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It's the middle of February, and the start of Tulsa's farmers' market season is still a few months away.

But on Saturday morning I came home with an armload of farm-fresh goodies and such a huge, stupid grin on my face that my husband could have sworn the <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/cherry-street-farmers-market-opening/">Cherry Street Farmers Market</a> had opened for business.

No such luck on that front just yet, but thanks to <a href="http://www.cleanfoodtulsa.locallygrown.net/">Tulsa Clean Food Market</a>, I'm wintering over just fine.

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I signed up for TCFM over a year ago <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/food-cooperative-sprouts-in-off-season/">when I wrote a story about them for Tulsa Business Journal</a>, but thanks to encouragement from <a href="http://errantcook.blogspot.com/">Tulsa blogger Jennifer Bengel</a>, I finally placed my first order last week.

And I'm so, so glad I did.

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Look at these eggs. I could snuggle up to them. Whisper sweet nothings into their beautiful, happy little shells.

Let's just say I was overjoyed at the thought of not having to eat grocery store eggs with my breakfast this week.
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*quiver*

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Here's how Tulsa Clean Food Market works: You head to the website and click <a href="http://www.cleanfoodtulsa.locallygrown.net/user/signin">sign in</a>. See the part that says Don't Yet Have an Account? That's where you want to be.

After you're all signed up and signed in, it's time to go shopping. Get your virtual shopping carts ready, people, because TCFM offers everything from butter to luxury bath soaps to buffalo burgers.

Here's a sampling of the other items available via TCFM:
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	<li>Baked foods: Pizza crust, blueberry cream scones, French baguettes, maple pecan pies and an assortment of cookies</li>
	<li>Bath and body: Coconut lime verbena lotion, an assortment of flavored lip balms,  insect repellent, body powder and soaps galore</li>
	<li>Beef: 75 total ordering options, from hormone-free to organic to grass-fed. Wow.</li>
	<li>Lamb. Lots and lots and lots of lamb.</li>
	<li>Pork. Bacon, Andouille sausage, bangers, chorizo, ham, bratwurst, hot dogs and, if can believe it, more.</li>
	<li>Cheese: From ricotta to Monterey jack. While I know it's not cheese, I just want to say that there's creme fraiche, too. And yogurt. And yogurt cheese. Think about <em>that</em>.</li>
	<li>Cheesecakes and chocolates. From <a href="http://lunabread.blogspot.com/">Lunabread</a> and <a href="http://wagoncreekcreamery.com/">Wagon Creek Creamery</a>. Mmm.</li>
	<li>Spices. They've got your espresso rub, your American jerk, your lavender sugar, your whole peppercorns - about 40 choices in all.</li>
	<li>Pickles. And olives, too.</li>
	<li>And butter. Sweet, delicious butter.</li>
</ul>
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And it all comes from 18 Oklahoma-based vendors, many of whom you'll recognize from our local farmers' markets. And like the folks at TCFM like to say, there are absolutely no mystery products.

Ew. Mystery products.

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Look! Just six ingredients. And I can pronounce each and every one of them, even on a bad day.

I love non-mystery products.

Once you load up your cart to the point that it's three figures because it's been a long time since October when the farmers' markets closed for the winter in this town, you check out. But, you don't have to pay at that time. You do that when you pick up your goodies on delivery day.

The next pick-up date is Feb. 26, which means that if you're going to order, you need to do it by <strong>this Friday evening</strong>. You'll find your order (and probably lots of your friends from farmers' market season, as I gleefully discovered) at Centennial Park, at 6th and Peoria, between 9-11am.

And you'll love that you don't have to spend a lot of time at pick up. Rather than have to gather your goods from vendor after vendor, what you need is batched together and ready to go, quick-and-dirty style. Just remember to bring a reusable shopping bag and you'll be golden.

By the way, there are two more TCFM delivery dates this season: March 12, and March 26. And just after that, lettuce and arugula and asparagus will start to trickle in, and the farmers markets will once again line our streets.

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If this isn't a nice way to tide oneself over, I don't know what is.