Last Friday during Sustainable Systems, the class objective was to find a few items and categorize them under the following: our favorite food/plant, a food we have never tried before, and a food/plant we have never even heard of. I walk by the farmer’s market almost everyday when I go to school. I even walked through the market a few times by myself. For some reason this time it was different.
Usually when I go I just browse and breeze pass the items vendors are selling without really thinking much about it. Maybe because this time I had a task at hand I found myself more indulged in getting to know what the market had to offer. This time I really appreciated each item and jumped from stand to stand, excited to see what I could find. Suddenly, I was wishing for more time to try some new items as well as some familiar ones. I think the limited time even made me appreciate what was there even more.
I love raspberries. They reminded me of when I was younger and used to dip them in syrup every night.
My favorite plant became a Sunflower ever since I worked on a painting project with them during my senior year of high school.
It’s funny how sometimes something you never even heard of can easily become one of your new favorite things. I don’t remember what this flower is, but it reminds of very whimsical events.
There are so many types of variations for lettuce I have never heard of before, including the Mesclun Bouquet.
I have heard of people eating ostrich before, but I don’t think I am planning on trying it anytime soon. Although it did look interesting and I was so surprised when I saw the eggs being sold.