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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Nice haul today...

 

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

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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

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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.  

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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.

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