July 16th, 2007 - One local summer, week ?
I meant to post this yesterday to count for last week, but forgot! Last night, weh ad the traditional Paulukonis family Sunday night dinner, popcorn, cheese, and apples. The popcorn was bought at the farmer’s market–and I checked to be sure she’d grown it herself! (And it was packaged in a recycles peanutbutter jar.) The cheese was also from the market, two different local companies, one an xtra sharp cheddar that’s so strong I eat it in small quanitities, the other a veggie cheddar that is oh so lovely I didn’t want to share it. And the “apples” was apple cider I made last fall from apples bought directly at the apple orchard.
The popcorn was a little disappointing. There were a lot of old maids and the pops were smaller than when I’m used to it. On the other hand, it was local! And tri-colored, which was neat. In addition, the old maids that had split but not popped were not too hard to eat, unlike store-bought popcorn were you can break a tooth eating them.