Off the Eaten Path » farm market http://www.offtheeatenpath.net Musings about food and life Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:13:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 fresh from the market http://www.offtheeatenpath.net/2006/04/04/fresh-from-the-market/ http://www.offtheeatenpath.net/2006/04/04/fresh-from-the-market/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:10:42 +0000 sprite http://www.offtheeatenpath.net/archives/30 Sunday marked the return of the full farmers' market. Between January and March, many farmers opt to take time off to rejuvenate and plan and sleep in on Sundays, leaving us with a third of the normal sellers. But come the first Sunday in April, they're back with fresh foods from their greenhouses and storerooms to tempt us.

This week we celebrated their return by buying:

  • Milk
  • Eggs
  • Golden beets
  • Watercress
  • Grape tomatoes
  • Spring lettuce
  • A cucumber
  • Pink lady apples
  • A variety of cooking apples
  • An onion
  • Hon tsai tai (an Asian green particularly good in the spring)
  • Red spring onions
  • A baguette
  • Croissants
  • Apple tartes (these were especially tasty!)
  • Cheddar
  • Strawberry yogurt
  • Orange poppies
  • Daffodils
  • A purple hyacinth

Next week, we're looking forward to blueberry scones and microgreens and some other spring Asian greens. And as the weather gets a bit warmer, we'll be keeping our eyes peeled for rhubarb, wild mushrooms, and ramps.

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  • morels (one of my favorite wild mushrooms - learn about ‘em here)
  • ramps (a wild leek, which is a local delicacy)
  • strawberries (first of the season - yum!)
  • blueberry scones
  • red beets
  • 2% organic milk
  • lilacs (not for eating)

We still have a lot of stuff from last week’s market (including purple asparagus, spring onions, pea shoots and beautiful lettuce), so a lot of good cooking lies ahead.

Any suggestions for recipes?

(Note: most of this was originally posted at randomduck.com.)

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