saturday farmer’s market and misc #5

More and more is starting to show up at the farmer’s market as the weather gets warmer. Since I’m on my own this week, I didn’t go overboard, but I did get two things that I’m excited about.

First my small collection of veggies; radishes, cucumbers, carrots, and 2 green tomatoes which I intend to fry for dinner tonight.

Next, the stall with the guy selling honey was BACK today. Yay. I bought a bottle of honey, and I also talked to him about buying beeswax for making my own lip balms and creams – which he’s happy to do. Now we just have to agree on a price.

Finally, one of the stalls had raw peanuts and I jumped at the chance to make my own boiled peanuts. Boiled peanuts are another of those uniquely Southern dishes. I bought 2 lbs of peanuts and I’ve got 1 lb of them on the stove now. I’ll be blogging about that in the near future.

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I also went to the butcher today and picked up my order. They told me they simply cannot get chicken livers (this is the 3rd time I’ve tried to order them and not been able to get them). Well, phooey. I wanted to make pate this weekend, but I guess I’ll have to find another source for the livers. I did, however, get 5 lbs of chicken backs and am currently making stock for the freezer.

More and more and more I want a chest freezer for the storage room. I’m determined now that I’m going to get one. I just don’t have enough room in the side-by-side for everything I want to make and store. Of course that means cleaning out the storage room. *gulp*

A friend told me that he’s pretty sure boiling peanuts is a form of peanut torture. He asked what the poor peanuts ever did to me. Bwahhahahah. I told him it was their fault for being delicious when boiled and I was currently torturing 1 lb of them. I think he thinks I’m crazy. He’s probably right.

Finally, I was looking for bottles and jars for gifts and various stuff in the kitchen and lucked out at Hobby Lobby. All of their glass was on sale for 50% off today. I got the jars and bottles below for less than $20. I might have to go back for more!