I picked up my mother-in-law because she likes to go to Whole Foods, and we headed out on the gray day, with clouds looming and Rockville Pike covered with traffic. Although Whole Foods has a great selection of organic, gluten-free, vegan, etc., I couldn’t find any local food. I checked the onions, potatoes, and eggs, which I figured would be the easiest. But the first two were from California (along with all of the produce that said “USA”). The oranges were from Morocco. The beef only said “USA” and the staff had no idea where it originated.
I like to have fish now at least once a week, so we headed over to the fish area and all of the wild caught fish was about $14-$19 per pound. The Alaskan wild-caught salmon was on sale for $11.99 per pound. I bought one fillet and it came to $32. At first I thought, “I’ll never do that again,” but it went farther than I thought because with roasted red potatoes and broccoli, we only had to use half the fillet. I never thought it would be enough for five but we even had some left over so it was worth it.
