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whole foods is maybe over-priced, but it isnt a scam for all that.
it is organic foods and related products for the yuppie set.
whole foods encountered problems with the organic thing because of their scale: which is interesting if you are interested in organic/sustainably produced produce.
but i only go there for specific things--the prices for some things are quite good, but for others are outrageous. it makes no sense not to strategically use the place.
as for subway: if you are eating there, i dont understand where the concern for healthy food could possibly come from, why its relevant.
it's like wondering where you might get a healthy cheese-steak.
i like cheese steaks--they are a minor vice of mine--but i know that they are bad for me--but i dont care. i dont eat them terribly often, and when i do knowing that it is bad is part of the fun.
i had a friend who worked at a subway who told me a story about never emptying the meat trays--instead, they would put a thin veneer of fresh meat on top of whatever was already in the tray--if the person making the sandwich reached too far into the tray, then you would get bad meat in your sandwich. now i understand that this was something done by a particular group of alienated high school kids who worked one subway in ithaca new york: but the story nonetheless grossed me out so completely that i wont eat there. ever. and i dont even know if the story is true.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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