Year-end cleaning out my desktop brought these
photos I took at Wegmans a couple of months ago. (When I run out of things to
marvel at on the road, Wegmans never lets me down.)
These containers are in a refrigerated case in
the prepared fruit-and-veg aisle. (That’s where you go if you’re too pressed
for time to slice apples, peel carrots or chop celery. It’s also the place
where you can relieve yourself of discretionary income for the convenience.)
In case you’re not sure what this is, it’s 32-ounce
bottles of water-and… lemon slices, watermelon chunks, cucumber slices and
pineapple chunks.
And here’s what you pay for water flavored
according to someone else’s specs:
Yes, $3.49 for a quart of water with a handful
of fruit or veg in it. In a container that I hope to God you’ll at least put in
the recycling.
However, here’s the part that I find
disturbing: the disclaimer on the label warns that this very expensive water “May
contain Crustacean Shellfish, Eggs, Fish, Milk, Peanuts, Soy, Tree Nuts, Wheat”
on account of the handfuls of fruit and veg being tossed into the bottles in a “shared
preparation area”.
Maybe wanna toss your own fruit-and-veg into
your own purified water?
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