Wagon full of my homegrown tomatoes.
Just got back from the post office, where I was overnighting another box of veggies to my octogenarian grandparents in South Carolina. When the postal clerk asked me: “Does your package contain anything liquid, perishable, fragile or potentially hazardous?” I looked her in the eye and said, “no.” My grandma wants her tomatoes! I just researched my crime in U.S. Postal Regulations: “Fresh fruits and vegetables are nonmailable unless presented in a dry (not dried) condition. Other perishable foods that are capable of easily decomposing or that cannot reach their destination without spoiling are nonmailable. Packaging must be strong and securely sealed as required in DMM 601.1–8.” I’m breaking the law! I may be arrested! Will I spend (13 days) with Lindsay? I’m going to dare fate and try it again. I’ll send a box of organic tomatoes to the first person who writes to tell me their favorite tomato dish.
