FARMER'S MARKET HAUL

you don't even have a good bagel in LA

or a gawker blog

jealous

reading river cottage meat book has made it near impossible to go to butcher or grocer...cant wait for return of farmers market to feel good about buying meat

good job! i miss that place

you don't even have a good bagel in LA

bagel broker on beverly and orange grove, dude. and the bagels at my not-very-jewish local coffee place are a revelation, although they sell out of them very early in the day.

or a gawker blog

defamer! and gridskipper l.a.! and perez isn't part of the gawker empire, but bless his queeny little gossiping heart anyway.

but yeah i don't get so sad over bagels because any random product from la brea bakery = wau breadgasm

haha. sorry jody, not really directed at you at all. that was quotes from IM chatz fight between chacki and jon

"fight"

yes. La Brea Bakery is great. we get their stuff here at wholefoods. what's the restaurant next door to it? used to be charlie chaplain's office or something? i've been there twice i think. brunch was pretty epic.

campanile?

yeah, that's it.

haul from the silver lake cfm:

peaches
pluots
lavender lemon goat cheese
bag of lamajun from armenian stall
bag of sesame bagels from bakery stall
pork & cheese pupusa, eaten on the spot

i would have bought more fruit & veg but my organic produce delivery guy is coming 'round on tuesday.

lavender lemon goat cheese

skeptical/intrigued

the sample tasted great

no one ever has artichokes

i hate artichokes

may choke artie, but it ain't gonna choke max

maxichoke

i have eaten approximately 70 peaches this summer

I got

cucumbers
spinach
tomatoes
mozzarella
banana peppers
blueberries
bread

I'm heading out to the farmer's market in a second. I will report back soon, delayed liveblog style.

more like fartichokes

mozzarella

me too!

raspberries, bread, havarti, turkey sausages, blueberries, apples, pickles, crusty rolls

haul from grandma's garden

patipan squashes
butternut squashes
heirloom tomatoes
daikon radishes
massive shit ton of basil
massive shit ton of kale

shiro plums (never tasted these before today, they start off sweet and end up sour)
big tomatoes
cherry tomato medley
eggplant
green beans

artichokes are some sublime vegetables imo

but this isn't the season anymore tho, they're for springtime

yeah i guess. anyway i went nutz this morning and got:

tomatoes
zucchini
corn
green beans
fresh black beans
cantaloupe
peaches
blueberries
bell peppers
jalapeños
basil

i've never made fresh blk beans before, and when i googled the two sites that talked about cooking them both mentioned my farmers' market as if it's the only place that has them. i'm a dumbhead for forgetting cilantro but they'll be fine w/o it.

fresh black beans!!!! woah i have never heard of this! sorry baout your cilantro though.

i need to go to the farmer's market but my gym and the market close at the same time and there's only time for one i think? :(

grapes
white nectarines
pluots
corn
broccoli
lettuce
heirloom tomatoes
apples (early!)
kale

I wish I had a farmers market to go to, but in the meantime I'm getting tomatoes, basil and thyme from my own garden, and blueberries, a few blackberries, yellow squash, cucumbers, jalapeno and cayenne peppers, garlic, cantaloupes and okra from my parents'. Our raspberry plant is setting its fall blooms -- that'll be a tasty 30 or so berries.

the crab/fish guy has a weekly trivia thing where you can win a FREE pound of salmon. but i got the question wrong today.

what was the question

it was how many states does the appalachian trail go through. the answer is 14 and i guessed 12 because i was trying to picture it on a map and missed WV and VT.

i am so STUPID!!!!! i'll get it next time. this is the first time i've guessed. i didn't realize what the prize was.

you're not stupid--WV hardly deserves to be a state and VT is tiny

it barely goes into WV at all so you can see why i was confused

wv is an awesome state better watch it mr que!

what's gonna happen, you gonna send a telegram to yr brethren in WV and they're gonna saddle up and head to DC armed with moonshine and pitchforks?

i might sb u

OR WORSE

que, iirc, you don't even live in a real state

"round up the kinfolk, Maw Maw, we got ourselves a DC agitator. Fetch my squirrel gun!"

nothing is real iirc

your infinity in you is the reality in you

but your infinity doesn't reach very far iirc

driving through WV to get to my college felt like driving through infinity iirc. no offense to any WVers--i'm sure the in breeding regulations are part of what makes WV such an attractive place to live

did u go to college in ohio

when i was a kid driving through wv seemed like infinity but when i drove through going to and from college, i really loved it. drive of calm, peaceful reflection. iirc.

went to college in mo, imho. yeah wv is calm but always lots of construction. i preferred ky,

yeah i drove through it 5 times. it seems like a good state.

ky or wv

wv. i never stopped except at sheetz (ugh) or rest stops though

i drove through ky only once and hated it because i got confused by weird gas pumps

here we go

stru

stru?

shut the redneck up?

itstrue

i am not a redneck iirc

are you a chickenshit hillbilly?

why are the gas pumps weird

yes let's return to ky gas pumps

http://somesangs.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/kentucky-gas-pump.jpg

que doesn't want to talk about it right now

anyway i got two kinds of squash today, and some carrots

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que doesn't want to talk about it right now

no--i am eager to hear your thoughts on KY gas pumps and why they are weird

back to working weekends means my farmer's market hauls will be rare u_u

what kind of squash?

2 acorn squashes and 2 butternut squashes

http://www.google.com/search?q=confusing+kentucky+gas+pumps&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Best thing we got at a farmers market this year was three moonflowers for $5 -- they've been busting out blooms every night for the last month.

ooooh

http://www.chewednews.com/Pictures/gas-pump.jpg

Crazy-Jokes.com

ok the fish guy's questions are too hard. i will never get a free pound of fish. beaver's friend: larry ________?

i would have called my dad but i didn't want to cheat

mondello

yeah i had no idea :(

well it was mondello so

should i go back

i mean its your decision

nah

Today's farmers market haul:

Apples of many splendid varieties
Red pepper
Broccoli
Onions
Bok choi
Scallions
Bloody mary mix (with habenero! soooo hot and soooo good)
Eggs
Molasses ginger cookies
Chicken wings
Chorizo
Sweet potatoes
Kale
Poblano peppers

I think that is it. I spent all the monies otherwise would have gotten cantelope and some herbs. Oh and some cider.

i am on my way to farmers market, hope some late season pluots are still available

o yeah

potatoes
yams
onions
cabbage
rutabaga
tomatoes
garlic
basil
yogurt (best yogurt in the world imo)

harbl where do you live? Basil season is over here ;_;

haha baltimore so clearly your farmers' market is just inferior

i think my herb guy was the only one selling it though. he prob grows it in a greenhouse

damn u baltimore with your riches of basil

harbl why haven't you come down to dc to hang with the dcilxors?

someday! me and z s wanted to have a fap of maryland iirc

maryland fap sounds good ymmv

it'll be easier when i get a car though imo

i am growing some ikea basil i hope it doesn't kill me when it's big enough to eat!

My housemate grew basil in her front yard veggie patch and it smelled so good.

am puzzled by "ikea basil"

it is like chia maybe? it came in a little plastic cup w/ dehydrated soil and a seed packet. it's growing pretty well so far!

apples
grapes
pluots
basil
parsley
lettuce
tomatoes
broccoli
pears

<3 california

almost got some fingerling potatoes but i'm low-carbing it atm

kale

i didn't know who vic mizzy was (didn't listen to npr this week) so i lost the fish man's contest again
i don't care though because there's no more salmon and the prize was a free lobster. meh.

coulda kept it as a pet maybe

i am considering www.spud.com
local, organic stuff delivered + regular grocery items, too. some things look v expensive, but some look like good deals. hmm.

still not getting the free lobster trivia question: name 7 ppl who have pitched perfect games (other than the guy who did it a couple weeks ago)

i worked on my friends' organic vegetable farm today! planted broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kolrabi. laid huge tracts of bedcovering, hauled things. hard work but fun. came home with a lot of lettuce and assorted greens picked yesterday morning - they'd sold a bunch of it at market that day but still had more. yaay :) so tired

Amazing cherries at $1/lb!
onions, cilantro for 33c, potatoes, lemons, cucumber and butternut squash starters for the garden...
Sometimes it pays to go late when they're starting to pack up.

bi-color corn
lettuce
tomatoes
cantaloupe (or some melon with orange flesh)
yellow & white nectarines
haricot verts
fingerling potatoes
red grapes
gala apples
plums & pluots

i got way too much today

you must tell us what you got so WE can decide

kale
apples
carrots
parsnips
potatoes
sweet potatoes
kabocha
butternut
tomatoes
rosemary
cilantro
dill
garlic
bell peppers

to be fair the potatoes, sweet potatoes, and bell peppers were from a guy who lets you fill a small plastic bag with whatever for $5 so i didn't get too many of those

was this from the place under the bridge??

I don't think that is unreasonable at all!