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<\/a>Last Saturday, Keith and I went to the first Mineral Point Market <\/a>of the season.\u00a0 The air was\u00a0slightly cool and perfumed with lilacs and apple blossoms, the sun was shining, and everyone was\u00a0glad to be \u00a0out of hibernation.\u00a0 Our first stop was the Bures Berry Patch <\/a>stand for their asparagus because they usually run out pretty fast.\u00a0 Next was a nice challah bread from Bob and Mike.\u00a0 I’ve never noticed before but they also carry cheesecakes and chocolate truffles (something I’ll have to try next time).\u00a0 The BBQ sauce at Marr’s Valley View Farm<\/a>\u00a0caught my eye, Big Butz BBQ Sauce<\/a>\u00a0with cranberry so we bought a pint sized jar along with some pork shoulder.\u00a0 I stopped by to chat with Claire of Lacey’s Lathers <\/a>\u00a0and to smell some of her goats milk soaps and lotion bars while Keith made a beeline towards Mark’s table to get\u00a0himself a\u00a0cinnamon roll and a cherry croissant for me.\u00a0 After that we admired some of Mike’s prize winning photos of Magic Light Photography<\/a>.\u00a0 Of course, one cannot miss the\u00a0Shooting Star Farms <\/a>\u00a0booth.\u00a0 Rink and Jenny have the best vegetables.\u00a0 We purchased some yu choy\u00a0(on the far left of the pic), parsley, and ramps.\u00a0 Rink informed me that he will have about 10 varieties of eggplant (my favorite fruit\/vegetable)\u00a0coming up this summer.\u00a0 Our last stop was at the King’s Hill Farm <\/a>table.\u00a0 We bought some onions and an\u00a0herb that was new to me called lovage<\/a>.\u00a0 It smelled a lot like celery.\u00a0 Because of its name it\u00a0has been used in many “love tonics” though it\u00a0actually refers to the Latin name of where the herb first thrived (in Liguria, Italy).\u00a0 Anyway, I’m going to use it when I make matzo ball soup later in the week.\u00a0 Maybe Keith will finally fall in love with me!\u00a0 Hey, anything can happen right?<\/p>\n
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