Haymarket

I finally made it down to Haymarket! It's only open on Fridays and Saturdays and most Fridays I have just been too busy with work for classes or there was mounds of snow on the ground.  I had heard they had amazing produce and even more amazing prices on this produce. Since the weather finally got warm I took the opportunity to pick up some veggies for a stir-fry I was planning on making for dinner. It was a warm day but the breeze off the harbor was really refreshing and the atmosphere was something else!

 Some people were there to do their regular produce shopping, others were on lunch breaks from work, and then there were tourists checking out the historic market.

 There were tons of fruits and veggies. And many of these fruits and veggies were just beginning to come into season.  Two stall owners were shouting that they had cherries. One would shout "cherries, sweet bing cherries," and not two seconds later the other guy would shout even louder, "sweeter bing cherries, much sweeter cherries!"

The prices were really amazing. I got an onion, a huge onion, for 25 cents, a gorgeous zucchini also for 25 cents, and in total I think I spent 15 dollars on a huge canvas bag full of veggies and some fruits. Yum!

 I had so much fun down there. Something about buying your veggies and fruits right from the person who grew them that makes you appreciate them so much more. You are literally doing business with the person who grew your dinner. There is something to that for sure.

 It's also pretty amazing to buy produce on the cobblestone streets of historic Boston.  This market has been in operation since the early 1830s, steps from Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, half a block from the freedom trail.

The sights at the market were amazing and my dinner turned out pretty darn good too!