Woke to a cloudy sunrise.
The Meshugga taxi service picked me up in the morning to go over to the Saturday farmer's market.
Not a huge affair, but we did get a few nice fresh island-grown veggies.
Later in the afternoon I called the service station to make sure we could move the boat over to the fuel dock and fill up with diesel. We'd not gotten any fuel since before Christmas and thought we should top off our tank. The attendant apologized profusely but said she was short staffed and had no one to send down to the dock to pump fuel. We were welcome to bring jerry cans to the station though. Since we really didn't need that much fuel, we decided to do just that.
We ended up toting 40 gallons back to the boat - we're all topped off now and all our spare jugs are full. We had used 30 gallons since Christmas - mostly making water and powering that yucky trip north a few days ago from the Raggeds.
Nice flat water for the transport.
At the station, there is always some homemade deserts for sale on the counter. This time I got a "Benny Cake". I asked what it was and the reply was that it was "just benny's and burnt sugar".
Back at the boat I googled it - it is truly just seasame seeds and sugar! Apparently the islanders call seasame seeds "Benny's". The recipe is very simple - a couple of cups of seeds, toast them in a pot until they are very toasty and browned, stirring constantly to avoid burning. Then stir in the sugar. As it turns a nice brown color, stir in a bit of water. Constantly stirring is the key. After about 10 minutes it will be very thick and sticky. Spoon out onto a surface that's slightly damp to prevent sticking. That's it!
It's almost like peanut brittle. I've had a similar snack at Asian restaurants. Really yummy!
And the sunset looks much like the sunrise! We'll be sailing to the north end of the island tomorrow.
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