Okay, I'll admit it, it's a pretty awful photo (thanks to my phone), but it was a really good lunch.
One of the things I wanted to do while Allan and I were on vacation is visit farmer's markets. We were in Sacramento, and I was prepared to go see this market at St Rose of Lima Park, downtown. We got there and were disappointed at the size of the market--there were a total of 4 vendors!
But the offerings were excellent.
At the first booth, there were whole grain homemade breads and baked goods. We ended up getting a loaf of "birdseed" bread and 5 whole grain cookies (for Allan, one of which he left on the snack table at my parents' house). The second double-tent space had veggies galore, and we got a bag of sweet bite-sized tear-shaped yellow tomatoes. The following double-wide booth sold fruit, including peaches, white peaches, nectarines and white nectarines, 2 kinds of plums, and some other stuff--all for $1.50 a pound, or 5 pounds for $5. Wow! The white nectarines were the absolute best fruit I have ever had. And finally, under the last small tent space were locally grown nuts. We purchased mixed raw (shelled!) walnuts, almonds, and pistachios.
The food offered was all grown in the county or neighboring counties and was fresh, fresh, fresh. It made me want to relocate to that wonderful area where it's sunny and warm and all types of beautiful food can be grown and harvested!
As we were leaving we picked up a flyer with all the farmer's markets in the area. As it turned out, before we left the area the next morning we were able to visit a very large and varied market right across the street from our hotel. It was quite a different event. Stay tuned.
Have you had experience with farmer's markets, or eating locally?
