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Quick (and Spicy) Pickles

I would go to farmers’ markets approximately 18 times more often if it weren’t such a …  morning people activity.  A chipper bunch they are, and bless their hearts, for the world needs baristas and Matt Lauers.

It’s not that I sleep in like I used to during, say, college.  It’s just that in my universe, there’s something deeply wrong with skipping the weekend morning ritual of bedhead hair, stylin’ sleepwear (obviously), glasses, and a leisurely three mugs of coffee from my French press (arguably the best, most relaxing method of caffeine intake).

But goodness knows, I do do the farmers’ market thing, if only for the last hour.  And you know what I keep finding?  Gorgeous, perfectly crooked, perfectly goosebumped, perfectly crisp little pickling cucumbers.  I give up that third mug of coffee sometimes, but in return?  Pickles for this girl.

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