bloomingdale: Bloomingdale Farmers Market Sunday: Yes, we have no bananas edition

Friday, July 11, 2014

Bloomingdale Farmers Market Sunday: Yes, we have no bananas edition

From: robin.shuster@verizon.net
Subject: BFM SUNDAY. YES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS EDITION
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:19:14 -0400

Hi BFM Fans!

Welcome back to the market -- transformed into a full fledged summer market!

Yes, we have no bananas at BFM Sunday... ....but we will have lots of LOCAL corn, yellow peaches, more than 20 varieties of tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, the first summer apples of the season, cucumbers, eggplant, 10 varieties of summer squash, many different new potatoes, Japanese, Italian and Thai eggplants, hot and sweet and banana peppers, beets, slicing and pickling cukes, arugula, kales, chards, purslane, melons (and maybe watermelons), broccoli, cabbage, spring onions, shallots, red and white onions, fresh garlic, pastured pork,, chicken, , flowers, herbs, , carrots, jams. Croissants, baguettes, whole wheat and mult -grain loaves, boules, sandwich breads, pies sweet and savory, pastries, cookies and brined pickles, kimchi and kraut. Plus award winning cheeses and yogurt. Keswick has 6 new cheeses this season -- mixed milk plus the evanescent Spring Cheese-- from milk flavored by the cow's eating the first grasses of the Spring.

Don't know what to do with our gorgeous, tart gooseberries( the redder and purple ones are sweeter). If you like rhubarb, you will love gooseberries. Besides reminding you about those English classic desserts: gooseberry fool and syllabub, here are 7 unusual recipes: Gooseberry Ginger Bellini, Baked Gooseberry, Baked Gooseberry Ginger and Creme Fraiche Cheesecake, Gooseberry Soup, Gooseberry Sorbet....
http://http://food52.com/blog/7173-gooseberry-a-forgotten-fruit

Tiny strings of exotic jewels -- that's what Reid's fresh currants look like-- and they are almost too pretty to eat. But their little pops of refreshing acidity enliven salads, and makes the French crazy. with food lust. They love currant tart, currant jam, currant ice cream, currants with meat. When I tell French friends that we have all the colors of currants at BFM, they are soooooo jealous. Here are 7 days of ideas for our currants:

Friday: Vanilla Panna Cotta with Red Currant and Raspberry Coulis
Saturday: Red Currant Jam (No quill feather de-seeding required.)
Sunday: White Currant Tart
Monday: Red Currant Samosas with Maple Syrup Custard
Tuesday: Red, White, and Blue Quinoa Berry Salad
Wednesday: White Currant and Whisky Semifreddo
Thursday: Lemongrass Vanilla Almond Poppyseed Red Currant Teacake

http://food52.com/blog/7361-red-currants-tiny-translucent-beauties

What else will be at the market this week?

KID POWER will be our chef demo this week at 11.
Music at 10
Bike House at 11 to fix your steads!

Have a marvelous day at the market. Stock up on all our summer treasures. Try something new this week.

Robin from Provence (Stephanie and the Teds at market)