Market Report: July 12 at the Chesterton European Market

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I made my trip to the Chesterton European Market . It was a soggy morning but I found some goodies. I did postpone my first ever trip to the Michigan City market until a nicer day.  I purchased from someone new (to me)  as this woman usually sells homemade pet treats. Today she had a few things from her garden which according to her sign is pesticide free. She had some lovely leaf lettuce so I purchased two heads of that at $1 each. She had yellow squash and knob onions for .60 each; three of each are now waiting in my kitchen. Finally she had beets at 4 for $1 so I bought eight of those for the greens and roasting. I picked up a strawberry rhubarb mini pie from Marilyn’s Bakery and my usually rosemary flat bread from Froelich’s. Then I stopped at the Lehman’s Orchard tables to talk to two of my favorite people at the market. From them I purchased two pints of sweet cherries (they will soon disappear until next year), two pints of blueberries (the first of the year for me) and a quart of tart cherries. Peaches were available too but I decided to give them another week or two.

I also spotted cabbage that was labeled as local but didn’t pick up any of that as I had more than enough fresh goodness for now.  The Cheese People were there but I have cheese on hand so I resisted the temptation.  There were of course more baked goods and prepared foods but I passed on those as well. One booth had a few baskets of Michigan strawberries but they didn’t look very fresh.  Sadly I missed much of strawberry season while I was deployed but there is always next year.

Local food not only tastes wonderful but it pleasing to the eye as well.

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