Cucumbers! We found cucumbers at the market!
Ohhhh boyyy... you know what this means.. in a few short weeks (ok, maybe several), there'll be green crunchy things of all sorts. Then colourful things of all sorts! My mouth is watering thinking of fruits and spicy arugula and tomatoes and melon..
I was lucky enough to spend all of last summer in paradise (Salt Spring Island, BC) apprenticing on an organic farm, cheesemaking. My best friend was the daughter (and chief worker) of the greatest organic produce farm and orchard on the island.. this meant many trades of cheese for veggies and cider and cantaloupe. Honestly, I've never had cantaloupe taste like honey until then.. dripping down my arms as I snuck samples (traded samples) from their stand all season.
The sun is just starting to shine above the business towers of downtown Halifax and the spring bug has it's fangs deep into my ankle.. too bad that it's minus 15 here today.
The market today was a bit slow, even for 7:30 am.. I heard rumours that it's because it's March break... BAH.. if I had kids running around, I'd be dragging them up to the market before sunrise to fill their mouths with turnovers and their eyes with delight.
Cheers,
-Benny
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