The early bird gets the spinach.
Today, once again, I learned the value of arriving early to the farmers’ market. Instead of waking up at 7, going to the thrift shop and my local food co-op, and being at the market when it opened at 10, I decided to sleep in and didn’t make it out of the house until 11. By the time I got down there both Fickle Creek and Ever Laughter were out of eggs, there was no spinach in sight, and worst of all, had sold out of bialys!!!
Luckily I was able to console myself with some carrots from , chicken livers from , bratwurst from (its delicious!!!), and finally some eggs and breakfast sausages from . As treat (or more to console myself) I bought two small bundts (lemon & chocolate) from the newest vendor, .
So remember – get to your local market early!
I’m so jealous that you have so much goodness at your market. Granted, I’m blessed with a year-round growing season, but we have no poultry at our market. Bison and fish. That’s it. I believe Santa Monica has some dead birds, but OY, that market is a huge, expensive nightmare in the middle of the day during the week.
Why can’t I just live down the road from Polyface Farms?
I think we ALL wish we could live down the road from Polyface. We actually watched a video about Polyface and Joel in class a few weeks ago and it was fascinating, although every farm chore mysteriously takes “just a couple minutes”! (Also, his son is gorgeous.)