66 Square Feet: Shopping

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Shopping

I went to market and came back with:

Fat red tomatoes, red peppers, tiny yellow pears, Concord grapes...

As well as:

Head-on shrimps, sea bream, branzino, red snapper, cockles.

Duck livers, chicken livers, beef marrow bones and a duckling.

Now I am poor.

9 comments:

BelindaSeptember 4, 2010 at 2:33 PM
...but happy.
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SusanSeptember 4, 2010 at 2:51 PM
Roses below are so gorgeous. I've written both names down for next year's gardening plans. merci !
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flwrjaneSeptember 4, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Are you using freezer or are we eating all this weekend?
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dinahmowSeptember 4, 2010 at 3:50 PM
I'm not surprised!
What happened to Earl?
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MarieSeptember 4, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Belinda..well, mostly :-)

Susan - they are both David Austins, and the pink is especially reliable (here, at least!)...

Jane, well, it is a looooong weekend :-)

dinahmow - Earl was a damp squib.
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Ellen ZachosSeptember 4, 2010 at 5:44 PM
Sounds like bouillabaisse, delicious, labor intensive bouillabaisse. Sigh.
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meemsnycSeptember 5, 2010 at 12:30 AM
Awesome! Happy Cooking!

Wow, what a great price for Sunflowers! $1 a stem!!
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SigridSeptember 5, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Poor, but well fed :)
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quiltcatSeptember 6, 2010 at 1:03 PM
we just don't get food like this out here in the country...where it's grown! Is branzino what our fish supplier calls bronzini? haven't had the guts to order a fish i'm completely unfamiliar with...
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