"A market, usually held outdoors, where antiques, used household goods, and curios are sold" is the definition of a Flea Market. The one in Canton which we went to yesterday barely squeaked in to meet this definition. Firstly, other than some rather charming red glass candle holders from I-don't-know-when and an impressively large number of well preserved love letters from World War II most of the used stuff was really just junk. I mean people broken china with deposits of unknown origin do not make for exciting buys. More importantly , most of the market indoors in sturdy metal stalls was really focused on hawking new wares so I have issues with this being called a Flea market. Other than the fact that it was called a flea market when it really was not , I had no issues with the event quite the contrary in fact. Just read on for the exciting things that happened to me there and why I shall continue to hold this event close to my heart.
Since I've already covered the exciting options in the flea section, lets move on to the food .Of course all the food was Texas sized to no one's amazement ; 4 hungry adults barely managed to make a dent in one serving of Tornado taters so that should tell you something. But surprisingly , I found myself non-liquid , non-chip vegetarian options for lunch in this event in the heart of Bush Country. Only a person trying to be a vegetarian in any part of Bush Country can truly appreciate this remarkable event. I for one was so bamboozled, I almost eat fried coke( I said almost ).Yes ,America needs just this kind of innovative spirit where people can take an empty calorie filled, corn syrup addled drink and make it more unhealthy by deep frying it and then coating it with refined sugar. All, I can is that am impressed by what the human mind can think up.
The best part of the day came when we attended a cooking show on using the waterless cooking cookery. The dude who was giving the demo announced some door prizes for the audience and usually I tend to take tickets for these kinds of events and drop it into trash coz frankly I have never ever been good at winning these things. If the odds of winning something in a lottery were 99.99% then I would be sure to hit the 0.01 % probability option and not win. But not this day... this day was going to be different and my luck seemed to have changed coz guess what the first ticket drawn for mine and I won a door prize .... a spice jar. I'm telling you this is HUGE! Not the spice jar but the fact that I won something.... kept me smiling the rest of the day.
Anyhoo folks, I gots to go and pick a team to root for in the super bowl. Happy Weekending !
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