Market time
Perhaps I was hoping for more dramatic results with the sweet little sundew plants. The flies are not exactly drawn to them in droves. There has been a gradual build up of corpses on the sundew leaves, but I am reserving judgment on their effectiveness...
A friend and I made a noontime trip to a nearby farmers' market. It was jammed, but there was food enough for all, despite the strange kind of passive aggressive behavior of many people. Every time we approached a stall where there was no one ahead of us, we would suddenly be swarmed by people pushing in to get ahead of us, and usually they were large people. Kind of reminded me of going to Yellowstone, stopping at a deserted viewing area to look for wildlife, when suddenly the parking area would be overflowing with camera-toting yahoos, chasing after the moose or bison. We managed to get some tasty items, such as "doughnut peaches," which resemble large red blood corpuscles in shape, but are delicately textured and sweet, with a tiny pit. Also scored some huge red raspberries, small but wonderful heirloom tomatoes, yellow wax beans, green string beans, and a big hunk of sparklingly fresh-looking troll-caught king salmon. The vendors almost all had generous samples out for our enjoyment, so we could get a taste of the lightly smoked salmon, the flavored pecans, all kinds of fruit, baked goods, and English toffee. It beat the hell out of Costco.
A friend and I made a noontime trip to a nearby farmers' market. It was jammed, but there was food enough for all, despite the strange kind of passive aggressive behavior of many people. Every time we approached a stall where there was no one ahead of us, we would suddenly be swarmed by people pushing in to get ahead of us, and usually they were large people. Kind of reminded me of going to Yellowstone, stopping at a deserted viewing area to look for wildlife, when suddenly the parking area would be overflowing with camera-toting yahoos, chasing after the moose or bison. We managed to get some tasty items, such as "doughnut peaches," which resemble large red blood corpuscles in shape, but are delicately textured and sweet, with a tiny pit. Also scored some huge red raspberries, small but wonderful heirloom tomatoes, yellow wax beans, green string beans, and a big hunk of sparklingly fresh-looking troll-caught king salmon. The vendors almost all had generous samples out for our enjoyment, so we could get a taste of the lightly smoked salmon, the flavored pecans, all kinds of fruit, baked goods, and English toffee. It beat the hell out of Costco.
posted by isabelita at 2:38 PM
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Heh! Well, now, we have noticed they are irresistably drawn to wine and beer, so maybe I should see if there's some corked wine in the basement - er, the wine cellar - and try this method. Could put out some cheap beer, too, have a little sper'mint going on. Thanks, kathyr, for the idea.
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