I only bought 4 huge heirloom tomatoes last week: a firm, meaty Valencia, a low-acid, beautiful Amana Orange, a Pruden’s Purple, and a German Striped. I thought they’d last ’til Wednesday, but I took them to my sister on her vacation in Rehoboth Beach and she ate them all within two days. What a fiend! She uses them in everything, sandwiches, pasta, or just throws down a platter of them sliced up with some salt and balsamic. Fortunately, there’s a Rehoboth Beach Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, and I bought more from old Tree and Leaf farm hand Kathleen whom I ran into out there! The small world of sustainable agriculture. She was keen on the weird white tomatoes – I’ve always been leery of those pale things, but it turns out they are low acid and extra high sugar. Glad I asked.
Keep up the votes for the Your Favorite Farmers’ Market thing on American Farmland Trust.
Local Events:
Compost Cab: Woohoo! The monthly free compost drop off service is on again this weekend! Your MtP kitchen scraps go straight to awesome local farm project Common Good City Farm. Learn about weekly pick up service from your very own back yard, with clean bucket liners and a promise of free dirt once you’ve contributed enough – like frequent flier miles for compost, I love it!
Lamont Park Deluxe: Oh, the sweet sounds of Rick and Mara’s accordion duet make my heart happy whenever they come to market.
Local Foods:
Pleasant Pops: This week’s new offerings sound like a whole new industry in Frozen Pop Addiction Recovery programs is in our future: Blackberry Basil Cream and Blackberries ‘n Cream (the farmers don’t call ‘em “crack” berries for nothing). Plus, a new variation on the last of those stashed fruits from June: Simply Strawberry. Plus the very popular, even with kids, Peaches ‘n Ginger. All made with locally sourced ingredients! Cream from Trickling Springs, blackberries and peaches from our very own Quaker Valley Orchard, and basil from Truck Patch Farms.
Adelante Co-op: Delicioso! Latino food from the grill. Tortillas, rice con gandules or arroz casamiento. Horchata or chicha morada.
Reid Orchard: Blackberries, white peaches, yellow peaches, white nectarines, yellow nectarines, more new summer apples including Pristine and Zestar! (with the exclamation point – sweet, juicy, crispy apple brought to you by the breeders who came up with Honeycrisp), and maybe 3 or 4 different plums. Plus beautiful heirloom tomatoes with Caitlin’s famous sommelier-style matching advice.
Quaker Valley Orchards: Lots of Fredi’s excellent sweet corn, melons, lopes, peaches, nectarines, donut peaches, blackberries, red raspberries, potatoes, Juliet tomatoes, sweet onions, Ginger Gold apples.
Richfield Farm: Watermelon, cantaloupe, okra, eggplants, bell peppers, poblanos, jalapeños, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes, heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, summer squash, regular and pickling cucumbers. Cut flowers.
Smallwood’s Veggieporium: Watermelons, cantaloupes, Asian melons, okra, eggs, sweet corn, fingerling potatoes, big tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, mint, purslane.
Truck Patch Farms: Heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, eggplants, hot peppers, bell peppers, summer squash. Greens: salad mix, arugula, spinach, Swiss chard. Cut herbs.
Truck Patch Farms Meat Department: Eggs. Pork and beef. Chickens if you pre-order at order@truckpatchfarms.com. Ground beef and patties, ground pork, loose sausage, and ground ham. Sausages: NEW! Polish sausage, plus sage, celery, applewurst, country hot, mild and hot Italian, sweet Italian with fennel, kielbasa, bratwurst. Steaks, chops and tenderloins, spare ribs, baby back ribs, pork shoulder. Breakfast sausage and bacon. Ask Bryan about goat meat.
Groff’s Content Farm: Family farm raises 100% grass-fed and -finished lamb and beef on organic fields, pastured Berkshire pork, beautiful pastured eggs and chickens, both whole and cut up and smoked. Dog treats and nice big beef bones. Ground beef and steaks, nice big sausages. Soap made from their own beef tallow.
Cherry Glen Goat Cheese Company: Handmade, artisanal goat cheese. Fresh chevre and ricotta cheese and delicious crottins and brie-like wedges of creamy, soft-ripened cheese.
Atwater Bread: Organic sourdough and yeasted breads: Peasant Wheat, Caraway Rye, Cranberry Pecan, Kalamata Olive, traditional San Francisco Sourdough, Ciabatta, Country White, Chili Cheddar, Spelt, Sunflower Flax, and more. Brownies, cookies, scones, muffins, and several flavors of granola.
Panorama Bakery: Baguettes, croissants, pain au chocolat, mini ciabattas, sliced loaves, danishes, sticky buns, apple turnovers.
July 31 – Tomatoes and Accordions
I only bought 4 huge heirloom tomatoes last week: a firm, meaty Valencia, a low-acid, beautiful Amana Orange, a Pruden’s Purple, and a German Striped. I thought they’d last ’til Wednesday, but I took them to my sister on her vacation in Rehoboth Beach and she ate them all within two days. What a fiend! She uses them in everything, sandwiches, pasta, or just throws down a platter of them sliced up with some salt and balsamic. Fortunately, there’s a Rehoboth Beach Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, and I bought more from old Tree and Leaf farm hand Kathleen whom I ran into out there! The small world of sustainable agriculture. She was keen on the weird white tomatoes – I’ve always been leery of those pale things, but it turns out they are low acid and extra high sugar. Glad I asked.
Keep up the votes for the Your Favorite Farmers’ Market thing on American Farmland Trust.
Local Events:
Compost Cab: Woohoo! The monthly free compost drop off service is on again this weekend! Your MtP kitchen scraps go straight to awesome local farm project Common Good City Farm. Learn about weekly pick up service from your very own back yard, with clean bucket liners and a promise of free dirt once you’ve contributed enough – like frequent flier miles for compost, I love it!
Lamont Park Deluxe: Oh, the sweet sounds of Rick and Mara’s accordion duet make my heart happy whenever they come to market.
Local Foods:
Pleasant Pops: This week’s new offerings sound like a whole new industry in Frozen Pop Addiction Recovery programs is in our future: Blackberry Basil Cream and Blackberries ‘n Cream (the farmers don’t call ‘em “crack” berries for nothing). Plus, a new variation on the last of those stashed fruits from June: Simply Strawberry. Plus the very popular, even with kids, Peaches ‘n Ginger. All made with locally sourced ingredients! Cream from Trickling Springs, blackberries and peaches from our very own Quaker Valley Orchard, and basil from Truck Patch Farms.
Adelante Co-op: Delicioso! Latino food from the grill. Tortillas, rice con gandules or arroz casamiento. Horchata or chicha morada.
Reid Orchard: Blackberries, white peaches, yellow peaches, white nectarines, yellow nectarines, more new summer apples including Pristine and Zestar! (with the exclamation point – sweet, juicy, crispy apple brought to you by the breeders who came up with Honeycrisp), and maybe 3 or 4 different plums. Plus beautiful heirloom tomatoes with Caitlin’s famous sommelier-style matching advice.
Quaker Valley Orchards: Lots of Fredi’s excellent sweet corn, melons, lopes, peaches, nectarines, donut peaches, blackberries, red raspberries, potatoes, Juliet tomatoes, sweet onions, Ginger Gold apples.
Richfield Farm: Watermelon, cantaloupe, okra, eggplants, bell peppers, poblanos, jalapeños, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes, heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, summer squash, regular and pickling cucumbers. Cut flowers.
Smallwood’s Veggieporium: Watermelons, cantaloupes, Asian melons, okra, eggs, sweet corn, fingerling potatoes, big tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, mint, purslane.
Truck Patch Farms: Heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, eggplants, hot peppers, bell peppers, summer squash. Greens: salad mix, arugula, spinach, Swiss chard. Cut herbs.
Truck Patch Farms Meat Department: Eggs. Pork and beef. Chickens if you pre-order at order@truckpatchfarms.com. Ground beef and patties, ground pork, loose sausage, and ground ham. Sausages: NEW! Polish sausage, plus sage, celery, applewurst, country hot, mild and hot Italian, sweet Italian with fennel, kielbasa, bratwurst. Steaks, chops and tenderloins, spare ribs, baby back ribs, pork shoulder. Breakfast sausage and bacon. Ask Bryan about goat meat.
Groff’s Content Farm: Family farm raises 100% grass-fed and -finished lamb and beef on organic fields, pastured Berkshire pork, beautiful pastured eggs and chickens, both whole and cut up and smoked. Dog treats and nice big beef bones. Ground beef and steaks, nice big sausages. Soap made from their own beef tallow.
Cherry Glen Goat Cheese Company: Handmade, artisanal goat cheese. Fresh chevre and ricotta cheese and delicious crottins and brie-like wedges of creamy, soft-ripened cheese.
Atwater Bread: Organic sourdough and yeasted breads: Peasant Wheat, Caraway Rye, Cranberry Pecan, Kalamata Olive, traditional San Francisco Sourdough, Ciabatta, Country White, Chili Cheddar, Spelt, Sunflower Flax, and more. Brownies, cookies, scones, muffins, and several flavors of granola.
Panorama Bakery: Baguettes, croissants, pain au chocolat, mini ciabattas, sliced loaves, danishes, sticky buns, apple turnovers.