The Palatine Farmers market started its season lost Friday, and I didn’t even know! So this Saturday, I was determined to go. I thought that it would be a great idea to bike there, but we had a frost last night! Most likely, the last frost of the season, but cold enough for lots of my impatiences to die. It was not deadly for humans, for sure, but it made a ride unpleasant. So for today, I took a car to the train station and then walked to the market.
It was such a pleasure to see familiar faces, even when in masks and six feet apart. And even more so, to hear that people recognize me, even when my face is covered with a mask and sunglasses.
I bought some micro-greens from my farmers.
They also had rhubarb, nice, fresh and crispy! I love it so much! Actually, I cut a stem immediately after I returned home, washed it, and crunched it. And it smelled and tasted like childhood :).
I also bought two loaves of Katic bread and a crazy croissant with guava.
And six Brazilian Brigadeiros: apricot, hazelnut, almond, pistachio, coffee, and dark chocolate. I think that was the first time in my life I tasted South Americas’ sweets.
Oh, and also, my farmers had the Mother’s Day tulip bunches!
My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996.
I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future.
I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life.
As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.
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4 thoughts on “The First Trip to The Farmer’s Market”
I can totally relate to this – farmers markets are always a pleasure but these days especially as they represent one more step towards the normality! What are brigadeiros? Sounds delicious!
Just to let you know – none of your pictures are visible. I can see links to them on instagram bit not in the post.
Thank you – I reposted the pictures. I wrote this post last night, but for some reason, it was hanging there and never posted, and I just pressed the update button one more time this morning :). The pictures should be visible now. Brigadeiros are “Brazilian truffles,” but they do not taste like truffles. Just something very smooth and chocolaty :). And they have at least three dozen flavors!
I can totally relate to this – farmers markets are always a pleasure but these days especially as they represent one more step towards the normality! What are brigadeiros? Sounds delicious!
Just to let you know – none of your pictures are visible. I can see links to them on instagram bit not in the post.
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Thank you – I reposted the pictures. I wrote this post last night, but for some reason, it was hanging there and never posted, and I just pressed the update button one more time this morning :). The pictures should be visible now. Brigadeiros are “Brazilian truffles,” but they do not taste like truffles. Just something very smooth and chocolaty :). And they have at least three dozen flavors!
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I can see them now! Brigadeiros look really good 🙂
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They are amazing! If you will come across them somewhere – give them a try!
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