rules of the farmer's market (PT edition)

However much money you bring to the farmer's market, that is what you will spend.

As soon as you buy strawberries (kale, carrots) at one stall, you will find bigger, juicier, cheaper ones at the next.

There will be lots of good looking guys there.  They will have at least one of the three:  a beard, a bicycle helmet, kids with them.

The lines at the taco truck, the pastry counter, and the java gypsy coffee trailer will be long.

One of the vendors will convince you to buy something that you had no intention of getting when you headed out the door (today's unplanned purchase:  a jar of goo guaranteed to make my dry cracked heels all soft and presentable again). 

Kimberly's fotos will be better than yours, but that won't stop you from taking some anyway.

Comments

[Kimberly]

In Seattle, the first rule would have to be rewritten thusly: However much money your bring to the farmers market, you will spend that much, plus whatever you put on your credit card at your favorite fish and chicken/egg stands.

I wouldn't think that any of the three things accompanying the good-looking guys would be a deal-breaker, would they? (Unless the guy was still married to the mother of the kids.)

Your kohlrabi photo is particularly lovely. Such a gorgeous color, aren't they?

[Barry]

Hm, beard/bike/kids: I can't guess from what you say, whether these are "bugs" or "features".

I think it was Mollie Katzen who said that kohlrabi is the only vegetable that looks like it was grown on Mars.

[nina]

I am very Zen about the beard/bike/kids thing. They are neither good nor bad. They just are.

[melissa]

Kohlrabi is delicious! Peel the outer skin of 2 kohlrabi, slice thin, and drop the slices into boiling, salted water. Boil until fork tender. Meanwhile, melt 1 T butter and whisk with 1 T of flour. Add 1/4 c of milk or water that the kohlrabi was boiled. Drain the kohlrabi. Drop into the sauce and briefly saute. Season with paprika, salt and pepper to taste. YUM.