Union Square Greenmarket

[SobaAddict70]

I bought a pint for $4.  Depends on the vendor.  Good for 2 desserts. 

 

Next weekend I'll be buying more; am thinking of strawberry gazpacho and quick strawberry jam.

[SobaAddict70]

today: baby carrots, radishes, young onions, chicken, edible roses, strawberries, heirloom tomatoes

Edited June 14, 2014 by SobaAddict70 (log)

[patrickamory]

Soba early for tomatoes - were they hothouse? How are they?

[SobaAddict70]

Probably hothouse-grown, but it's the same vendor that has that huge stall near the southwestern corner of the park -- today they had just about every kind of summer green imaginable and baby carrots, asparagus and beets.

 

The tomatoes have been awesome.

[weinoo]

I bought a pint for $4.  Depends on the vendor.  Good for 2 desserts. 

 

Next weekend I'll be buying more; am thinking of strawberry gazpacho and quick strawberry jam.

Yesterday I got a quart for $6, so I was happy.

[SobaAddict70]

today: fava beans, cherry tomatoes, green beans, lamb's quarters, herbs, ricotta cheese, summer squash

[SobaAddict70]

I adore our summer market.

Today: cucumbers, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, zucchini, eggs, herbs, peaches, chard, new potatoes

After USGM, I went to the Strand and managed to get another FOTW volume I didn't already have.

"A Quintet of Cuisines", by Michael and Frances Field, and the Editors of Time-Life Books (1970)

[Mjx]

If any of you get there super early, would you mind taking and posting a couple of long shots of the still-low sun slanting over the produce? That is one of the NYC sights I miss most, really lovely.

[weinoo]

Nice haul today...

 

 

Pork chops, scallops, cornish chicken, corn, onions, tomatoes, string beans, strawberries, apricots, peaches,

Edited August 8, 2014 by weinoo (log)

[SobaAddict70]

heirloom tomatoes, Sungold tomatoes, plum tomatoes, herbs, melon, stone fruit, zucchini, new potatoes, butter, corn

next week I'll have to save room for eggplant and okra

[SobaAddict70]

today: porgy, chicken thighs, plums, zucchini, eggplant, nasturtium flowers, radishes, peach and raspberry pie

I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple of other things...

[SobaAddict70]

today: romano beans, HEIRLOOM TOMATOES!!!, HEIRLOOM CHERRY TOMATOES!!!, black cabbage, eggs, shallots, cucumbers, zucchini, sweet peppers

[SobaAddict70]

today: chard, rose tomatoes, zucchini, sweet peppers, plum tomatoes, herbs, bacon, green beans, yellow beans

pretty sure I'm forgetting a few other things

the Friday market is a bit different from Saturday; lots more interesting things on offer, I thought

[weinoo]

Are the tomatoes still hanging in? Because I'm out of town till next Tuesday, and try to head to market Wednesday.

[SobaAddict70]

Oh yes.

And there were strawberries too.

[SobaAddict70]

Picked up late Saturday: herbs, potatoes, onion, heirloom tomatoes and escarole.

[patrickamory]

Yum! Those beans look great Soba.

[weinoo]

The market was still offering some beautiful tomatoes this week...

 

 

We had just a few with breakfast...

 

[weinoo]

Here's what happens when it's tomato season here, and I JUST CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF!

 

[SLB]

I hauled my uptown behind down there today looking for a vendor who had strawberries last week.  Alas, strawberry-man was gone.

 

But -- that NO-PESTICIDE dude was selling okra at $8/lb.  

 

Repeat:  eight.dollars.per.pound.

 

I mean . . . is there really a market for okra at that price???  I just . . . can't.  

[kayb]

11 hours ago, SLB said:

I hauled my uptown behind down there today looking for a vendor who had strawberries last week.  Alas, strawberry-man was gone.

 

But -- that NO-PESTICIDE dude was selling okra at $8/lb.  

 

Repeat:  eight.dollars.per.pound.

 

I mean . . . is there really a market for okra at that price???  I just . . . can't.  

 

I guess, if I had fresh sweet corn and good ripe tomatoes, I could go 8 bucks a pound. If I were really jonesing for okra.