Not the same

Yesterday when I went to the farmers' market one of the stalls that I usually use for my fruit and some vegetables was missing. It wasn't in the usual place, so, thinking that I had missed it, I walked halfway up the row and scanned each one in turn on both sides. Realising I hadn't made a mistake I went to the young man next to where the stall normally stood but had been replaced by one selling garlic. I asked if he knew where they were because I know the lady quite well and it was most unusual for her to miss. It turned out that her husband had to go to hospital for some tests and there wasn't anyone to do the stall this week but she was hoping to be back next week.
Now I like to spend my money by buying a little from as many stalls as possible because I feel that as local growers, they all deserve support. Besides, I like to know that my vegetables were growing in the field the previous day not too far from where I live, much fresher than any supermarket! So, I bought all my vegetables from the couple that I buy carrots, potatoes and greens from but they don't sell fruit.
Instead, I went to the only other stall that sells a lot of little known English apple varieties and they also make their own apple juice and cider too. The trouble is, their fruit is a lot more expensive and very variable, certainly organic (as is my usual stall) but the fruits on this stall have been sampled by a whole lot more insects. Anyway, I picked out a few apples that hadn't been chomped on by too many insects and hoped that I wouldn't find any inside and while there I also bought a bottle of perry (a cider made from pears) which I thought I would save for Christmas.
Well, I like to have an apple every day after my lunch so today I tried one of the apples I bought yesterday and although it's crisp, juicy and tart it's not quite the same when you have to have a small knife in your hand to remove the unknown insect 'teethmarks'!