 2003 20:47

a) There usually are not flush toilets and/or wash facilities out in the berry patches either. THAT is the only time raspberries and/or backberries would be handled since they should be picked straight into the containers in which they are sold -- HANDLED MINIMALLY. Strawberies (which I don't grow myself) are a bit sturdier and CAN be picked into a different container than that in which they are sold. Blueberries are MUCH tougher and no there is no need to pick directly into the selling container.

b) They (raspberries, blackberries, even strawberries) should NOT be washed until immediately before eating. If washed they will get moldy sooner. Of course maybe the stores WANT half the berries you buy to rot uneaten. Blueberries won't be hurt by being washed though it will take some of the "bloom" off

The point I am trying to make is that it's irrelevant whether these fruits were picked by somebody with dirty hands, YOU wash them before eating. And as for the roadside seller, they should NOT be handling the fruit, just the outside of the containers. If the seller is handling the fruit taking it from some big container into the pint or quart boxes being offered you shouldn't want to buy it no matter how clean that person's hands are.

by iosaf - (in the weird position these days of finding myslef sparring with King *¿?¿?¿?1¡ºª@ Mob. Wed Jul 16, 2003 22:09

an the chikkins are really clean as well.
and the pig.
and the cow.
and the fish?
so make sure you do what your mammy told you
and wash your chikkin, pig, cow, berries, fruit and fish in the lovely clean water you get.

by Mags Thu Jul 17, 2003 13:32

Mike is right. The strawberry sellers I have seen already have the fruit in the litte 'punnet' plastic containers. Two different sizes. Potatos are also in bags.

It may come as a shock to some people on here to discover that the best organic fruit and veg are literally grown in shit. Horse manure for mushrooms and cattle dung for potatoes. I think it is a big pit of pig shite needed before you put in the rhubarb stools (bad pun!).

So always a good idea to wash the resulting product.

by Observor Thu Jul 17, 2003 13:41

These could previously have been used as piss-pots or God knows what by our country cousins.

by ollie - katalyzer Thu Jul 17, 2003 14:13

unless u need some abuserant practice, but, why waste all that precious nrg.......

and, person with the cap locks on, this actually is news...on indymedia.....!! Be happy, rejoice sing from the heavens!!

by Tim Thu Jul 17, 2003 18:39

It is obvious that the point of moving off street side strawberry sellers is to limit competition and to line the coffers of others.

as for poor hygiene, there's plenty of eateries in towns and cities more hazardous in terms of hygiene, but the time it takes to do anything about them is ludicrous. (a take away with a filthy kitchen will get done quicker for
a> not paying tax to the revenue commissioners
b> spreading e-coli in their food ?)

all answers on a 500 EURO note to me at my usual address.

Our troll here is wasting typing and reading time amusing (her/him)self.

by iosaf Thu Jul 17, 2003 20:37

and they don't have them in Greece.
lots of money 500€.
W€F.
how much do your strawberries cost?
competition.

by ceptic eye - badly Wed Jul 23, 2003 00:50 jfox at hotmail dot com

why would any kid want to sell fruit? surely they should be smuggling diesel and infected cattle instead of wasting their time on friut.
as for piss on your hands, sure most of us drink pints in glasses from snot pickin,arse scratching,pissy fingered barmen. better than dandelion wine