I discovered a wonderful way to serve our Persimmon Chipotle Sauce. I poured it over cream cheese and spooned a little on a cracker. Then I set a sliver of strawberry on the side next to the cheese and voila! It creates the most simple and beautiful presentation. You could use brie also, or any cheese that is mild.
This is the perfect thing to serve during the summer into fall transition. The bright white from the cheese, red from the strawberry, and orange from the sauce are sweet colors for this time of year! Try it for a great snack or to give your guests when you have company. It was fabulous.
Now... while I was in the store discovering this beautiful combination, I kept over hearing the shoppers talking about a very offensive man outside, bashing Obama. This rippled into the store and customers were getting very riled up, making complaints to Jimbo's' staff. I got curious as to what was going on, so I pretended to make a phone call outside and did a little observing. (I want to point out that I quickly realized I had to pretend to be on the phone or they would have harassed me too).
It was actually quite extreme! It appeared to be a father and son with a little booth set up and a large picture of Obama sporting a Hitler mustache. There was another poster with a picture of Bush and Obama that said "Dumb and Dumber". They had lots of literature and pamphlets and things to give out as well.
It was actually quite extreme! It appeared to be a father and son with a little booth set up and a large picture of Obama sporting a Hitler mustache. There was another poster with a picture of Bush and Obama that said "Dumb and Dumber". They had lots of literature and pamphlets and things to give out as well.
This duo was very pushy and did not let one person (nor employee) walk by without attacking them with one of their many "pick up lines". They must have had 100 different things to say to get someone's attention. These things were highly offensive, illogical, and down right ridiculous. And as I sat observing I was amazed at how many different jaw dropping comments they could come up with to toss out at the passing shoppers. They are creative, I give them that.
Apparently they were there all day, for hours and hours. Now I believe in free speech of course, but I also believe in tact, and this lacked it to the say the least. I questioned why one would need to be so offensive to get their point across, and wondered how many people that could really work with.
So then I started thinking about how maybe they were being so rude because nobody would pay attention to their antics to begin with, so they blurt out these ridiculous things to get someone riled up and start a debate. Now the basic Jimbo's shopper is passive and "organic" minded and therefore most simply said a few words about how they didn't appreciate the disrespect and moved on. But some of the things they were saying could stop a person in their tracks and cause quite an argument. Maybe that was their only chance of being heard?
What do you think?
I could understand it must be hard to be ignored if your ideas go against the grain, and I respect one's decision to speak out, even if their thoughts seem far fetched. But in my opinion, it should be done more tactfully. Why did it disturb me so much? Maybe I felt a little saddened to see the father having gotten such a strong hold over his son's ability to reason on his own. Or maybe one of my pet peeves is illogical thinking. This kind of thinking happens everyday, but I guess it's easy to forget it's going on until someone reminds you.
What are your thoughts on free speech and when do you feel it crosses the line? Or is there even such a thing as crossing the line at all when the subject is free speech? What tactics work best when getting your message across, and is it really necessary to resort to this kind of behavior? And last but not least, how do you reason with someone unreasonable - do you just let it go or do you stand up for your side of things?
It's sort of like the old (greatly debated) saying "any publicity is good publicity".
By Tracy Kinnaman
www.lavignefruits.com
So then I started thinking about how maybe they were being so rude because nobody would pay attention to their antics to begin with, so they blurt out these ridiculous things to get someone riled up and start a debate. Now the basic Jimbo's shopper is passive and "organic" minded and therefore most simply said a few words about how they didn't appreciate the disrespect and moved on. But some of the things they were saying could stop a person in their tracks and cause quite an argument. Maybe that was their only chance of being heard?
What do you think?
I could understand it must be hard to be ignored if your ideas go against the grain, and I respect one's decision to speak out, even if their thoughts seem far fetched. But in my opinion, it should be done more tactfully. Why did it disturb me so much? Maybe I felt a little saddened to see the father having gotten such a strong hold over his son's ability to reason on his own. Or maybe one of my pet peeves is illogical thinking. This kind of thinking happens everyday, but I guess it's easy to forget it's going on until someone reminds you.
What are your thoughts on free speech and when do you feel it crosses the line? Or is there even such a thing as crossing the line at all when the subject is free speech? What tactics work best when getting your message across, and is it really necessary to resort to this kind of behavior? And last but not least, how do you reason with someone unreasonable - do you just let it go or do you stand up for your side of things?
It's sort of like the old (greatly debated) saying "any publicity is good publicity".
By Tracy Kinnaman
www.lavignefruits.com
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