Milk & Honey Market offers fresh, local food in U. City

I purchased the Prawns ($20 per pound) and when thawed, discovered the shrimp had roe. While I am familiar with lobster roe, I've never had female shrimp producing eggs. I scrapped my plans to have a shrimp boil and pan-seared so I could capture the roe in a sauce.

The result was sweet meat that could have passed for lobster. This is a taste that can't be duplicated in the mass production of shrimp farms.

A favorite purchase of my local tasters was the bag of Dutch Country Popcorn from Mt. Joy. Coming in at $2.50 for two pounds of kernels, the bag yields mountains of popped corn compared with the microwave brands that are far more expensive and often full of chemicals. A happy reversal of price comparison.

Much like dried beans, popcorn loses moisture, so sitting around in a warehouse or on a supermarket shelf takes its toll. Dutch Country kernels retain that moisture and that's what makes the kernels pop into fluffy corn.

Chapter and verse has yet to be written in the evolution of our food system, but I find promise in that we are adding more venues grappling with the questions.