Plum good

I don't know if I adequately described my experience looking at produce at the farmer's market in Oakland on Friday.  If there's anything I like, it's looking at fresh produce to find the best of the best.  It just so happened that I found the best of the best at the first stand I walked up to.  

I can't remember exactly which kind of plum this is, but it's one of three I bought at that stand.  As usual with farmer's market fruit stands, they had samples available to entice people to buy.  I don't usually like plums, so I decided I'd try a piece to see if these could change my mind, and they did.  They really did.  They have relatively soft skin, nice firm texture, and are sweet as could be.  Not candy sweet, but sweet, a perfect dessert after I had my beef stroganoff leftovers (not pictured since it wasn't even nice to look at the first time).

I feel good about buying fruit that's not grapes.  I think I settled on grapes too easily before since they're easy to buy cheap in large quantities.  My three plums for $1.50 total has made me realize that I shouldn't just settle for what Safeway has on sale.  I also realized I need to become acquainted with Berkeley's farmer's market.  All in due time.