Farmer's Market

I finally got to go to a Farmer's Market! I wound up buying a couple pounds of grass-fed beef and some tomatoes and cucumbers. It turns out, I don't like cucumbers at all. I almost made it through the sandwich I put them on, but after trying to like them for so many bites, I finally quit. So I won't be buying any more cucumbers. The tomatoes were great, even though they looked pretty rough. After you see naturally grown produce, you realize what a superficial world we live in. It's no wonder so many people worry about their appearance; even our produce has to look perfect!

And then there's the beef. It looked funny to me. It was much darker than the beef I'm used to buying (although I admittedly have not bought beef for a long time - I switched to turkey because it's more lean and less expensive). I blame it on the grass. So this must be what beef is meant to look like. It was a strange surprise. I cooked with it. I should have made burgers or something so I could tell if it really tasted different like people claim, but I made spaghetti. So I'm not sure what the difference in taste was, but I definitely noticed how much leaner the meat was. It was crazy. I didn't have to drain it at all.

I would like to buy it again and cook different ways with it. It's just that is does cost a bit more and requires a special trip to a farmer's market. Right now, I'm really trying to use up what I have at my apartment before I move out, so I don't have to move food home or throw it away. But hopefully I'll remember to buy more grass-fed beef whenever I have my own place again and spend money on groceries.