I really enjoy outdoor markets. I got hooked on them in Paris and now in Columbus, we have two big ones that I know of on Saturdays. Before I had a Paris apartment I would stroll the markets there thinking of what I could do if I had a kitchen. Once I was in an apartment I could really get into the groove of cooking and inviting friends over for dinner...in between the antique shows, flea markets, and meetings with private providers. So, when Worthington market really got a move on and blossomed into an extravaganza every Saturday with the main street closed to traffic until noon we got a move on too and started going every Saturday until it got so big one could hardly move. Then Andy discovered Clintonville's outdoor market which started very small and is expanding every week it seems. And, that is where the Peach Man accepts our money for peaches galore. I am sure this market will get too big for us down the road, but for now we are enjoying it.
This picture is of 25 pounds of peaches that Beth, Andy and I stood in line for because the Georgia peach truck had come to town. It took them one hour to sell out a tractor-trailer full of 25-pound boxes of peaches. The fast-moving but long line of people were very cheerful because it had been months since they had had a Georgia peach and after the winter we have had peaches were in order for all. Now what to do with ripening peaches when I will be cooking for twenty or so people for the 4th. Safe to say peaches are on the menu in more than one or two forms. We will be licking our lips over these babies.
