It’s Gratitude Monday & I’m grateful for farmers’
markets, where you can buy super-fresh produce & other stuff right from the
people who raised it Around the Silicon Valley there’s an abundance of them,
many open all year round. I could go to at least one a day in different
communities within a ten-mile radius.
We’re close to California’s Central Valley, &
not too far from the nexus of startups there are a lot of truck farms. We get
some of the most amazing fruits & vegetables. Last year I bought some
artichokes that were so tender I realized I was eating the entire leaves, not
just the tips. & I’m not talking about only the interior leaves, either. I’ve
never had ’chokes that lovely.
Right now we’re at the height of the strawberry,
cherry & peach season. It’s heavenly. & we’re starting to get tomatoes
that smell & taste like, you know, tomatoes.
This past Saturday I bought a luscious, ripe tomato
& four kinds of summer squash, so I could make poached chicken breasts with
tomato mayonnaise & sautéed squash. Absolute heaven.
Sadly, you can’t see what I’m talking about because
I ate it before I could take pix.
But I’m really glad for farmers & the farmers’
markets that cut out the distribution stages.
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