Could it be true?
I got an email yesterday saying there were local strawberries at the farmer's market. I was pretty sure it was an error, but what if it was true?
It's been the strangest winter here with record temps and things blooming that shouldn't be blooming,
so just maybe? We had to go see.
We found a parking place and entered with high hopes.
Lots of nice green things, all local and fresh.
Pretty exciting for a Minnesotan to see in the dead of winter.
Bread Man is here.
His loaves are amazing, baked in a wood-fired oven, so crusty and chewy.
Bags of beautiful buttery pecans.
And then, there they were!
Homegrown strawberries! The sweetest, strawberryest strawberries you ever tasted.
In January!
Once we found the strawberries we returned for a loaf of bread and some pretty red kale to make kale potato soup later in the week.
We rinsed the berries and ate a handful each. We had some more for breakfast with yogurt this morning.
Yup, all gone now
but the sweet memory
of fresh strawberries in January.
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ReplyDeleteYes it is strange isn't it, we saw narcisses along the road blooming. Strawberries I saw before Christmas on the market here, don't know where they came from.
ReplyDeleteI am impressed. Spring bulbs are popping all over the garden, it is unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteIt is a strange year weatherwise.
ReplyDeleteThe market stalls are well stocked. Strawberries look so delicious.
ReplyDeleteA very impressive open food market. All seems very organised from the
ReplyDeletephotos. I'd be going for that Fresh bread stall - the strawberries
would have to wait.
I "think"??? strawberries are available here in Australia all year around.
Some times they are more expensive in their plastic containers.
I don't buy them. I can take or leave them, but strawberry cheese cake,
well don't get between me and one of those, you might be trampled to death
in the rush.
Cheers
Colin
PS: Still this mild summer weather here in Brisbane - oh I am enjoying it.
Lovely warm days and then at night cool for sleeping! Or at the moment - TENNIS
Watching - yep it is the Australian Open season and the World tennis stars
are here en-masse.
Our local grocery has had some amazing strawberries lately as well. So yummy!
ReplyDeleteWell yum, strawberries in January, I knew it'd been warm here, but I didn't realize that it'd been that warm.
ReplyDeleteLocal fresh produce! Nothing but the best!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that means there will be no strawberries this spring, when they normally come in. I have things blooming in the yard like the flowering quince, some Iris, and a button bush. I'm sure they can't bloom again in early spring. Those strawberries do look delicious!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.
ReplyDeleteFancy that, strawberries! I just finished mine for sweets.
ReplyDeleteThe stalls looks as if they sell varied goods.
What a fun market find! The strawberries look wonderful! I'm liking the sound of the soup and bread, too! Gettin' cold here in MN!
ReplyDeleteAmazing. We're headed off to Florida this winter. You don't suppose they have farmers markets then?...:)
ReplyDeleteI would be really jealous if I could eat them but since I am allergic I am only mildly jealous...but the greens look really good:)
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty amazing. You are lucky to have such a nice local market we have to travel a fair way to get to a decent market.
ReplyDeleteYour market looks lovely, and what I really like is how little plastic packaging there appears to be. A group of us are working on our local market sellers to get them to stop putting lots of their produce in plastic packaging. You wouldn't think it would be that difficult, but it is. The bread stall looks inviting. And anytime is a good time for strawberries if they are grown locally.
ReplyDeleteYour market looks lovely, and what I really like is how little plastic packaging there appears to be. A group of us are working on our local market sellers to get them to stop putting lots of their produce in plastic packaging. You wouldn't think it would be that difficult, but it is. The bread stall looks inviting. And anytime is a good time for strawberries if they are grown locally.
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