Bad Cheese

Don't go to the farmers' market and buy some cheese just 'cuz it looks sooooo good it has to taste good. Sigh. Learned my lesson. The WORST cheese I have ever tasted - bland and bitter at the same time. Can't even imagine melting it and putting it in a dish. I had a nice conversation with a young local farmer about his meat and eggs and milk and I just saw this wedge of cheese and it was so pretty. Reminded me of something I saw in France. Well, I paid $5 for the experience, I guess.

Cute little farmers market in the parking lot of the Wallingford Center. About as many vendors as are in Lake City's but different people. There's a home made take-home pizza place and a winery and a Russian pastry guy as well as several fruit and veggie vendors. Also, a few meat people and a fish guy. But their prices are so high. $19 a pound for Halibut and Salmon. $9 for a pack of home made sausages. Who can afford this stuff? And I saw the most beautiful heirloom tomato - but it would have cost $5! For one tomato. I'm all for the local and organic food movements and I want to support them.

Maybe if I don't spend $5 on bad cheese I can afford 1 pork chop.