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I'll start the ball rolling with the fingerling potatoes I bought at Tompkins Square yesterday. I am very bad at remembering the names of stalls, but there are only half a dozen or so here (open Sund

They make Hooligan (full stop) which some might call stinky. And mean that as a compliment.

Well, we need a thread for the rest of the entire world outside NYC, so here ya go.   What did you get at your farmers market? What did you get in your CSA box? Either will do: post it here!

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Can someone please give me a heads up if they see sour cherries? I completely missed them last year :(

They should be around within the next week or so. I know that Battleview Orchards has them as part of their U-pick.

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Can someone please give me a heads up if they see sour cherries? I completely missed them last year :(

 

They should be around within the next week or so. I know that Battleview Orchards has them as part of their U-pick.
Thank you! I’ll start clearing some space in the freezer and prepare myself to be covered in cherry juice for a few hours :)
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Lost Bread Company is fantastic.  I cannot believe how good this bread is.

 

Their loaf with masa (I forget the name) is like everything that's good about sourdough and tortillas.

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Wow - I'll be on the lookout for that bread, as I've not tried it. All the way from Philadelphia. Must be the water.

 

All this rain, in my mind, can't be good for strawberries, and I wonder its impact on local cherries, too (they may split).

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I got some cherries yesterday at Union Square from Caradonna, one of at least five vendors selling them. They're quite good. I also sampled strawberries from a few places and didn't think any of them were worth buying. Mountain Sweet Berry's were the best of a mediocre lot.

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While the strawberries were very nice and tasty, it cost me $14 to make a pint of sorbet and a pint of strawberry jam, - that's a lot!

 

And while the strawberries were beautiful when I purchased them and started walking home with them, I erred in not immediately starting to work with them. By the time I got around to washing and hulling them in order to make said jam and sorbet, they weren't in the best of shape; they were, as a matter of fact, starting to look not good - so I really didn't get to use the full amount I had bought...

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My guess is that they're refrigerated after being picked, and then the heat of the day causes them to sweat profusely (like I was), leading to less than perfect fruit.

 

Still - they were tasty. And the sorbet rocked. 

 

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