A Haymarket run
Feb. 13th, 2026 12:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidI went to Haymarket (Boston's weekly open-air market that’s been meeting there for about three centuries at this point) for the first time in ages. I was in need of onions and potatoes, and open to whatever else appealed. Few things are local or organic, but the prices are excellent; caveat emptor definitely applies, since things can be ‘cook now’ in their lifecycle.
What I bought:
- a bunch of flat-leaf parsley ($1)
- a head of hydroponic butter lettuce ($1)
- 2 eggplants ($3)
- a pineapple ($2)
- 10 lb onions ($6)
- 2 bags of potatoes (3-4 lb total; $2)
There were berries for tomorrow’s celebration of romantic love, a choice of strawberry or raspberry in heart-shaped containers (and many more in regular quadrilateral packaging, as usual). I’m a bit leery of getting berries there, having had one subpar experience, so was easily able to resist.
What I bought:
- a bunch of flat-leaf parsley ($1)
- a head of hydroponic butter lettuce ($1)
- 2 eggplants ($3)
- a pineapple ($2)
- 10 lb onions ($6)
- 2 bags of potatoes (3-4 lb total; $2)
There were berries for tomorrow’s celebration of romantic love, a choice of strawberry or raspberry in heart-shaped containers (and many more in regular quadrilateral packaging, as usual). I’m a bit leery of getting berries there, having had one subpar experience, so was easily able to resist.