torched to order

I managed to make it to the farmers market on Saturday just before the sky opened up and the rains fell.  

Potential for rain always slows down the pace at the farmers market.  A little grayer, a little cooler, a few less people, lots of time to chat.  If you want to.   Or you can just look at lilacs in cowboy boots and fresh garlic, maybe some succulents in sea shells. 

I love cruising the booths.  First pass for photo ops.  Second pass for purchases.  Third pass to see if there is anything I might have missed.  I stood for a long time over the strawberry plants.   One day I am going to have my very own patch.    I can absolutely see myself searching under leaves for berries and then coming inside to eat them for breakfast. 

I was excited to see the addition of a "torched to order" creme brulee stand.   Seven fifteen on a Saturday morning was too early this week.   Seven forty five sounds like the perfect time.  Next week.  For sure.     

I didn't get any edible flowers either.   But they sure would be pretty on this plate of Texas White sheet cake I am eating right this second.   I always think about garnish for guests.  Never for myself.  That should change.   

I did buy myself a nice big bag of fresh salad greens.   Nothing beats the flavor of super fresh greens.  Plus they last so much longer than the ones you buy at the grocery store.  

Next week I am crossing my fingers for peony's.  I love casting my mind forward.  Thinking about what might or might not be coming in the weeks ahead.  Knowing if it's not next week it will be soon after.  

Comments

[Anne]

You've got to plant your own peony bushes! They're easy. We put a tomato cage on ours and fertilize them once in the winter. If my brown thumb can grow them so can you!

[Sharron]

Staying tuned for possibility of peonies....

[Janet Ghio]

Creme brulee at the farmers market--oh heaven!! And edible flowers--what a cool farmers market you have!!

[Caroline]

I did not know that violet greens could be eaten. I could feast in my yard! I thought that they were just for pretty. I want your farmer's market and look forward to our visit each week!

[Joan]

I would be jumping right on the Creme Brûlée, torched to order, don't care what the hour! That stuff is pure heaven for the mouth!

I had Peonies as a hedge along my driveway when I lived in MI. I couldn't bring them inside because they were covered with ants! Why ants loves them I don't know. There was also a lovely lilac bush over 7 ft high in the back yard. There is nothing like that fragrance in all the world...it's the aroma of spring.

Your Farmer's Mkt. is outstanding. How I wish we had something like it here.