Peppers
I appreciated the
abundant and colorful fresh produce that was available during our
West Coast travel. On Day 3 of the October trip, husband Walter and I happened
upon a farmer’s market.
One block of downtown
Eureka was filled with live music, vendors offering hand woven fabrics,
preserves, cheeses, freshly picked veggies and colorful fruit. We joined shoppers with a
taste for food, fresh, locally produced and organic. Enjoying the energy and
good will of this homegrown event was to us great touristing.
Music to shop by
Appealing greens . .
. and purples
Dean of Earth N Hands
Farm answered my “What is that?” questions about produce I had never
seen before. He was patient and even offered me my first taste of Mexican sour
gherkins and ground cherries.
The one- and two-inch
cucumbers looked like mini-watermelons. They even had a hint of the flavor I sometimes taste when I take a bite of cold watermelon close to the rind. And was it possible I also detected a little lime flavor? It was an unusual
combination of tiny explosions of flavor and crunchy texture.
Mexican sour gherkins
When Dean released a
ground cherry from its parchment-like jacket for me to sample, I discovered
another new taste I liked.
Ground cherries
What we bought,
though, was a carton of delicious raspberries.
Organic raspberries
There's a farmers market about 2 blocks from my house, but I still have not shopped there. Maybe I'll stop by next month if it stops raining!
ReplyDeleteall of these but for the rasberries i have never seen before, even the peppers are like nothing i have seen. i would like to taste the little watermelon things
ReplyDeleteI kept looking for a photo of the recently released ground cherry. What the heck are they anyway? Animal, mineral or vegetable? Dianne
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of a ground cherry and I have lived in Northern California all my life. I am going to have to scope these out.
ReplyDeletethe Mexican sour gerkins are new too. they do look like mini watermelons.
We eat the peppers all the time. The red ones are so sweet. Love them in salads and in stir fry.
these pictures make me antsy for getting out on the road.