An Inadvertent Local Meal

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

I’ve been traveling the last couple of weeks, which means that I haven’t been able to get myself over to the Headhouse Square Farmers Market in at least three weeks.  The next few weeks don’t look much better either, as I’m going to be in Iowa this weekend (I’m hoping to get to eat some corn) and next weekend I’ve got a jumble of weddings, wedding celebrations and visits from my younger sister. 

But I thought I’d tell you about the inadvertent local meal I had a couple of weeks ago.  I do try to eat local, but I’m not perfect at it.  Most often at least one item in my meal is local, but rare is the day that every element comes from within spitting distance.  But one afternoon I was sitting down to a lunch of scrambled eggs, sliced tomato and steamed beans, when I realized that everything on my plate had been purchased directly from the farmer.  The eggs and tomato had been purchased at the Headhouse market and the beans were from the Tuesday morning Rittenhouse Square market.  The realization made the meal just that much more delicious.