Tomato Fest 2007

[moosnsqrl]

Yikes - the Star's Food Calendar wasn't available online this week when I did the digest so I nearly forgot about this.

If you've never been to this and love tomatoes, it's great. They typically have a table with lots of different varieties to sample. The going rate for them at this all-organic market is usually $3-4/lb, depending on the glut, but the samples are free and give an opportunity to try different varieties that you might want to grow next year, if that's out of your range. And Jasper Mirabile typically does a demo of some sort (and it's usually 100 degrees but he still wears his chefs' whites - talk about taking one for the team!)

[liv4fud]

Where is it?

We are near Naperville and Aurora border and crazy behind good tomatoes...

[ulterior epicure]

If I'm not mistaken - it's at the Brookside Farmer's market - in Kansas City. You've got a long drive ahead of you, liv4fud.

[moosnsqrl]

Yes, it was in KC - sorry, that's what I get for post-haste (sorry).

It was great, too, and we will be eating some really good stuff this week. Yumbo!

[ulterior epicure]

It was great, too, and we will be eating some really good stuff this week.  Yumbo!

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Judy, have you been out in the sun too long? Your grammar has regressed to Rachel Ray levels.

[liv4fud]

for a second you really made me fantasize....

it was good while it lasted!

the reason is that tomatoes are really expensive even inthe farmer's market that is held here (nearly a dollar a tomato... if we are lucky).

and these are no heirloom...

so really long for good reasonably priced tomatoes.

[joiei]

for a second you really made me fantasize....

it was good while it lasted!

the reason is that tomatoes are really expensive even inthe farmer's market that is held here (nearly a dollar a tomato... if we are lucky).

and these are no heirloom...

so really long for good reasonably priced tomatoes.

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The Heirlooms were selling for $3.80 a # at my local Cherry Streer Farmers Market here in Tulsa on Saturday. I did pick some up.

Edited July 29, 2007 by joiei (log)

[moosnsqrl]

It was great, too, and we will be eating some really good stuff this week.  Yumbo!

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Judy, have you been out in the sun too long? Your grammar has regressed to Rachel Ray levels.

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She says "Yummo" if I'm not mistaken. I got "yumbo" from Nick - I think he's been saying it since Rachel was a thorn in her father's side - er, a twinkle in his eye I mean.