The Farmers Markets are open!
Jun. 22nd, 2020 11:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamsharkAnyway, the Kingfield one is. Inspired by lydamorehouse 's CSA post, I started thinking about Farmers Markets and looked up my local one (which couldn't be more convenient - walking distance from my house). Sure enough, open with "some restrictions." I biked over there yesterday and discovered that it was practically empty of customers, and yes, the summer crops are starting to come in. They have removed all the extra clutter - food trucks and the big covered table area where people were supposed to sit to consume their food truck purchases while listening to local musicians playing for tips. This left a huge open space in the middle. It felt a little barren, but utterly un-claustrophobic. There were also fewer farmer booths than usual, but enough to do the job. I got $20 worth of shiny fresh produce, starring a jewel-like tub of small, bright yellow summer squash and a huge handful of tiny scallions. I also grabbed a bunch of coriander (which Richard loves) and another of mint (thinking of Lyda and how much fun she had with her mint).
Somehow the bunches of herbs you buy in Farmers Markets always turn out to be dismayingly large once you get them home. What WAS I going to do with all that mint? I guess I'd better go back and reread Lyda's post again.
I used some of this bounty along with a new Trader Joe's find: vegetable based pizza crusts. The broccolli/kale one is just okay: more of an edible plate than anything else. But I really like the cauiflower/corn meal one. Riced cauliflower everything is all the rage right now, but doesn't really have much flavor. It's the hint of corn meal graininess that makes this one. At the very least, it makes an inoffensive and low-carb base for all the goodness you want to pile on top if it. The winning combination turned out to be a ton of vegetables plus about half a pound of ground turkey sauteed with onion and Worcester sauce. (You didn't think I was going to go all vegetarian did you? I like vegetarian food so much better with a little meat added).
lydamorehouse 's CSA post, I started thinking about Farmers Markets and looked up my local one (which couldn't be more convenient - walking distance from my house). Sure enough, open with "some restrictions." I biked over there yesterday and discovered that it was practically empty of customers, and yes, the summer crops are starting to come in. They have removed all the extra clutter - food trucks and the big covered table area where people were supposed to sit to consume their food truck purchases while listening to local musicians playing for tips. This left a huge open space in the middle. It felt a little barren, but utterly un-claustrophobic. There were also fewer farmer booths than usual, but enough to do the job. I got $20 worth of shiny fresh produce, starring a jewel-like tub of small, bright yellow summer squash and a huge handful of tiny scallions. I also grabbed a bunch of coriander (which Richard loves) and another of mint (thinking of Lyda and how much fun she had with her mint). Somehow the bunches of herbs you buy in Farmers Markets always turn out to be dismayingly large once you get them home. What WAS I going to do with all that mint? I guess I'd better go back and reread Lyda's post again.
I used some of this bounty along with a new Trader Joe's find: vegetable based pizza crusts. The broccolli/kale one is just okay: more of an edible plate than anything else. But I really like the cauiflower/corn meal one. Riced cauliflower everything is all the rage right now, but doesn't really have much flavor. It's the hint of corn meal graininess that makes this one. At the very least, it makes an inoffensive and low-carb base for all the goodness you want to pile on top if it. The winning combination turned out to be a ton of vegetables plus about half a pound of ground turkey sauteed with onion and Worcester sauce. (You didn't think I was going to go all vegetarian did you? I like vegetarian food so much better with a little meat added).
