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Farmers' Market

 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.

Comments

  1. susie @ persimmon moon cottageAugust 8, 2020 at 3:30 PM

    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.

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  2. Arkansas PattiAugust 8, 2020 at 4:02 PM

    All looking good. That white corn makes me hungry.

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  3. OlgaAugust 8, 2020 at 4:54 PM

    Susie, the vendors did show me any produce that I picked out for my approval before putting it in my bag.
    Patti, everything looked so beautiful -- lots of stir fry and corn in this week's menus.

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  4. RianAugust 8, 2020 at 5:53 PM

    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!

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  5. Linda ReederAugust 8, 2020 at 8:05 PM

    Looks good. I enjoy browsing Farmers markets, but that is discouraged now. We haven't been this summer.

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  6. OlgaAugust 9, 2020 at 10:23 AM

    I 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.
    Rian, 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.

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  7. MaebemeAugust 9, 2020 at 10:25 AM

    Such a pretty picture with the beautiful colors of all the fruit. Enjoy!

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  8. gigi-hawaiiAugust 9, 2020 at 11:04 AM

    I went to a farmers market once. It was too crowded for my taste. Too many tourists and not enough parking spaces.

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  9. Tom at SightingsAugust 9, 2020 at 11:41 AM

    I 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.

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  10. Jenn JilksAugust 10, 2020 at 6:48 AM

    I love farmer's markets. You get things right from the source! Our season is so short, though.

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  11. BarbaraAugust 17, 2020 at 11:06 PM

    It is so good to hear about places where people are working together.

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