Farmer's Markets Rock!

We went to the Farmer's Market in Frankfort today. Like every weekend, it's virtually impossible to get everyone moving to leave the house to get out. I don't know why it is, but whenever I say I'm going the the Farmer's Market, everyone says they want to go, but they just don't get moving. Depending on which city we go to, the hours vary, some are 8am to 2pm, some are 8am to 1pm and each is only Saturdays or only Sundays.

After I decided to step away from the computer and veg out on the front porch, it suddenly came to me that Frankfort's Farmer's Market was today. I'm surprised my brain was able to filter out that information, what with Drummer Boy, aka Metallica-head, doing a solo on electric guitar. I walked out onto the porch to hear it and immediately broke out into an amazing air guitar solo. After my air solo, I took a bow and sat for awhile with Anastasia and we yelled out "Freebird" at the top of our lungs several times, though I doubt that Drummer Boy, aka Metallica-head could hear us over the sound of his amp. Anastasia even held up her lighter and lit it for an encore, but he suddenly stopped playing. Was it us? (We bad!) Lol! We amuse ourselves, so that's what counts, right?

The market closes at 2pm, it was 12:45pm, we needed to haul tail to get there. We got there, had a little lunch from one of the vendors. Grass fed 1/2 pound burgers. Tasty, but I seriously doubt they were truly 1/2 pound before cooking. Lots of flowering and vegetable plants for sale; baked goods, canned/bottled goods - jams, jellies, butters, pickled items; coffee; nuts; kettle corn; antiques (more like faux antiques if you asked me), and frozen grain fed meats. Many vendors offer samples of the canned/bottled goods and baked goods.

We purchased 3 flowering plants (3/$10); 1 large basil plant ($3); a bag of kettle corn ($?); a bag of Breakfast Blend Coffee ($7); 1 jar Eggplant Antipasto ($2 on sale), 1 jar Olive/Garlic/Anchovie Tapanade ($6), 1 jar Pickled Brussels Sprouts ($6), 1 loaf of Artisan French Bread ($3).
I'm making lasagna tonight and when I saw that large basil plant, I just had to have it so I could add fresh basil to my sauce. Sadly the salsa guy wasn't there today, maybe next time. When we went last year he had something like 15 varieties of salsa. (The pineapple salsa rocks!) The Benz Coffee is from a new local business who roasts on the premises not far from us. Their website isn't up yet, when it is I'll pass it along.

(Anastasia put the flowers on the back patio, so they aren't in the photo. As soon as she gets them planted I'll put them up on Lola's Victory Garden.)

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