Greenmarket

[bloviatrix]

First local corn of the season!

[MitchW]

1 hour ago, bloviatrix said:

First local corn of the season!

So basically bigger than knee high on the 4th of July!

I got some nice basil, made pesto.

[Diancecht]

seen at the market today.

i wish i bought a loaf because i was starving at the time, but i was saving room for afternoon tea. more on that in another thread.

[bloviatrix]

On 6/28/2024 at 8:16 PM, MitchW said:

So basically bigger than knee high on the 4th of July!

I got some nice basil, made pesto.

Normally the first corn is meh. This was good. And I made pesto with basil I bought as well.

[bloviatrix]

Love this time of year at the market. Picked up some sugar plums, nectarines, blueberries, and lots of veg at 97th Street. Can't wait to snack on fruit.

[small h]

Very good haul today. I had to hold myself back.

[StephanieL]

What's the shellfish at the bottom?

[small h]

Oysters. Scallops not pictured, 'cause who wants to see a bag of raw scallops? Ew.

[Diancecht]

we bought some mozzarella today at this cheese vendor at the ferry building farmer’s market

and some crunchy cabbage kimchi 

onions, tomatoes, herbs, cauliflower, zucchini, peaches, melon, lettuces, string beans, swordfish 

[StephanieL]

I was at the market last week and was very tempted to get the ricotta from that stand, but I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, just cooking for myself.  Let us know what you think of the mozzarella.

[Diancecht]

i think you can get much better from a store like cowgirl creamery or molinari’s

there is one “ball” left which we’ll use for insalata caprese tonight.

[bloviatrix]

Terhune had both mirabelles and greengage plums yesterday so I bought a kilo of the later to make preserves.

[Sneakeater]

I went to some medical procedure a couple of weeks ago and the nurse was like "OMG there's blood all over your lips and beard" and I was like "no that was a very ripe plumcot".

Edited September 1, 2024 by Sneakeater

[bloviatrix]

Norwich Farms had Lemon Verbena today!

[MitchW]

This stuff is around...

From the vendor who also sells misticanza, and other Italian vegetable varieties.

[StephanieL]

We visited the big Marin Farmer's Market in San Rafael for the first time yesterday.  Allegedly the 3rd largest farmer's market in California, it certainly ranks right up there in size with the one I went to in Paris years ago.  We were actually planning to go to the monthly antiques French Market, thinking "Oh, we'll just pop in the farmer's market"--no way would we have had the capacity to handle both.

Market haul: Japanese eggplant, delicata squash, and a lamb shoulder chop for dinner; apples and grapes; Nilgiri tea; pita; a small bottle of cherry mead; bialys from Wise Sons; and a mushroom-stuffed pretzel ball for a snack.

Edited November 11, 2024 by StephanieL

[Diancecht]

these were $8/lb

[Diancecht]

asparagus, fava beans, spring onions, carrots, potatoes, flat-leaf parsley, broccoli, cauliflower, mesclun, spinach, valencia oranges, strawberries 

we’re on our way to get the meat at a local supermarket: lamb stew meat, chicken, pork chops. and some prosciutto for tomorrow’s lunch.

[bloviatrix]

[sourbroughten]

Fine, I'll say it.  RAAAAMMMMPPPPSSSS!

[Wilfrid]

RAAAAMMMMPPPPSSSS seem reasonably priced at $6 a bunch.

Not like eggs. A bunch of eggs is "expensive."

[small h]

I got ramps for $5 a couple of weeks ago ($6 seems reasonable also), and Quattro Game Farm had eggs for $7.50.

[Wilfrid]

$7.50 for an egg. That's like $15 for an omelette. End of the world.*

I forgot to look for fiddleheads. Anyone seen them yet?
 

*Satire.

[small h]

No, nor asparagus, although there were asparagus pix on their IG.

[small h]

$15 for an ostrich egg probably gets you three omelets. Bargain!