Sunday, September 29, 2019

Bloomingdale Farmers Market: Pumpkins good for more than dessert

From: Robin Shuster
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2019 7:59 AM
Subject: 
Pumpkins Good for More then Dessert



Hello BFM fans,

PICKLE PSA: Number 1 Sons is
having an Info Session this Sunday 9/29 for anyone who is interested in joining
their market staff! They're looking for folks who can work winter markets
and/or return for the 2020 farmers market season. This doesn't have to be a
weekly commitment right now, would be weekly during the 2020 market season. If
interested, please email Markets@Number1Sons.com

Pumpkin is good for
more than sweet foods, it is also good for hitting your savory itch as well.
Here are some savory recipes for pumpkins; beer,
pumpkin and goat cheese soup
, short
rib and pumpkin chilli,
crispy
fried pumpkin
, and one
pot penne with sausage and pumpkin
.


mini pumpkin

New and Notable:
  • Last day of Produce Plus for this season

LAST DAY for Szechuan Spears and Mustard Kraut

Last Day for Watermelon Kombucha

    • *New* Neck pumpkin
    • *New* Hubbard squash          
    • Music this week is Jean and Market Band.        
  • Bike House will be here from 11 to 1 to help you fix your bike. 
        
At Market This Week:


Number
1 Sons
: Clean Kraut, Stinking Rye and Ripping Rosetido for kraut lovers! Everything Fermented! Kimchi: Kicky and Sons. Pickles (cucumber kind): Sicilian Sours, Gin Spears, Crispy Koshers, Szechuan Spears, Sunny Dills, Super Sours, Half Sours, Honey Habs, and Deli Dills. Other pickled Veg: Salsa So Verde, Stinking Rye Sauerkraut, Clean Kraut, Giardiniera, Masala Beets, Golden beets, Fermented horseradish and mustard kraut, and Hot Hearts.   Kombuchas flavors are Turmeric Tang, Lavender Fizz, Original Ginger, and Watermelon Cucumber. Condiments for every meal. Have you tried a Grilled Kimcheese sandwich yet?


Groff's Content Farm:
Grass fed beef: ground, patties, stew cubes, bottom round, roasts, heart/liver,
and steaks. Free range turkey: breast, legs, and ground. Free range chicken:
whole, breast w/ or w/o bone, leg/thigh quarter, wings, legs, necks/backs, and
liver/heart. Bone broths. Sausages. Pasture raised Berkshire pork: ground,
canadian bacon, spare rib, shoulder roasts, smoked hams, pork chop, smoked bacon,
and ham hock.



Tip: Did you know they have dog treats?



Bri's Creamery:
It is still very much ice cream season! Cold brew coffee, chocolate brownie,
strawberry, cookies & cream, mint chocolate chunk, brown sugar vanilla, and
coconut vanilla chocolate chunk(this is vegan). Did you know she bakes those
brownies herself?


Reid's Orchard:
Yellow peaches, white peaches, yellow nectarines, concords grapes, seedless
grapes, Bartlett pears, heirloom tomatoes, apple cider, and green or yellow
beans. Apples going to market : Tsugaru, Honeycrisp, Crimson Crisp, Swiss
Gourmet, Gala, Macoun, Macintosh, Snow Sweet, Fuji, and Jonathan.
 

King:
Variety of mushrooms fresh and dried; oyster,
shiitake,
lion’s mane, portabello, cremini, maitake, chestnut, pioppini, enokitake,
chanterelle, Lion’s Mane double extraction, and Hungarian Mushroom Stew.


Mountain View:,
Baby ginger, huge selection of hot peppers from the pepper whisperer
himself. T
omatoes, cherry
tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, mixed sweet peppers, Poblanos, garlic, new gold
potatoes, red gold potatoes, magic molly potatoes, beets, eggplants, fairy
eggplant, carrots, bok choi, beets, shallots, fresh herbs, eggs, Superstar
onion, red long of Tropea onions, fennel, mixed hot peppers, NuMex anathem
peppers, Shishitos peppers, kale, Romaine, fresh cut herbs, and fabulous salad
greens.

Garners:
It is still corn season for two more weeks and late corn is the best. squash,
kabocha squash, spaghetti squash and pumpkins. Melons: red seedless watermelon,
sugar baby red seedless watermelon, red seeded watermelon, yellow seedless, and
sweet canary melons. Tomatoes: cherry tomatoes, yellow low acid tomatoes, green
tomatoes, early girls tomatoes, salad tomatoes, Romas, speckled Romans, green
Zebra, heirloom tomatoes, striped cavern, and  Cherokee purple. Peppers:
hot peppers, bell peppers, jalapenos, poblanos, and Shishito peppers Eggplant,
garlic, sweet candy onions, green kale, corn, baby lima beans, pasta sauce,
bloody mary mix, jam, Purslane, basil bunches, cilantro bunches, and cut
flowers.


Cucina Al Volo: Dried pasta, ravioli,
and sauces such as pesto, lamb ragu, beef bolognese, cherry tomato, wild
mushrooms, eggplant parm lasagne and beef lasagne.

TIP: Did you know
that the spirally kale fusilli makes the best pasta salad? The spirals capture
all the bits and pieces of chopped vegetables, meats, cheeses and herbs.




Keswick:Cow milk and mixed
milk cheese. Hard to soft, styles from around the world, Robin’s favorite
yogurt and chocolate pudding.
Alpine-style Tommes, Swirly Girl,
Mesquite smoked Smokey Isabelle, funky Cowttin.  Soft-ripened, ash-covered
Winter Morning has a creamy center, ricotta, quark, and feta. New cheeses
every week. Sample them all.
 

Panorama Bakery: French
style bread and breakfast pastries. Demi french baguette, traditional artisanal
baguette, Petit Rustique, challah, sourdough, walnut raisin sourdough,
multigrain loaf, Honey-Wheat w/Oats, Walnut-cherry baguette, walnut-cranberry
baguette, olive baguette, multigrain baguette, and pumpernickel boule.
Croissants: butter, chocolate and raisins.


Whisked:
Cookie 6-Packs: Chocolate Chip, Salty Oatmeal, Molasses Spice, Hazelnut Swirl,
Pretzel Cowboy, Snickerdoodle, Mexican Chocolate (flourless), Oatmeal Chocolate
Chip (vegan), Simply Sugar (vegan), and Chocolate Blackout (vegan). Pies:
Peach, Salted Caramel Apple, Lemon Coconut, Cherry, Bourbon Pecan, Sea Salt
Chocolate Chess, Key lime, and Strawberry Rhubarb. Quiches: Cheddar Broccoli,
Spinach with Sun Dried Tomato, and Kale, Pesto, Parmesan.

Last weekend of Produce Plus at Bloomingdale between Reid’s tent and Number 1 Sons. Please come
early if enrolled.
Date: Sunday 
Time: 9am-1pm
Where: 100 block of R St NW in front of the Big Bear Cafe


From

Clara, the Teds and
Robin

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