Farmer's Markets are in full swing now during the summer time and we are lucky to have one in Metamora, but after a really quick walk through up town and a dozen ears of sweetcorn, we decided to head to Peoria's river front market.
After being spoiled with European markets for the past 4 years, I was a little let down, but then snapped out of my pre-judgements and appreciated the fact that we had something remotely like them here in Peoria. We found the busiest tent and bought a good basket of tomatoes from them to make some homemade salsa. We also bought some farm fresh brown eggs like we used to have in England. There were some really great things at the markets but I had to get used to the fact of paying that premium for farm grown products vs when going to the market in the UK where you paid much less than grocery store prices.
But it was a beautiful day and the kids really enjoyed watching the boats on the river and Kevin and I enjoyed just being out and about.
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