While the temperature only made it into the low-to-mid-forties and the wind was blowing fiercely, the sun was shining brightly, and there was still a farmers' market to be found. Sadly, today was the last "winter market," and the regular summer schedule doesn't start up until mid-June. On the bright side, most of the farms that I buy from welcome visitors. It's just that they are a bit spread out, so being able to visit them all at once at a market is much more convenient.
The selection is still a bit limited, but I still came home with a nice bag full, of green things -- spinach and mesclun and something called Tokyo Bekana -- a dozen eggs, aged farmhouse cheddar made from raw goat's milk, and a pound of bacon.
The bacon came from the farmer who sold me my fabulous Thanksgiving turkey last year. I saw the bacon at the last market, but I was good and bought chicken breasts instead. This week, however, I decided not to resist and bought a pound when I signed up for this year's Thanksgiving turkey. It's too bad that I am not more of a fan of meat because he sells all cuts of beef and pork, including whole and half animals butchered and wrapped to the customer's specifications. It just sounds like such a good idea ... if you have a large family to feed and/or eat a significant amount of meat.
I haven't decided what I am going to do with all of the greens yet, although I think that some of them could be wraps for salad made from the eggs, but I have already eaten a good chunk of the goat's milk cheese. It tastes like a smooth but tangy blend of cheddar and feta. Yum.
So start looking around for farmers with spring greens to sell and let your palette know that it is spring!
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