Back From the Market

I didn't get a whole lot this week.  I still have leftovers from last week to use up.  Notice anything different this week?  Give up?  I got eggs.  This is a big deal.  I understand where food comes from and I know that my meat doesn't magically arrive butchered and ready to go.  But, anyone in my immediate family can tell you, farm eggs gross me out.  Thank you John Steinbeck -- 8th grade, The Red Pony, I'll never be the same.  Funny how I read The Jungle and I can still eat meat but that one scene in The Red Pony scarred me for life.  But I digress . . .

Where was I?  Oh, the eggs.  So, last night I realized that I didn't have anything for dessert and I decided that I'd make brownies; but, alas, I went the the refrigerator and there were no eggs.  Luckily, I hadn't started melting butter and chocolate yet so all was not lost.  And, I could've gone to the store but I decided I'd wait and get my eggs at the market this morning.  I have it from reputable sources:  PerPer, Hank, and Martha (of course!) that farm-raised eggs are far superior to those that I buy in the store.  So, I'm going to crack some eggs, hope that the red dot eludes me, and make some brownies!  Or something else that requires eggs.  TBA.

You might also notice my gorgeous heirloom tomatoes -- yup, there are still homegrown tomatoes at the market, yay!  Every week I think that it might be the last week and then, low and behold, the next week there are still tomatoes to be had.  I think that it helps that we've had fantastic tomato weather up here.

I also got Northern Spy and Crispin apples, a leek, and kohlrabi.  I told my mom I got kohlrabi and she said "eewwww."  And I said, how can you say that?  I didn't know what it is until today, how can you know what it tastes like?  Apparently they grew kohlrabi at Van Riper's.  Here's the catch, my mom said she doesn't think that she ever ate it.  I'm excited to try it.  I almost (I was so close) got cardoon but I'm going to save that for another week.  Baby steps, you know?