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Union Square Greenmarket

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in New York: Cooking & Baking

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SobaAddict70

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Thanks Patrick.

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Ran into Bond Girl while I was at USGM. We hung around for a while and talked about El Gordo, life in general, my relationship with B and other things.

Today: broccoli rabe, mushrooms, FAVA GREENS!!!, bacon, clams, salad greens, onions.

Still no ramps, but lots of stuff are slowly making themselves known.

Then I went to Kitchen Arts & Letters (aka Cookbook Wonderland) and got

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something I've been eagerly awaiting.

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Anna N

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Thanks Patrick.13800603544_fdabdffaf4_z.jpgRan into Bond Girl while I was at USGM. We hung around for a while and talked about El Gordo, life in general, my relationship with B and other things.Today: broccoli rabe, mushrooms, FAVA GREENS!!!, bacon, clams, salad greens, onions.Still no ramps, but lots of stuff are slowly making themselves known.Then I went to Kitchen Arts & Letters (aka Cookbook Wonderland) and got13800694094_32e6bcae67_z.jpgsomething I've been eagerly awaiting.

Oh me too! I'm cooking from it right now! What will you make first? Perhaps it should have its own topic.

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SobaAddict70

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The bunches in the photo are what I bought.

One of the differences between Eataly and the ones at USGM is that I know the provenance of those at the Greenmarket, which is upstate New York where Mountain Sweet Berry is located. Stuff at Eataly can be halfway across the continent and you'd be none the wiser.

I'd rather that my food $$$ goes toward supporting local products if I have a choice.

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SobaAddict70

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Here's a size comparison between a bunch and a cookbook I recently bought.

IIRC the bunches from Eataly aren't as "packed" as the ones from USGM. You get more ramp for your bucks from the Greenmarket, in my opinion. Smellier too.

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That certainly looks like a healthy bunch... the Eataly bunch probably had about half the product in it.  Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to knock the greenmarket - I was just giving a comparison - even though it wasn't a fair comparison because it didn't compare quantity + intangebles.

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I pass by the USGM every other day. I have to check it out. It will cost me $5.50 just for the subway. 

 

Last year I bought ramps, Whole Foods at $16.00 a lb. I ate only the tops and I planted the bulbs. They are all coming up now in my garden. I may have enough for one serving. :-)

 

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SobaAddict70

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If you want ramps, you'll want to get there early.

Like 11 am early. Any later and they'll be sold out.

It's early in the season; so only one vendor (Mountain Sweet Berry) had them today. I expect that two weeks from now, there'll be a profusion particularly if the weather holds up. Once that happens, you can show up at 1 pm and there might still be some available.

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