the best food ever

Fresh berries are the best food ever. The fact that they are natural and healthy is just an added bonus. They evolved over millions of years to be irresistibly tasty. I love raspberries and strawberries. My mom used to have a patch of each in our backyard and they have been on the top of my list since. Fresh off the vine berries are mmmm good.

Having a vendor at my neighborhood farmers market that sells fresh berries is da bomb. Apparently I’m not the only one who feels this way because there is always a long line; much longer than any other vendor. It is not a problem though because it goes fast and they bring a ton of whatever is in season: strawberries, blueberries, cherries, raspberries, and blackberries. Well this year the line is just ridicules. It’s about 100 feet long! Last week I got a quart of strawberries and they were delicious. This week I got there before 10pm and the line was longer than I’ve ever seen it. They had raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, and cherries. Although they were running quite low on the raspberries and I didn’t expect any to be left by the time I got to the front of the line. Sure enough when I got up there they appeared to be gone but there were about 4 half-quarts hidden in a box with blueberries. The ten people in line in front of me grabbed those real quick once they were discovered. Then a few minutes later when I was about to step up to their cashier the guy came out of their big truck with one more flat of raspberries that were hidden away. I was able to get two half-quarts along with a quart of strawberries.

Next week I’ll have to wake up earlier. The only reason I was up this Saturday was because of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It started at 9am. SPEED is broadcasting a good portion of it as usual. Audi versus Peugeot again. 24 hours non-stop. Exciting stuff.

Mmmm… vanilla ice cream and strawberries on a hot humid day. With a fine framboisé of course.