Ah, the up-sell. Typically, the up-sell chaps my hide, but I figure it's tough for a small farmer to make a buck. And, well, I really love goat cheese.
The only issue is that I have a limited farmer's market budget each week, and the $7 ($7!!) for goat cheese would limit the number of caramels I could purchase. A girl has to have her priorities.
Finally, after several weeks of turning down the chevre, I had enough pennies in my pocket. When the farmer offered the bait, I bit hard. "Well, yes, I would like some goat cheese to go with my tomato!"
And I was on my way home, dreaming of lunch at 8:30 a.m.
When the husband and I met up later that morning, I proudly announced my farmer's market purchase. He looked at me with that look that told me I was being dense but wasn't quite sure why. "That goat cheese is going to be UNPASTEURIZED."
Ahhh. Unpasteurized. Dang.
I am the kind of person who sniffs the milk carton even before it's reached the expiration date. I stopped eating raw cookie dough as soon as I learned the word salmonella. In my mind, unpasteurized meant consequences I was not interested in.
But goat cheese and tomato sounded so goooood.
God bless the people who invented the internet. After a quick search, I tracked down my enterprising farmer and confirmed that his product was indeed pasteurized.
Darn good thing because I couldn't have resisted this kind of glorious concoction:
This is simple. Get bread. Schmear it with goat cheese. Top it with sliced tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Smile big.
Erin-that looks so delish!! even through the screen i want to gobble it up, yet savor the texture of that tomato and smoothness of the goat cheese. MMmm!! yes, it is 830 and now i am thinking of lunch!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's 2:49pm here and I really don't care about the time...I now want some goat cheese and tomato!!! Marly is currently sleeping but there is a huge chance that right when she wakes up, we will be going to buy both of those things! Erin, you're awesome!!
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