[Sca-cooks] New Topic - Farmer's Market vs Chain Grocery

[Denise Wolff]

The city I work in ( Peekskill, NY) sponsors a farmers market every 
Saturday. An Amish family ( as well as other  growers) comes in and offers 
the absolute best vegetables and  culinary herbs ( full grown plants for 
$1.95).

Makes my working Saturdays worth it. I hit the market earlier than the 
crowds, getting first pick of what  I know will sell out (tomatoes,corn. 
melons), put in my working hours and hit the market again to snap up the "I 
don't want to take it home" bargains.

Summer produce is sweet.. it is also much cheaper than the "giant" 
supermarket chains.

Andrea MacIntyre



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“Non cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' 
enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so is the ballet.”
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>From: Micheal <dmreid at hfx.eastlink.ca>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] New Topic - Farmer's Market vs Chain Grocery
>Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 01:25:00 -0300
>
>Can`t say I have we don`t have farmers markets except the occasional side 
>of the road shack stand. Neasrest actual farmers market is an 2 hours away 
>or so.Road side shacks don`t open till August up here
>Da
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <mordonna22 at yahoo.com>
>To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:38 AM
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] New Topic - Farmer's Market vs Chain Grocery
>
>
>>I went to the State Farmer's Market in Montgomery Monday.  Bought tomatoes 
>>(real tomatoes, not pink plastic balls), Chilton County Peaches, Sweet 
>>Potatoes, Southern Field Peas, and Baby Lima Beans.  The beans and peas 
>>were already shelled in quart bags.  I paid $8.00 per quart.  Today I 
>>bought frozen quart bags of locally grown Southern Field Peas and Baby 
>>Limas from Food World for $4.00 a bag.  The Chilton County Peaches at Food 
>>World were 3/4 the price of the Farmer's Market.  The Sweet Potatoes are 
>>also a better price.  All the produce (except the tomatoes) was much 
>>better looking at the grocery.  I will probably only return to the 
>>Farmer's Market for tomatoes in the future.
>>Has anyone else had a similar or different experience?
>>
>>Mordonna
>>
>>Johnna Holloway <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu> wrote:
>>I just checked and no messages in 24 hours.
>>So is the list up or not? If it's this quiet, perhaps
>>it's time to move onto conversation on Midwestern hot dishes
>>and Jell-O salads.
>>Our major culinary project of late is the best way to create
>>frozen lemonade slushes and ices. Otherwise, it's far too hot to
>>cook.
>>
>>Johnnae
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>>Mundanely, Pat Griffin of Millbrook, AL
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