The Great Haul: A Trip to the Farmers' Market
Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 10:53AM
Kristin, the Brooklyn Forager in farmers market, fruit, locavore, one local summer, summer, vegetables
Perfect Brooklyn morning: a great yoga class and a leisurely stroll through the farmers' market shoving beautiful summer produce into sacks and running away with it. I may amend this with pictures, but I'm a little distracted as I dream up our meals for this week with our amazing haul of goodies.
My ingredients for the week:
- Rainbow Swiss Chard
- Collard Greens
- Scallions
- Beets
- Cauliflower
- Kirby cukes
- Heirloom tomatoes: Cherokee green, Orange Russian and White Beauty
- Regular beautiful red tomatoes
- Raspberries
- Blackberries
- Red Currants
- Cape Gooseberries
- Hot peppers (a whole cup for $1!) - jalapeno, habanero, thai chile and maybe some others
- Raw unfiltered local honey
And the featured items from the Amish stand and my perennial favorite Valley Shepherd Creamery:
- Cheddar
- Butter (ingredient list: cream. What could be wrong with that?)
- Smoked bacon (get ready, collards!)
- Valley Shepherd fresh ricotta - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I can't wait for dinner. And breakfast. And lunch.
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