Farmer's Markets

[Anonymous No.18308970]

Have you ever been to a locak farmer's market, /ck/? I moved to a new town that hosts one every Friday and Saturday. Picrel is my haul from last weekend.

My mind is actually blown, the fresh produce and meat is incomparable to anything I've ever had. I feel like I'm actually tasting food for the first time! I'm never going back to generic grocery store food again, it's fresh local good or nothing. The peppers in particular are so insanely flavorful, eating them makes me feel like I'm having a spiritual awakening.

[Anonymous No.18309053]

>>18308970
>>18308970
we have one or two, they're shit
just your basic produce

[Anonymous No.18309073]

>>18309053
That's a real shame. I don't mean to obsess so much about the peppers, but the farmers had several dozen varieties on offer, and I only got a few to try. I' so looking forward to trying more when I get the chance.

Even with the most basic produce, though, I would happily base my diet around those offerings than shitty imported chain st84nnwkore produce any day.

[Anonymous No.18309074]

>>18308970
Fake and gay

[Anonymous No.18309078]

>>18309074
Nah, pecrel is a ghetto-fajita filling I made for lunch today with some of that beef bacon and beggies fried in the leftover fat. Genuinely might have been the most flavorful meal I've ever eaten, farm fresh produce is truly unmatched.

[Anonymous No.18309083]

>>18308970
I prefer trusted named brands.

[Anonymous No.18309144]

>>18308970
I grow all that in my backyard along with corn, and watermelons. The potato is my favorite though they are so good and tender, Lots of peppers bell and hot peppers, beef steak and grape tomatoes

[Anonymous No.18309385]

>>18308970
My girlfriend takes me to the market in her country and it is amazing yes, gonna try my local market when I get back to my hometown and report in a few weeks

[Anonymous No.18309407]

>>18309144
You grow flour in your backyard?

[Anonymous No.18309751]

>>18309144
How big is your backyard, anon? Growing a few veggies is one thing, but a warermelon patch, even?

[Anonymous No.18309752]

I spend half of my time in the countryside so yes, there’s always one somewhere every day of the week.
Sometimes very overpriced to scam a clueless urbanoid so be careful with that.

[Anonymous No.18309755]

>>18308970
The produce is mind blowing. It really highlights how far commercial produce has fallen in the United States. Would hardly call that shit in major grocery stores real food anymore.

[Anonymous No.18309760]

>>18309078
Combination of commercial farmers selecting for size and storability over flavor and nutrition for decades, as well as declining minerals in commercial farms soils.
I remember the first time I had farmers market strawberries it was like a completely different fruit. The pale, bloated disgusting things in the grocery stores don't even compare.

If you ever travel to east asia you will notice a lot of their produce still tastes like real food. American produce is absolute dog kibble

[Anonymous No.18309761]

>>18309083
Me too, i can't eat anything that isn't packaged. The risk of some foodborne illness or god forbid, poisoning is just too damn high,

[Anonymous No.18309765]

>>18309755
Hit the nail on the head. Just compare these homogenized grocery store "onions" to the real earthy ones in the OP pic. Doesn't even seem like the same plant.

[Anonymous No.18309915]

I don't know where you are or shop, but all the stuff at the farmer's markets end up at the produce section at better quality grocery stores here. So it doesn't matter.

[Anonymous No.18309977]

>>18308970
Very based. I got some carrots, chard, and jalapenos at mine for maybe $8?

[Anonymous No.18311343]

>>18308970
Go Michigan State

[Anonymous No.18311427]

>>18309053

yea ive heard similar. that people run scams and just get normal produce and upsell them at markets. my family used to go to a program called bountiful baskets and they just give you a big pile of local produce for like $10. was pretty much id imagine what youd get at a farmers market but for cheaper than store prices. id try to look into something like that rather than go to a farmers market.

[Anonymous No.18311476]

>>18308970
>farmer's market
>vaccum-sealed bacon
I SHIGGY DIGGY

[Anonymous No.18311486]

>>18311343
yeh dude

[Anonymous No.18311829]

>>18309760
lol
>asians
>food
>>18309078
just dont eat from grocery stores kiddo

[Anonymous No.18311837]

I have my own garden and buy half a cow or more per year, why would I need to go to a farmers market?'

[Anonymous No.18311857]

>>18309751
2 1/2 acres plenty of room, didn't even mention the pumpkin patch that I just grow for the fun of giving them away to neighbors during Halloween

[Anonymous No.18311908]

>>18311857
I failed to mention that this an obsession of mine, I start all my plants from seedlings that I buy over the winter and start them under flourescent lights on trays on shelves in my basement early in the spring.
Then I plant my "babies" in well tilled soil with fertilizer.
I have grown pretty much everything.
I have a huge garden and give the majority away to neighbors, I place whatever I harvest that day on a cart in front of my house with a sign that say's FREE along with a stack of paper bags.
I enjoy it idk.

[Anonymous No.18312442]

>>18308970
They charge too much where I live.

[Anonymous No.18312477]

>>18308970
Its all retarded shit like homemade bbq sauce where i live lol.

[Anonymous No.18312815]

>>18312477
Same, all overpriced shit in jars and veggies that look no better then what I could get at the store also way overpriced.

[Anonymous No.18313314]

>>18311908
Utterly based.

[Anonymous No.18313371]

>>18311829
>>asians
>>food
Western people talking about asian food culture while their own food culture is morbid obesity. You have no grounds to talk when your food culture can't even keep you at a healthy weight. The primary function of a civilizations food culture should be to feed and nourish the people while keeping them healthy. You immediately fail.

[Anonymous No.18313402]

>>18308970
Yes, every Friday. I usually pick up eggs, spinach and other misc veggies. Meat and yoghurt are good too but overpriced. There's a farm near me that has outside refrigerators, self service shop. That's where I get my yoghurt instead.

[Anonymous No.18313496]

>>18313402
A buddy of mine bought a farm a while back, and I usually pick up some stuff from his neighbors when I'm out there. He also has hunting rights on his farm and gets a lot of venison from the hunters who hunt on his property, so I usually get some of that for free.
His closest neighbor has a chicken farm, and they leave it completely unattended. You just walk in, take whatever eggs you want, put the money in a box and write down your name and how many eggs you bought. They sell them at about half the price of store eggs.
God, I love the culture out there. It's like going 70 years back in time.

[Anonymous No.18313522]

>>18309073
Enjoy pepper season while it lasts, pumpkins have arrived 2 weeks early. Hope you have a good fishmonger as well, seasonal fish is unbelievable.

[Anonymous No.18313535]

>>18308970
Yeah. I get my eggs from a Hmong fella but usually buy all my peppers and a lot of my meat from the farmers market. The food stalls there are good as fuck too. Also lots of local honey, mushrooms, dairy. I love it

[Anonymous No.18314267]

>>18313496

this sounds properly based. never would work in a big city.

[Anonymous No.18314327]

>>18314267
It's like paradise.
I'd move out there myself, but I have friends and family here, and I like the convenience of living near a city.

[Anonymous No.18314330]

>>18314267
Forgot Pic.

[Anonymous No.18315599]

>>18308970
Yeah, the fruit and veg that goes to big grocery chains is tasteless garbage.

[Anonymous No.18315670]

>>18308970
I went to one last week. Bought what turned out to be $35 worth of fucking tomatoes (cause $7 a lb). Left the tomaters around too long so I'll probably just have to use them for seeds; they're too far gone by now. Oh well, the seeds are still useful to me.