In case you were wondering
Yes, the Waverly Farmers Market was in full swing when I got there a little after 7 a.m. Bring your umbrella, though. I almost left mine in the car, but I was glad I didn't. The heavens opened up and those who didn't have one looked like drowned rats.
When I bought my loaf of bread, I remembered another way you know you're a foodie. The woman put the loaf in the bag, and even though I felt silly, I pointed to the one next to it that looked almost identical but somehow seemed better and asked for it instead. Even though I knew in my heart that if you made me shut my eyes and switched them around I probably wouldn't be able to tell which was which. ...
It's like Gailor asking the server for the biggest biscotti he or she can find. She would never know if it actually was, and even the smallest biscotti is certainly a good size. That's because she inherited the foodie gene from me.
I could tell the woman was annoyed with me because the first loaf was already in the bag. That's how I know she's not a foodie. A foodie would have understood.
Comments
I get it. 16 y.o. with first job doesn't yet; however. He was complaining about a lady who didn't want the tart he was about to package for her, she wanted the one further up - "and they had the same fruit!". Oh - but son, I thought "the other one LOOKED better!"
Posted by: Joyce W. | September 27, 2008 9:10 AM
Foodies shouldn't miss "I Served the King of England" at the Charles.
Posted by: Donna Beth Joy Shapiro | September 27, 2008 10:53 AM
RIP Paul Newman. I think he deserves his own post. His face is all over the grocery store. I don't really have an opinion about his stuff but I'm sure others do. Plus he was awesome in so many ways.
And without Newman's Own, maybe we would never have fallen in love with Dwight Yoakum's Chicken Lickin' breaded fried chicken rings. Because chicken is okay, but chicken rings are chicken lickin' good!
I've been dying to work that in somewhere.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | September 27, 2008 1:53 PM
First: OMG's comment was the first I've heard about Paul Newman, confirmed by a quick look at NPR's website. EL: make sure your editors know that some of your readers get their first taste of hard news here! (Ask for a raise or something.)
Second: a significant element of the foodie thing is choice: even if two pastries on a tray were in every measurable way identical, I would still want to choose which one I wanted. Does that make food taste better? Absolutely!
Third, on Thursday in St. Louis I wandered to the Soulard neighborhood south along the river and found their farmers' market, now over 200 years old. There is something universal about the experience of walking to a table and talking to the folks about what they're growing and what's good. When I asked about the fact that about half of the stalls were empty, I was reassured to hear that the owners were all at Busch Stadium at a Cardinals game that afternoon!
Posted by: MD Canon (Touring the Amana Colonies this weekend) | September 27, 2008 7:53 PM
OMG's comment was the first I've heard about Paul Newman
I heard about it first on a musical instrument making forum, and shortly after that here. You tend to hear about news first in the places where you regularly hang out.
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | September 27, 2008 8:28 PM
What's wrong with shopping with your eyes? I point out the exact item I want, be it a pastry, fish fillet, steak, or whatever.
I heard about Paul Newman's passing yesterday while a group of us were cooking at church. Jjust about broke my heart...he was a great actor and an even greater humanitarian who will be missed. Sigh.
Posted by: Dottie | September 28, 2008 1:09 PM
At the Dutch Market on York road the employees at the meat counter always want to know which chicken or rack of ribs I want. I have never changed my mind after the purchase has been bagged so I can't comment on what their reaction would be to that.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | September 28, 2008 7:24 PM
EEL - you are right. they are the most responsive staff ever at that Dutch Farmers Market. BTW, don't know if you are a mushroom lover but the stall with the cooked chicken has some beyond belief bbq mushrooms.
Posted by: Joyce W. | September 29, 2008 10:41 AM