It was a lovely day so I decided to take the time this morning to drive to the lake Champlain Islands and visit their Farmers' Market.
It's not a huge market but it has a wonderful selection of fruits and vegetables, baked goods and fresh pastas. even local wines and selections from a local distillery. It was very carefully set up to maintain physical distancing with a one-way flow. Masks are required and customers are not allowed to handle the produce or other items. Everyone seemed on board with restrictions and everyone seemed happy and friendly.
I brought home a half dozen ears of corn, blue oyster mushrooms, yellow squash, a green pepper, a purple onion and a gorgeous orange tomato. I also bought a watermelon because it has seeds. Seedless watermelon is an abomination. I will be feasting well this week.
Do the people at the market show you the pieces of fruit and the vegetables? We recently went to an outdoor peach growing place, and a lot of the peaches had worm holes, bruised places etc. I did pick them up to choose the ones I wanted. No one said anything, and no one was there to help me choose. I probably did a covid times no no, but had I just have picked up and kept the peaches on that I first touched, I would have come home with quite a few fruit that were split, starting to go bad, or had a worm hole.
ReplyDeleteAll looking good. That white corn makes me hungry.
ReplyDeleteSusie, the vendors did show me any produce that I picked out for my approval before putting it in my bag.
ReplyDeletePatti, everything looked so beautiful -- lots of stir fry and corn in this week's menus.
I love fresh corn on the cob... and I've never heard of those mushrooms. Can't eat mushrooms anyway as they give me a migraine (at least raw - and I don't do cooked to be safe). But it looks like a nice haul!
ReplyDeleteLooks good. I enjoy browsing Farmers markets, but that is discouraged now. We haven't been this summer.
ReplyDeleteI felt very safe at this particular market. It's small but also very well organized around all the safety precautions. Much better than the supermarkets actually. And I really want to support local farmers -- now more than ever.
ReplyDeleteRian, mushrooms were pretty much a staple on the family table when I was growing up. I didn't like them as a kid, but they eventually grew on me. My daughter insists they are all poisonous and won't touch them.
Such a pretty picture with the beautiful colors of all the fruit. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI went to a farmers market once. It was too crowded for my taste. Too many tourists and not enough parking spaces.
ReplyDeleteI love those farmers markets, one of my favorite things about summer! We just got the most humongous eggplant I'd ever seen, and I couldn't think what we'd do with it. Well, my wife plastered it with cheese and tomatoes and it actually tasted good. Enuf. for leftovers tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI love farmer's markets. You get things right from the source! Our season is so short, though.
ReplyDeleteIt is so good to hear about places where people are working together.
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