A Very Social Day at the Market

Dani, one of my BFFs from college, and her husband, Brian; Pat, one of my dearest friends and someone I used to work with at my previous employer; and Debbie, an artist friend from my college days, and a friend of hers and their daughters all independently stopped by the market yesterday. So did my local friend Betsy. I see her husband, Carl, regularly at the market; he serves as a Hunterdon Land Trust trustee, and he also hosts the "Into the Garden" show on WDVR.

Dani and Brian traveled the farthest, from Havertown, Pennsylvania. They were on their way to visit her brother in Bound Brook, New Jersey, and decided to stop in Flemington to pick up ice creams to take there. Here's a photo Brian took of Dani and me that I snagged from Facebook:

I'm getting some repeat customers. Another woman who passed by my cart said she was still working on the ones she'd bought from me another week and was enjoying them.

My ice creams are generally selling better than the VFDs, but I'm happy to be offering the latter: One woman bought all three flavors of VFD for her daughter, who can't eat ice cream. Another woman told me she has trouble digesting dairy but is still tempted by it, so she's grateful to have my nondairy options.

I'm not going to pick fruit at Phillips Farms today because I've still got a few pints of my Peach Melba VFD and several pints of my Blueberry-Lime. I'm planning instead to make two herbal flavors this week: Because Lemon Verbena was my fastest-selling dairy ice cream—and my friend Desirée missed out on it a couple weeks ago—I'm making it again. And because I'm sold out of my Chocolate-Ginger VFD, I'm going to make a variation using mint instead of ginger.