Greenmarket

[StephanieL]

On 9/24/2023 at 9:39 PM, Sneakeater said:

I've only ever had them in Rancho Mirage.  So in my mind I think of them as this fish that lives in the desert sand.

I know that isn't the case.

Next time you come to SF, visit some of the old-school places.  You might be able to find sand dabs on the menu.

[Sneakeater]

After weeks of assuring everyone that she would never again have hot peppers this season, the hot pepper vender at GAP had . . . hot peppers.

(She also had late-season dragon's tongue beans that oddly looked better than the smack-in-the-middle-of-season ones did.)

(This is a crazy year.)

[Sneakeater]

The Greenmarket was so depressing this morning that I bought an apple pie.

[small h]

Union Square is still pretty good. As of 10 days ago, anyway.

[Sneakeater]

Last weekend --> this weekend = a MAJOR change.

Edited December 2, 2023 by Sneakeater

[small h]

Oh, no good. I hope my next foray isn't a grave disappointment.

[Sneakeater]

I bought the most symetrically knobbed Jerusalem Artichoke I've ever seen this morning.

It's freakish.

[small h]

Bioengineering?

[Sneakeater]

I have to wonder.

[bloviatrix]

5 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

Last weekend --> this weekend = a MAJOR change.

Friday was Jeff Bialas' last day at W. 97th street. I stocked up on his garlic, which I have an addiction to.

[MitchW]

4 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

I bought the most symetrically knobbed Jerusalem Artichoke I've ever seen this morning.

It's freakish.

 

4 hours ago, small h said:

Bioengineering?

 

3 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

I have to wonder.

Maybe they just force it to behave?

 

[Sneakeater]

To be clear, it stood out in the bin.

None of the others remotely looked like it.

[small h]

5 hours ago, MitchW said:

Maybe they just force it to behave?

[Orik]

Get the dried fava from Norwich, they are extraordinary. 

[bloviatrix]

Who at the greenmarket has ramps? I went to USGM on Friday and no one had them.

[Sneakeater]

Ramps aren’t usually available locally till the last week or so in April. 

[small h]

19 minutes ago, bloviatrix said:

Who at the greenmarket has ramps? I went to USGM on Friday and no one had them.

Amoon Farm, as per USQ’s Instagram today.

[Orik]

Grandpa's Farm too.

[Wilfrid]

Ramps? I am seeing ramps on menus. Already?

Okay I guess so.

[Sneakeater]

I have ramps.

God knows where they came from.

[Wilfrid]

Maybe I will find ramps under my pillow in the morning.

[Mitchell101]

In CT Yesterday the mushroom vendor had lots of ramps. 

[small h]

8 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

Maybe I will find ramps under my pillow in the morning.

Did you leave something for the ramp fairy?

[bloviatrix]

19 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

Ramps aren’t usually available locally till the last week or so in April. 

Not true. I have photographic evidence of them at the greenmarket in prior years.

[Sneakeater]

I guess Brooklyn is in a different geoclimatic zone than Manhattan.