Headed in to the farmers' market this morning (well, it was closer to afternoon, I must admit).
I had phoned earlier (a few days earlier) to request some of the stalls to hold stuff, or put aside something.
In the organic vegetable stall, I purchased free range, organic, eggs; onions, carrots, celery, (the classic soffritto trio), chard, leeks, parsnips, tomatoes (both large tomatoes and cherry tomatoes; they - their season is - are, drawing to a close, as are the eggs), parsley, a selection of chilli peppers, French onions, garlic, ginger.
And pears (sweet but rock hard - I have it in mind to roast them) and some cooking apples. This is the season for roasted apples and pears. And, indeed, plums.
At the (organic) meat stall, I collected some pork belly and some shin of beef (bone included because that is where the flavour is) that I had ordered in advance; unless one places an order in advance, while they do stock these, these are not products that will grace the stall, as there will be little demand for them.
I also purchased a few chicken thighs - skin and bone attached again, because that is where the flavor is.
At the olive oil stall, I purchased chorizo, pesto, olive oil, and yes, more Gorgonzola.
Pesto (fresh pesto, made by themselves, it comes in a wooden barrel...).......and French bread...yum.
Anyway, the French bakery had kept my usual order for me, bagged and ready, and that, too, was collected.
And I paid a visit to the cheesemonger where Gorgonzola, Birbablu, aged Comte, Ossau-Iraty, Taleggio and Époisses were all purchased.
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), lots of amazing whiskeys, got a neat cutting board for the ILs (for Xmas), this is only about 2 miles south of us, but instead of driving, they had a shuttle service that came right to the park, like 2 blocks from our house, so no parking hassles (and more freedom to consume 
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