Holidays at the Farmers Market

Its hard for me to believe that its been nearly a month since Ive done a blog update. I aspired to have a more mellow and less commercial holiday season this year. I also was excited to share my canned goodies with friends to share the love for the local! I swear I had an entire shelf in my fridge with nothing but pickle jars. I got very excited with my Nov 15th batch of spicy pickles - they had the perfect after burn from the habanero but also citrus from the lemon peel. Its my new standard!

I did break down and do some typical shopping but tried to spend my money locally. My grandmothers and Mom all got soap from South Austin People.
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We also bought Pralines from our favorite Cajun's at the Farmers Market too.

The market was really fun over the past month. Its like watching the seasons change and all the food with it! We got some tasty bean soup one week and holiday cookies from our favorite Sweetish Hill Bakery. They had a very sweet spread! And they like the Grateful Dead - great combo!
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Our goat farmer brought 2 freakin squeezable 3 week old baby goats to the market one week and I just about fainted. (Not unlike the famous fainting goats) They were just so cute, I wanted Mike to distract the farm children so I could scoop it up and take it home and make it my lil pet. We had to settle with the fact we know they have an awesome home and I believe were a holiday gift for a little girl. How awesome to get 2 goats for Xmas as a kid!!

Speaking of freakin adorable - lets talk about Biloxi the fashion poodle of our farmers market! She is the heir to the Poochy Treats Empire and she works it!

Ive enjoyed the addition of Johnson's Backyard Farm too! They have a great selection and I like the folks that work there. Who knew a rango pepper could be so good? Who knew a rango pepper existed?

And lastly - on my birthday - I got a new Localvore Tshirt to show my support! They are super cool and anyone who is anyone wears them - like for real.

I hope everyone had a great holiday and got your holiday wishes granted. I cant wait to show you all the new gadgets I got for Xmas - I got hooked up!