Going to my first ever farmers market (in my area) today.

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evan

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When I travel, I always visit farmers markets but somehow I've never taken the time to do so at home. (The last few years have been very busy).

I'm thinking some goat cheese (I can still eat cheese made from other animals than cow...for now), some cold cuts and what else? I'm thinking there won't be a lot of vegetables this time of year, som maybe some baked gods (I think they are selling lefse there, which I LOVE!)

 
I think it's a little too early fro strawberries here but I did get:

* Sweet, brown Norwegian goat cheese (love that stuff).
* Local honey
* Local honey with ginger (for DH's morning tea).
* Bone in leg from baby goat (I've never tried it before - but people say it tastes good so have to try)
* Egg pasta made by a local farmer. (I did try it in a pasta salad yesterday. It didn't hold up that well after cooking, but the taste was good. I guess it's a toss between having a good looking salad and being patriotic...)
* White goat cheese (I got the 6 month old to give it a little more taste).

I also got glittery nail polish, but that's an other story smileys/bigsmile.gif

 
I used to get that cheese and LOVED it. And yes--'way too early for you

to have strawberries. Do you get them locally--and are they more like wild strawberries (small to tiny) if you do? ;o)

 
I always buy local strawberries (unless it's a midt winter crisis - then I buy

Belgian strawberries). Ours are pretty big and very sweet. As it turns out, strawberries benefit from growing in colder climates. They get very sweet when they spend more times ripening (not that strawberries in warmer climates tastes bad tho). It's one of the few things that makes living in a colder climate worth it, and on bad days I always say to myself: At least we have the worlds sweetest strawberries. LOL smileys/bigsmile.gif

 
That is really interesting, and makes sense about the colder climate. Strawberries

in any climate must be picked dead ripe--unlike some fruit that will continue to ripen, they just rot after picking.
Many things we in the US don't know about where things are grown in Europe, but there is one thing for sure--the street food markets are one of the most beautiful things to experience in the world!!

 
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