The Charles Square winter farmers' market (Cambridge, on Mount Auburn Street a few blocks from the Harvard Square T station) is small, even compared to the not-very-large summer and fall market in that location, but I got the interesting frozen ravioli I was looking for, or at least some of them: I came home with two packages of the Moroccan carrot and chick pea that all three of us like like, one package of roast butternut squash ravioli (those were the two non-dairy options he had today), and one package of duck confit ravioli that I will be eating by myself (it contains both dairy and mushrooms, so neither ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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cattitude can eat it, but I will try it because, hey, duck confit.
The people who run the market have built a small wooden shed to hold a few stalls. (The year-round markets in New York City are outdoors, but that's sometimes hard on the vendors, and the winters here are a bit colder and snowier than there.) The pasta seller told me that they'll have a smaller selection than during the summer and fall, because they have less space to work with. There were two farmers, one with apples and cider and one with an assortment of vegetables, mostly roots—including beets, carrots, potatoes, parsnips, and onions—and some butternut squashes. The other stalls were a combined fish market and meat stall (combining what are separate businesses in the summer market); an olive oil and vinegar stand; and one selling beeswax and honey. I tasted a blackberry and ginger balsamic vinegar, which was interesting and tasted more of blackberry than of ginger or vinegar, and felt like it didn't work as either a vinegar or a glaze (Mod Pizza offers a nice fig-and-balsamic-vinegar glaze, and Trader Joe's sells a balsamic vinegar glaze, better than what I tasted today and I'm sure a lot cheaper).
I was going to treat myself to ice cream after shopping, but the Harvard Square Lizzie's is closed for the winter, and has sublet their space to an overpriced chocolate shop. A thyme bonbon might be interesting, but at $5 each I'm not going to find out. The saleswoman told me that Lizzie's in Waltham is open in the winter; a sign suggested that they'll be reopening in Cambridge in March.
(This was after a trip to the Stop and Shop for more basic grocery store things, like onions, matzoh meal, and laundry detergent; on my way back from Harvard Square I stopped in at Christo's for apple cider. That should take care of everything we need for the next couple of days.)
adrian_turtle nor cattitude can eat it, but I will try it because, hey, duck confit. The people who run the market have built a small wooden shed to hold a few stalls. (The year-round markets in New York City are outdoors, but that's sometimes hard on the vendors, and the winters here are a bit colder and snowier than there.) The pasta seller told me that they'll have a smaller selection than during the summer and fall, because they have less space to work with. There were two farmers, one with apples and cider and one with an assortment of vegetables, mostly roots—including beets, carrots, potatoes, parsnips, and onions—and some butternut squashes. The other stalls were a combined fish market and meat stall (combining what are separate businesses in the summer market); an olive oil and vinegar stand; and one selling beeswax and honey. I tasted a blackberry and ginger balsamic vinegar, which was interesting and tasted more of blackberry than of ginger or vinegar, and felt like it didn't work as either a vinegar or a glaze (Mod Pizza offers a nice fig-and-balsamic-vinegar glaze, and Trader Joe's sells a balsamic vinegar glaze, better than what I tasted today and I'm sure a lot cheaper).
I was going to treat myself to ice cream after shopping, but the Harvard Square Lizzie's is closed for the winter, and has sublet their space to an overpriced chocolate shop. A thyme bonbon might be interesting, but at $5 each I'm not going to find out. The saleswoman told me that Lizzie's in Waltham is open in the winter; a sign suggested that they'll be reopening in Cambridge in March.
(This was after a trip to the Stop and Shop for more basic grocery store things, like onions, matzoh meal, and laundry detergent; on my way back from Harvard Square I stopped in at Christo's for apple cider. That should take care of everything we need for the next couple of days.)