Last Thursday, TC and I went to the Chula Vista Farmer's market. This time, I picked her up earlier so we weren't in such a rush. I noticed they had onions this time.
The radishes looked really good:
So did the strawberries. I ended up buying a trio of strawberries from the same Asian farmer ($6 this time instead of $7).
That's the farmer's arm. He was talking to a customer about how he loves eating squash blossoms.
TC sampled the pummelo, which is a huge thick skinned grapefruit. She wasn't too keen on it.
Flowers...my favorite color - purple:
I wonder what kind of flowers these were?
Here's the east African food booth, RED. The poor guy was by himself, frying up all those batches of
sambussas for patient customers. Those were going for $5 for 6 pieces. The flavors were beef, chicken, spinach, lentil, potato and coconut. He was also selling rice and some sort of meat. I wasn't sure what it was. I just wanted those
sambussas!
Here he is frying away:
Freshly fried morsels waiting to be devoured by a hungry mob:
Mmm...I need to learn how to make these so I don't have to wait once a week to get my
sambussa fix!
The view from across the street. TC and I were sitting in the shade munching away. There were two hippie chicks in line. There was also an elderly African American man who was singing along to the sounds of Motown classics being played live by a local high school musical ensemble. People were smiling and applauding the man for his singing talents. He was pretty joyful and he
could carry a tune!
Cherries are in season right now:
More fresh vegetables:
Here's the pint of cherries I picked up. Some of them looked like two headed mutants:
I got the last 2 bunches (.75 each!) of rainbow chard from my favorite farmer's booth, the Asian man.
I sauteed the leaves later the next day with peanut oil and oyster sauce.
The radishes looked really good:
So did the strawberries. I ended up buying a trio of strawberries from the same Asian farmer ($6 this time instead of $7).
That's the farmer's arm. He was talking to a customer about how he loves eating squash blossoms.
TC sampled the pummelo, which is a huge thick skinned grapefruit. She wasn't too keen on it.
Flowers...my favorite color - purple:
I wonder what kind of flowers these were?
Here's the east African food booth, RED. The poor guy was by himself, frying up all those batches of sambussas for patient customers. Those were going for $5 for 6 pieces. The flavors were beef, chicken, spinach, lentil, potato and coconut. He was also selling rice and some sort of meat. I wasn't sure what it was. I just wanted those sambussas!
Here he is frying away:
Freshly fried morsels waiting to be devoured by a hungry mob:
Mmm...I need to learn how to make these so I don't have to wait once a week to get my sambussa fix!
The view from across the street. TC and I were sitting in the shade munching away. There were two hippie chicks in line. There was also an elderly African American man who was singing along to the sounds of Motown classics being played live by a local high school musical ensemble. People were smiling and applauding the man for his singing talents. He was pretty joyful and he could carry a tune! 
Cherries are in season right now:
More fresh vegetables:
Here's the pint of cherries I picked up. Some of them looked like two headed mutants:
I got the last 2 bunches (.75 each!) of rainbow chard from my favorite farmer's booth, the Asian man.
I sauteed the leaves later the next day with peanut oil and oyster sauce.
1 comment:
I've had the best Sambussa's from my student, she's from Somalia.
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