Ok, so I'm stealing from several threads...I was just curious if anyone else was taking advantage of the Farmer's Markets this summer. If so what kinds of things are you getting there?
Last weekend I bought: Chinese cabbage and cucumbers. (Alek and I also ate breakfast there and I was out of cash. Also, not a lot in season yet.)
Yesterday I bought: blueberries red raspberries green leaf lettuce red oak leaf lettuce salsa rhubarb and I won a dozen pierogies. I entered the drawing last week. (We chose kielbasa and kraut.)
Alek also ate a sausage sandwich and we shared a Belgian waffle. Like the real waffles from Belgium that the street venders sell, not what we call "Belgian waffles".
Dawn
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asparagus and smoked trout and dog biscuits (made with peanut butter)
Ours is very small market - only about 10 vendors so far. Maybe it will grow as the summer progresses.
I knew one of the ladies selling the asparagus which was bundled in 1# increments. Another woman came up while I was questioning whether I could use a pound. She asked if there were any smaller packages. There weren't. So, I suggested to the woman that we split a 1# bundle. Two happy customers. Both of us would be the only one in our respective houses to want the asparagus.
Originally posted by SheriaVa: I was SO excited when Rehoboth's farmers' market was starting up for the season. I went to the very first one earlier this month--and was HORRIBLY disappointed. Granted, it was the first day and not much was in season yet but, man, talk about going in walking on air and coming out dragging in the dirt. I bought nothing.
Sheri, I couldn't believe the difference just between last week and this week at our Farmer's market. Last week there wasn't much, this week there was more. By mid-July it will get better and by August there will be tons of things. Don't give up yet. It is still kind of early in the growing season.
Dawn
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Our town hosts a local market every Saturday morning which is quite limited in variety but I'll probably start attending that as it's only 3 miles away.
The market is now carrying local produce so I've been buying that but nothing overly exciting or well priced.
Ours is only once a week on Saturdays. We live between two of them. So far the prices haven't been great other than on things like lettuce. The berries were slightly better priced than the grocery, but taste better because they are local.
With the growing season here, mid-July through August and early September is when you find great stuff.
Dawn
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I was SO excited when Rehoboth's farmers' market was starting up for the season. I went to the very first one earlier this month--and was HORRIBLY disappointed. Granted, it was the first day and not much was in season yet but, man, talk about going in walking on air and coming out dragging in the dirt. I bought nothing.
There have been two FMs at nearby Lewes so far this season--on Saturdays--and I keep forgetting to go (Rehoboth's is on Tuesdays). I'm really going to try to remember this week to get over there. My friends say that the Lewes one is much better than the Reho one. Wouldn't take much to be better than what I saw on opening day.
My limited experience with farmers' markets in the DC area is that the prices are atrocious. I'm curious if that is going to prove true in Lewes. The strawberries they were selling at the Reho one on the first day were much more than I could get them at the grocery store. I understand supporting local farmers and all, but how about them supporting me! I'm a retiree now.
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This post makes me sad! I was at the most beautiful farmer's market in Paris. I almost cried out of frustration of not having a kitchen to prepare some of the exquisite foods that we saw.
My favorite local farmer's market is far from me. Last year I would go once/week but now with fuel costs being so high, I haven't gone.
Our town hosts a local market every Saturday morning which is quite limited in variety but I'll probably start attending that as it's only 3 miles away.
The market is now carrying local produce so I've been buying that but nothing overly exciting or well priced.
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Originally posted by Tayhudson: Great deal on the nectarines, at least compared to here.
I think of it as "Proof that the universe is a fair place" . The land is outrageously expensive... but the fruit grown on the land... not so much. Unless it is all shipped to IN... and then we pay what you pay.
But $1 IS a good price, even compared to grocery store prices. They were $2 a pound at the farmers market at 8 or 9am... but $1/lb 15 mins before closing.
They are on sale now at Safeway for $1.99 a lb. and $2.99 if you don't have a Safeway card... but I can't imagine why a person might not have one... although I did know someone who was freaked out by "corporate stalking" and Safeway tracking EVERY purchase she made and she refused to get a Safeway card. This was 10+ years ago. I don't know if she still feels that way.
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What are lemon cucumbers? Sounds intriguing.
I don’t think that they are that special or exotic… we had them as kids. And I grew them 10-12 years ago. They are cucs that are shaped like lemons and yellow. The descriptions say that they are sweeter… but they pretty much taste like cucumbers to me. I think that they are popular in home gardens or with truck farmers because they are fast and easy to grow. Perhaps there are some nationalities that prefer them, too. I’m not sure.
None of the description list that they have these TERRIBLE black short little spines on the skins… which is probably the reason that you never see them commercially. Luckily for me, the woman/farmer selling them had taken all of the spikes off and they were all in a bag… “a dollar a bag”. Also, once the spikes are off… the skin is VERY thin… if the lemon cuc is very light yellow.
apricots nectarines ($1 a pound, and I bought 10 lbs total)
lemon cucumbers (it was getting late, and she was practically giving them away. I think that they were about $.25 a lb. I got 3 big bags of vegs for $3)
Great deal on the nectarines, at least compared to here. What are lemon cucumbers? Sounds intriguing.
Dawn
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apricots nectarines ($1 a pound, and I bought 10 lbs total)
eggplant squash lemon cucumbers (it was getting late, and she was practically giving them away. I think that they were about $.25 a lb. I got 3 big bags of vegs for $3)
oranges ($1.50 a lb), I can't remember how many pounds I bought... I think 4
orange beets... not red... orange ($1.50 for 4 med/large beets)
