6.20.2009

I am my father's child

Growing up my dad would frequent an Iranian owned market called Arash. And I'm pretty sure he keeps up the same tradition today. I can tell you about many a time when my dad would come home with an armful of relatively unheard of and almost completely rotten bags of fruit that he'd picked up at Arash for a dollar each. He'd have figs, gooseberries, huckleberries, loquats, kumquats, mayhaws, paw-paws, saskatoons, chayote and all sorts of other odd looking and odd tasting fruits and vegetables. Well on my way home one day i decided to stop in at Carl's Super Saver Store, and lo and behold its Ogden's version of the Iranian legend.


I got a tub of yogurt for fifty cents and 20 whole wheat tortillas for a dollar. Giant artichokes for twenty-five cents, huge ripe tomatoes for ten cents and tomatillos 20 for a dollar. A large bag of fresh baby spinach for sixty-nine cents. And carts packed full of 5 cent wonders. I stocked my basket so full with various wonders and new discoveries and it was getting quite heavy. And when i got to the register it all totaled up under 9 dollars. And the spirit of Arash was alive in me.

Not everything was edible....
There was candy in there from christmas... for 5 cents!!

Sorry Dad, but i didn't find any lavash or doogh .... but maybe next time around. Happy Fathers Day to all.

6 comments:

Milan said...

Oh please believe Arash is alive and well out here in Colorado. The fridge is still overflowing with jang, over-ripe produce.

aunt jan said...

Just make sure all that wunderbar stuff doesn't languish in your fridge for long. I smell the need for hazmat...

Natster said...

wow- I have never been brave enough to enter into that store! ha ha
glad you two had a great time. :)

merathon said...

i agree with jan-- definitely be careful what you bring into your apartment or you might have to set off another bomb in there!

did you make friends with that guy behind you in that last picture?

Erin said...

That man was emitting a rather distinct and harsh odor

merathon said...

hmmmmmmm... i never would have guessed that...