Mowgli the Sauerkraut seller is the opposite of creepy and knows his fermented cabbage. A stuffed tub of smoked jalapeno will set you back about 6 bucks and is awesome to the last bite!

Our weekly farmers market trip brought us to Cedar Street in downtown Santa Cruz.  In the hopes of finding some free-range lard for a certain bread-making experiment we discovered some other culinary interests: Farmhouse Culture, sellers of Sauerkraut, Happy Girl Kitchen’s “Yum” ketchup, and some damn fine dried Apricots from Apricot King.  Seriously, those things should be illegal.

We left with the essential supplies: carrots, onion, honey and delicious tomatoes – not to mention some honey, sauerkraut and apricots.  Oh right, and we got some lard too!  Back to the kitchen!