{"id":257,"date":"2010-06-22T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philonfood.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2010-06-22T16:00:25","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T15:00:25","slug":"farmers-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philonfood.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/22\/farmers-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>We have a farmers market in my town – it\u2019s a smallish market mid-week every couple of weeks. \u00a0The problem is that like many people, I\u2019m out at work away from town by week.\u00a0 But then we do have a \u201cfood festival\u201d (larger farmers\/producers market) every quarter on a Saturday with one of the main streets closed to accommodate it.\u00a0 When I went along to it this weekend as ever, I spent loads more money than I expected much of it on food I didn\u2019t strictly need but found some great produce.<\/p>\n

The thing is, if you go to these events regularly, you can get a bit of fatigue.\u00a0 There\u2019s frequently the usual suspects selling their wares – butchers peddling speciality sausages, cheese producers, pickles, chutneys, cup cakes…\u00a0 And then there\u2019s the cost.\u00a0 When you are used to supermarket prices, you can find yourself taking a sharp intake of breath when you are told the price of a wedge of artisan cheese produced from local goats.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s kind of missing the point.\u00a0 It is easy to forget that it costs to produce good food, especially when it is hand-made by specialist producers who simply don\u2019t have the economies of scale of the large supermarket suppliers – and it is the idea of it being specially made on a small scale that appeals.\u00a0 And even though you do see some repetition, that\u2019s because in this country these days we are so good at producing certain goods (anecdotally it has been suggested that there are nearly twice as many distinct local cheeses in Britain as there are in France).\u00a0 And besides, you do find some real gems – this time around I found a producer that makes scotch eggs with locally produced \u201cchorizo\u201d sausage meat, and some wonderful savoury pastries such as puff-pastry, feta and pea cakes – they were pretty damn good.<\/p>\n

So please, support your local food and farmers markets.\u00a0 Even if their vendors can seem pricey, they can still be good value for money for what you get.\u00a0 And if you don\u2019t use them, you may loose them – which I for one think would be a tragedy.<\/p>\n

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