TOMATOES

This post isn't really about a place so much as it is about a tip, recommendation, and about where I was at 8:30 this morning. My favorite day of the summer happened today: it was the first day this year that I went to the Farmer's Market. Let me say here that everyone should go and enjoy the closest Farmer's Market to them. And then I will tell you that the best one to be found, at least to me anyway, is the one in Murray. They have it at the Murray City Park right there on State Street and the earlier you get there the better--I went too late once and all the good stuff was gone. My dad and I have always left our house at 8 or 8:30 and have always left quite happy with our purchases.

Why do I love this Farmer's Market? Because it's an honest to goodness market with real actual farmers. The next closest one I've been to in quality of stuff is perhaps the one in Ogden (sorry guys, maybe I'm partial to the one in Murray, too, because that's where I have made memories for so many years). And only go to the one in Salt Lake at Pioneer Park if you absolutely have to--again, entirely my opinion, but there you have it. I went to check out the one in Murray today and yes, there are tomatoes, and green beans, and squash, cucumbers, corn, one guy even had Dutch Beans, raspberries, and more. And when I got home, there was one tomato that was just almost ripe, so of course I had to keep with tradition: every time you get home from the market, you must eat one tomato and peach (if you bought them). And let me tell you, this tomato smelled like an actual tomato, and with a little salt...heaven. I have been waiting all year, since last October, for this moment. Of course I had to share.

So let me once again advocate for going to the farmers markets, and early every Saturday until the end of October, or until they close it, I can be found out in Murray, happily checking out what the farmers in Utah have to offer.

And stay tuned for more fun food stuff in September! And I'm not talking about Farmer's Markets.