Comments on: Farmer’s Market: $71.25

By: Nancy Savino

Nancy Savino — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

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By: amber

amber — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

we have a small organic market a few miles from our house that i’ve been to a few times. my cooking has slowed down b/c of other obligations that are taking up all my time, so i’ve only bought a few things. however, i love walking through and seeing all the beautiful produce for prices that are very competitive with grocery stores, but for much better product.

that picture of your loot is really beautiful.

By: Mathias Eichler

Mathias Eichler — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Didn’t read all the comments and I’m late to the game (post) sorry.
But I want to add a couple of things to the Farmer’s Market shopping dilemma.
For one: if you can get a CSA share, that will cut down on the amount on vegetables you have to lug around with you and you support the Farmers directly.

Second: a really good carrying bag is essential for shopping at the Farmer’s Market. There is this company from Germany that makes shopping baskets that even men can carry. Contact me, if you’re interested in more info, this is not supposed to be some lame advertising.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Does anyone know a good place to get fois gras near downtown Cleveland?

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

I shop every Saturday at San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza farmer’s market – it’s, overall, slightly more spendy than the Alemany Market, but the secret is to only shop outside. Besides the quality, it’s often more economical than grocery store shopping because produce lasts longer if it’s truly fresh and not recently liberated from god-knows-how-long in-cold storage. Loose baby greens from Safeway won’t last as long as the same greens from Marin Sun Farms’ stand.

By: luis

luis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

OBTW Long… I haven’t developed much of a taste for soy sauce. or ketchup or bbq sauce… I think they screw up the subtle flavors of meats and veggies… In a world in which I can buy darn great cuts of meat, fish and veggies… I want REAL sauces that enhance the flavors. Not LOUD obnoxious overpowering sauces that highjack and mask the subtle flavors of the plate.
But I admit that I have several soy sauces and chinese oils laying around and perhaps some day I might learn to use them to elevate a dish rather than to bury it to where a trained hound couldn’t pick up its scent.

By: luis

luis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Long…it’s not so much that I can’t make the chicken wings… but the real issue is that I don’t usually have them after they cook. I pack them in my lunch bag and have them five hours later or so.
Then the crispy tasty chicken wings.. eggrolls or what have you taste not so great anymore. This problem transcends your typical run of the mill standard answer.
I am converging on the notion that cooking for the sit down and eat it now! is a world apart from the cook it now and eat it five hrs later!.
That is a modern coooks riddle and opens a door into a whole new different type of food prep. I wish I could pack the Coleman and the food and cook it and eat it right then and there… but millions and millions of folks like me DON”T HAVE THE OPTION!!!!!!!!!
OBTW by the time I get home….fergetit aboutit….. It’s a glass o’ vino and nighty night….

By: Mr Long

Mr Long — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

What fool can no make chicken wing. Mr Luis, you need to go to local Chinatown and ask for special chicken wing. Easy cooking to.

Buy arm portion, not drumette, taste better.

Chinese people like chicken arm pieces.You need to purchase best soy sauce to make good chicken.

Cant cook chicken wing go to Hooters, they good there.

By: Maura

Maura — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

@ Kirk: “My favorite farm at the Carrboro NC Farmers’ Market charges $5.00/lb for whole chickens. I love the birds, I love the farm, I love the farmer but seldom can I make the splurge for a $20+ bird.”

It’s the same in Durham, Kirk. At first it sounded good – *only* 5$/lb. That’s cheap compared to what beef and pork cost there. Then I did the multiplication. Not so good. Some things I can splurge on. The greens cost more at the market, but not so much that it’s prohibitive. Lyon’s Farms strawberries are worth every penny I spend on them. But $20-25 for a chicken is more than I can justify, or afford.

The Carrboro market is wonderful (as is the town). You have a much larger selection than we do in Durham. But Carrboro is a special trip for us. Maybe it shouldn’t be, but with the time and the gas, it makes more sense to go to the Durham market.

By: brandon_w

brandon_w — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Well thank you for that gem of information Mr. Long.

By: Mr Long

Mr Long — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

You white people so fools to buy food at gwai lo supermarkets. You pay stupid price so rich cats get richer. You need to go to Asian Market. It smell bad at times, but things much cheap than rip me off stores. Farmers market is a fools market.

Garlic $1.50 head ? You stupid.Old hippy not, cause he make you look like a fool.

American kids are fat becuase parents feed them slop.Not too many fat Asian kids. Asian kids eat from Asian Markets. No french fry every day.Only rice. Eat rice.Live longer.

By: brandon_w

brandon_w — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

I love the Farmer’s Market and my CSA. Here in Madison we have the biggest Farmer’s Market in the country along with smaller ones throughout the city. I usually take some pictures when I go down to the big market on the square. You can see some of my pictures here if you are into food porn:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon_w/sets/72157605833747296/

My CSA includes meat, it’s been great enjoying grassfed burgers all summer, along with pork and lamb.

By: ikate

ikate — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

I love the NS farmer’s market and am at the Shaker location every saturday, stroller and all! The food is so much better and we eat in more often when we load up there as opposed to the Giant Eagle down the street. The corn and tomatos this year are fantastic!

The one thing I can’t stand, though, are all the people there with dogs when there are several signs clearly stating NO DOGS!

By: luis

luis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Kirk speaking of chickens….. tried making chicken wings and tried and tried…. Somehow I haven’t really been pleased to date with any technique or result. Bummer!!!! help me Michael….

By: luis

luis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

I tried lemon grass the other day…. probably in the wrong dish.. but I don’t see what the big deal is???? I will look for dishes that specifically require lemon grass…but generally spices and herbs hit me like a two by four. To just not notice it… that’s not good. Every thing in my kitchen pulls its own weight.. everything. or else… is gone!

By: Kirk

Kirk — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

My favorite farm at the Carrboro NC Farmers’ Market charges $5.00/lb for whole chickens. I love the birds, I love the farm, I love the farmer but seldom can I make the splurge for a $20+ bird. Other farmers at the market price chicken around $4.50/lb. Local co-ops, Fresh Markets and Whole Foods offer free-range, organic, locally raised (NC or VA)chicken for $1.99/lb – $3.50/lb. All of the birds I buy taste great. Can I tell the difference between the $20 and $14 chicken? Not really. How much is too much to pay for chicken?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Hello, fellow Clevelander. You want tasty AND cheap, you need to get in on the Noble Pheasant Farm CSA for next year — http://noblepheasantfarm.com — organic and tasty as hell. Bob’s growing tomatoes I didn’t even know EXISTED, and which aren’t even being grown by other CSAs because they crack and are tricky. Best of all? picking stuff up every week at the Sachsenheim. Veg + German beer = great.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

We have a seasonal farmer’s market here in the summers — ends 9/24 — the problem was that this year the whole season was so wonky that there just wasn’t that much produce available. Meat you can find — lamb, pork, grass-fed beef — chickens from the Hutterites, but the produce was just slow this year. Last year there were peppers and eggplants and good tomatoes — this year — greens and beans for the most part.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

NYCook: It’s crazy the way the chanterelles grow. I mean I’ll be walking my dog in the forest behind my house, I notice them around several kinds of trees. Mostly, the pine/fir?? Wasn’t sure at first so got out a field guide to make sure and…there they were. I bet if someone spent..2 hours in the woods they’d find at least a few pounds with little effort.

By: luis

luis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Ms. Glaze, Glaze I try to think of you 30 yrs from now… So far…other than a very succesful chef…for sure. Nothing else resonates….. keep up the great work and don’t get tied down to one cuisine. I was dragged down to Van Dykes in sofl close to sobe… Alton Road you know….
we were walking and walking..and these gourgeous babes kept pulling me in to their restaurants…and my people kept pulling me out of them… At Van Dykes… the food was great the prices were cheap and the gard mange whispered in my ear the food would be out in no time. And it was.
Great Great food done right and cheap. Cha Ching…What a great place… 4 people under 100$…and four happy customers.
I had the Phylly cheese steak…. fabulous.
The menu was very eclectic but the thing was it delivered something to everyone quickly!. It rocked!. The point??? you ask??? El Bulli sits what ? sixty? one hundred? dinners per day???
In the brief time I was there Van Dykes served that many…happy customers. Talk about going to the FARMERS MARKET… This would be the thing IF I ever have a biz like that!. Count me in!!!!!! farms….1000%