Text 15897, 82 rader
Skriven 2014-08-16 14:12:12 av Nancy Backus (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 15844 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: relish  was: kitchen
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-14-14  20:53 <=-

 RH>> I like it too and will have Steve pick some up at the market tomorrow.
 RH>> We'll pick up some dill seed and (may need to get more cider vinegar,
 RH>> depending on how much he gets) do the okra on Monday. He may try a pod
 RH>> or two but I'll enjoy most of it.
 NB>> Did it all get made into pickles...?   ;)

 RH> Made 5 pints of pickles, sitting in a box for a few weeks to develop
 RH> their flavor before cracking open a jar. Since Steve doesn't like it I
 RH> pickled all he got.
 
He'll eat some of the pickled ones...?   :)

 RH>> Market day is tomorrow but I'll be cooking for Life Group. Steve will
 RH>> pick up the okra and whatever else he thinks looks good. It's also
 RH>> supposed to be rainy, another good reason to stay home and work on the
 RH>> meal for Sunday.
 NB>> Good enough reasons for me...  ;)   As long as he's willing and able
 NB>> to do it alone, you might as well stay and take care of business...
 NB>> ;)

 RH> He did well. The American Legion tent had several leaky spots so they
 RH> didn't set up. He was home early, which was good since we had a rather
 RH> busy day.
 
So you did have rain that day...  Early's good...  :)

 NB>>> usually didn't sell out too quickly... it's just way too packed
 NB>>> with people on Saturdays, though, to make it fun anymore...
 RH>> No fun. We're getting squeezed out by a used car sales place taking up
 RH>> more and more of the lot. We may move the market next year to another
 RH>> location as it's now more vendors in less space than when we started
 RH>> with this lot last year.
 NB>> Have to find a lot that is less likely to become encroached upon, I
 NB>> guess...  That was probably part of the reasoning behind the Westside
 NB>> neighborhood farmers' market, they partnered with one of the churches,
 NB>> and borrow their parking lot...

 RH> Good deal for the church. Ours isn't big enough to support the number
 RH> of vendors plus people needing parking spots.

I suspect ours might not be, either... especially for a decent sized
one...  The neighborhood one has a good-sized lot, as it's a Catholic
church with a school building as well...  Not sure if the school is
still fully functioning, but that might be why the market is set for the
later afternoon/evening...  :)

 NB>>> When I go out to my sister's (or the vicinity), I pass by a farm
 NB>>> market... I've stopped there at least once, and got some nice
 NB>>> stuff...
 RH>> Nice, where does she live?
 NB>> Bloomfield... about 6 miles from Canandaigua, and about the same
 NB>> from Victor (where the two shorter legs of the triangle meet)... 
 NB>> a good 40-45 minutes from my house...

 RH> OK, I know the general area. It's, sadly, been in the news too much
 RH> the last few days.

Canandaigua, anyway...  yep, sadly...  
 
 NB>> Patty pan squash doesn't show up here for at least a few more weeks,
 NB>> I'd guess..  that's always something local when it shows up in the
 NB>> stores...

 RH> Buying local is best, you get it a lot fresher than if it were trucked
 RH> across the country. Buying it at the farmer's market, you get to know
 RH> the farmer that grew it.

Especially if you are a regular attendee at the market...  :)   Wegmans
has the farmers come in to the stores for the customers to meet them,
and to be able to talk to them... but it isn't like the market where you
see them all the time, granted...  :)

ttyl         neb

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