▲ 269 ▼ 2026-08-05 #2 (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 weeks ago by m_f@discuss.online to c/thefarside@sh.itjust.works 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.thefarside.com/2026/08/05/2 Caption: Failed marketing ploys Alt text: I cuss, you cuss, we all cuss for asparagus! Disqus comments Page couldn't be archived
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) NGL, if they showed up out front, pulled some young asparagus out and grilled it up almondene, I'd buy it rn. I also didn't eat breakfast this am, so i might be biased. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) How should they serve that, out of curiosity? Skewered like a kebab? Rolled up in waxed paper? FWIW in this case it seems likely they would have just peeled open a room-temp tin and stuck a spoon in it or something 😭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago Paper plate with bamboo fork and a napkin permalink fedilink source parent [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Exact same thought. There's some places where this food truck would do pretty well permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I've wondered more than once if a roving farmstand truck would work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Like fresh vegetables? That's interesting. They'd probably have to be ones that people are usually down to just eat raw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) There are places that have done delivery frozen and delivery meats over the years, but what if you just filled up a truck around tomato or jalaeno harvest and hawked it driving through thriving high density communities. There's a local farm near me that imports all the other local farms stuff and sells it in a small grocery store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* There's plenty of uncivilized places in the world where fruit and vegetable stands set up shop daily where God intended there to be a 2013 Honda Odyssey parked forever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) How should they serve that, out of curiosity? Skewered like a kebab? Rolled up in waxed paper? FWIW in this case it seems likely they would have just peeled open a room-temp tin and stuck a spoon in it or something 😭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago Paper plate with bamboo fork and a napkin permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago Paper plate with bamboo fork and a napkin permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Exact same thought. There's some places where this food truck would do pretty well permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I've wondered more than once if a roving farmstand truck would work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Like fresh vegetables? That's interesting. They'd probably have to be ones that people are usually down to just eat raw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) There are places that have done delivery frozen and delivery meats over the years, but what if you just filled up a truck around tomato or jalaeno harvest and hawked it driving through thriving high density communities. There's a local farm near me that imports all the other local farms stuff and sells it in a small grocery store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* There's plenty of uncivilized places in the world where fruit and vegetable stands set up shop daily where God intended there to be a 2013 Honda Odyssey parked forever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I've wondered more than once if a roving farmstand truck would work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Like fresh vegetables? That's interesting. They'd probably have to be ones that people are usually down to just eat raw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) There are places that have done delivery frozen and delivery meats over the years, but what if you just filled up a truck around tomato or jalaeno harvest and hawked it driving through thriving high density communities. There's a local farm near me that imports all the other local farms stuff and sells it in a small grocery store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* There's plenty of uncivilized places in the world where fruit and vegetable stands set up shop daily where God intended there to be a 2013 Honda Odyssey parked forever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Like fresh vegetables? That's interesting. They'd probably have to be ones that people are usually down to just eat raw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) There are places that have done delivery frozen and delivery meats over the years, but what if you just filled up a truck around tomato or jalaeno harvest and hawked it driving through thriving high density communities. There's a local farm near me that imports all the other local farms stuff and sells it in a small grocery store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* There's plenty of uncivilized places in the world where fruit and vegetable stands set up shop daily where God intended there to be a 2013 Honda Odyssey parked forever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) There are places that have done delivery frozen and delivery meats over the years, but what if you just filled up a truck around tomato or jalaeno harvest and hawked it driving through thriving high density communities. There's a local farm near me that imports all the other local farms stuff and sells it in a small grocery store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* There's plenty of uncivilized places in the world where fruit and vegetable stands set up shop daily where God intended there to be a 2013 Honda Odyssey parked forever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* There's plenty of uncivilized places in the world where fruit and vegetable stands set up shop daily where God intended there to be a 2013 Honda Odyssey parked forever. permalink fedilink source parent
