What could possibly be in this little 1/2 cup jar of white currant jam that would make $45 a fair price for it?
No, as it turns out, the only ingredients are sugar and white currants. WTF?
A little googling revealed that some guy snips the stems off with scissors and hand pits the currants with a goose quill.
Really? This is a good use of a person's life? And a good use of $45? For which some guy working minimum wage cleaning toilets at the local high school would have to work a full 8 hours to pay for? This is the kind of thing that makes me feel like a Republican.
- Baby white tiger eyeballs?
- Hand-ground diamonds?
- Pure cocaine?
- Weapons-grade uranium?
- Penis-enlarging elephant testosterone?
- The larynx of a teenage castrato?
No, as it turns out, the only ingredients are sugar and white currants. WTF?
A little googling revealed that some guy snips the stems off with scissors and hand pits the currants with a goose quill.
Really? This is a good use of a person's life? And a good use of $45? For which some guy working minimum wage cleaning toilets at the local high school would have to work a full 8 hours to pay for? This is the kind of thing that makes me feel like a Republican.
The women seeding these currants are also working for a living - and what's more, they are supporting an artcraft that has survived in France for centuries.
I know it's a shame that they couldn't find proper jobs like cleaning toilets at the local high school like the rest of the guys, but I'm sure they don't mind their work, and would probably be proud to know that their individual crystal jar of jam is being appreciated by some wealthy person in Manhattan. It could be worse.
Teenage castrato larynx jam is SO good on toast.
Hi Kat, I certainly have my bourgeois affinities for pricy artisanal food crafts, but even I have to say that this is over the top. Having never tried the stuff, I can't really say, but I can't see how something made of $3 of fruit and 50 cents of sugar could be turned into something worth $45.
And I don't know if they don't mind the work. Would be nice if they didn't, but I'd personally be annoyed as hell to be doing something as precious as pitting currants for the kind of people who have $45 to spend on something as fleeting as jam. Those are the kind of people who have probably never picked up a goose quill in their lives.