One of the greatest myths about shopping in Lidl, or Aldi for that matter, is that it’s for people who don’t really care much about food. Food and its quality matters very much to me. I enjoy buying it, cooking it, eating it and, especially, feeding it to other people.

Where good food is available at cheap prices, taking advantage of that it is just common sense - buying what’s good in Lidl means I can then without any guilt spend more than I otherwise might on food elsewhere.

And one of the places I most like to buy food is at Thursday’s weekly Farmer’s Market, which is where I went this morning.

Normally I’d buy more than I did today, certainly fish and possible some of the pricey, but worth it, organic meat from Coolanowle Farm. But with a dwindling budget to think of I just spent €1 on a cauliflower and 45c on a bunch of scallions - both organic and both also, incidentally, cheaper than the same products in Lidl or anywhere else.

Well, ok then, that’s not all I bought. I mean could you have photographed these and then just walked on without a little something?

See that bowl on the bottom right? That’s Chili and Lime Dark Fudge. It costs 40c a piece. I only bought one piece and I savoured every decadent nibble. It may be the best 40c I’ve spent all week.

Back later with Day Four’s meals and recipes.

Tags: Farmer's Market, Fudge

Posted on Thursday, July 31st, 2008 at 1:33 pm in Farmer's Market
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