bloomingdale: Bloomingdale Farmers Market: Don't forget corn, cheese, berries and Szechuan BBQ sauce

Thursday, July 02, 2020

Bloomingdale Farmers Market: Don't forget corn, cheese, berries and Szechuan BBQ sauce

From: Robin Shuster
Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:14 PM
Subject: Don't Forget Corn, Cheese, Berries and Szechuan BBQ sauce

Hi BFM fans

Embrace the summer heat and cook with all these wonderful summer foods this 4 July weekend.

New or Notable:

Szechuan BBQ sauce is addictive on everything you grill-- at the "Dumplings" stand
Corn is back
Stock up on Pickles and Kimchi and Kraut for your spreads
Don't forget the basil and cilantro and parsley to make green sauces
3 Bean salad, anyone? -- Jumbo Italian flat beans (Romanos) at Shenandoah and Green and Wax at Garner and Reid
Yes, Kimchi is really good on tomato salad.
First Yellow and White Peaches at Reid
Sweet Cherries and Pie Cherries at Reid
Strawberries, blueberries, red raspberries and gooseberries at Reid
Best Pasta Salad starts with Green Fusilli from Cucina Al Volo
Cherry Pies at Whisked
Keep planting those herbs from Reid, Garner and Shenandoah.

CHEESE IS BACK!

Ask Mark K. which are his favorite cheeses for your barbecues. I love Grilled Kimcheese sandwiches, for instance and they have good melters. (Now called Swirly Girl Creamery)

Morbier: this semi soft cow cheese with a layer of vegetable ash is a shout out to one of my favorite French cheeses.
Winter Morning is their most popular, a bloomy rind cheese
Feta, Tomato Basil Bovre and Farmhouse cow cheeses are all great with pasta -- or on crackers.
You like Funky cheese, they have Mooster, Firetruck and Cowttin. Mooster is soft and spreadable and melts well. Firetruck is a salty, hard, grater, Cowttin is similar to a triple cream. The longer you keep it, the funkier it gets. Very French.

You can pre-order online at: http://swirly-girl-creamery.square.site until Friday NOON.

NEW PRODUCER: Shenandoah Seasonal: You can order online here or shop at their stand in the market.

Number 1 Sons fabulous ferments are no longer by pre-order only but it helps them a lot if you do pre order. They will be staffed by Haley at the stand on Sunday with their most popular pickles, ferments and kimchi in prepacks.

GROFF's CONTENT: Beef, pork and chicken this week at the stand this week... You can Pre Order their meats each week by THURSDAYS 9 am at http://groffscontentfarm.com. Or download their app: https://app.barn2door.com/e/QZeM3/all

THE DUMPLING STAND HAS CHANGED ITS PREPAID, PRE ORDER BY THURSDAY 10 PM.

CHINESE STREET MARKET POPUP (AKA Those DUMPLINGS) That BBQ sauce is addictive and sells out fast. Pre Order by THURSDAY 10 PM for your East Asian handmade, flash-frozen dumplings, buns, shumai and more. Try the Dan Dan Noodle kits too. Don't forget duck stock . Text at 202 596 6985 or email at chinesestreetmarketdc@gmail.com http://www.thepopupchinesestreetmarketdc.com

PIE FANS, July 4 Pies

Whisked: Cherry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Apple come to mind. Also, Key Lime, Bourbon Pecan, Lemon Coconut and Chocolate Chess.

6 Pack Cookies: Chocolate Chip, Salty Oatmeal, Molasses Spice, Hazelnut Swirl, Snickerdoodle, Pretzel Cowboy, Assorted, Flourless Mexican Chocolate (GF), VEGAN: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Lemon Poppyseed, Chocolate Blackout. And yes, you can buy all of these at the stand. Or pick up if you pre-ordered. ORDERS@Whiskeddc.com

Did you meet our wonderful new producers: Ali and Dan Haney of SHENANDOAH SEASONAL. Ali writes:

"New this week are Jumbo Italian Flat beans or Romanos. They are enormous pods that are super tasty and meaty. We like to blanch them and add vinaigrette or saute with butter and and summer squash. Also we are a source for bagged greens - lettuce mix, arugula, aby kale, pea shoots. Will also have sweet basil, dill,Thai basil and flat leaf parsley." Robin says: make pestos and green salsas.

DYK they were chosen by Shawna and Attila to replace Mountain View at the market? (Attila and Shawna and the kids were supposed to be traveling the world right now but their departure has been delayed by the virus) Ali and Dan have been farming for 9 years - before that they were social workers.... in Cambodia. You can see them and the farm and some pretty vegetables on our fb and twitter and instagram . (Hey, have you joined our Instagram yet?)

GARNER's PRODUCE: ORDER BY 7 PM FRIDAY if you want one of their vegetable boxes, https://www.garnersproduce.com/dcmarket-pickup. Be sure to mark BFM when you order,

They will also pack what you ask for at the stand: Corn! Swiss chard, sugar snaps, citrusy purslane great with tomatoes, kales, squash and zuchini, collard, tomatoes (early girls, cherry, heirloom), spring onions, loose onions, stir fry greens, Salad mix, lettuce mix, cabbages, carrots, cukes, radishes, Napa, arrow, Savoy, regular green round) Stone ground grits and cornmeal, hot pepper jelly. Hot sauces. Some herb plants. berries: blackberries and raspberries
Squash blossoms this week! Green and wax beans back! basil. cilantro. Will there be a few ears of corn this week?

KING MUSHROOM FARM: Pre order available at http://kingmushroomfarm.com. Order by FRIDAY for Sunday pickup at BFM. Shiitake, maitake, cremini, portobello, exotic mix, lion's mane, king trumpet, chestnut, oyster...Yes, you can order at the stand too. Grill those mushrooms. Mushrooms skewer so well.

NUMBER 1 SONS:

Yay. Number 1 Sons is STAFFED again at their stand where you will be able to buy their greatest hits in prepacks so that transactions go quickly ( Haley is back). Cucumber Pickles and hot sauces and kombucha and kimchi and krauts. (be still my New Yorker's heart) . This week you have so much choice:

Half Sours*Krispy Koshers*Honey Habaneros*Sonny Dills *Super Sours *District Dills *Kicky Kimchi *Mustard Kraut *Cider Masala Beets*Giardiniera

Pre Order for market pickup. Their site works best from your cell phone. (If you do not have a cell, use the Chrome browser on your computer.) Order before FRIDAY at 7 am at https://number1sons.com/collections/number-one-sons

Click on the photo of the pickle or ferments you want to put in your cart

On your cart page, change distribution to PICKLE STAND and check that the market pickup info is correct,
Add the date and time and click on Check Out.
Fill out your name and cc -- before you sign off, verify the market, date and time
Your order will be in a brown bag with your pickup sheet stapled to it. Orders will be arranged by last name on the table at the standnext to the market table just outside the market enclosure.

PANORAMA: breads, croissants and baked goods as always.

REID is berry cherry good. Look for the strawberries , blueberries. gooseberries, last week of sugar snap peas. Last week of English Garden peas. Zucchini. Last of the storage apples and pears The apples and (last week for) pears have been in controlled atmosphere storage to keep them crisp and fresh. Fruit butters, no sugar applesauce and canned peaches, honey. Apple Cider in 1/2 gallon sealed growlers. PEACHES PEACHES PEACHES.

More than 30 different Herb plants because it is not too late to plant them. 3 different basils, 3 diferent oreganos, 3 kinds of chives, 5 kinds of mintsAnd new cilantro plants should be replanted every few weeks. That is what they do in Mexico. Let the older plants go to flower and seed. Save the seeds -- they are coriander seeds.

CUCINA AL VOLO: Good pasta weather Sunday. Matteo and Rolando make the pastas and sauces and eggplant parm and lasagna for both their three restos and the markets. IF there is a specialty you want to see at market, tell them! All these homemade pastas love to wait for you in your freezer but cook up from frozen to place in less than 5 minutes (okay, the lasagna takes longer). I keep at least three different pasta in my freezer at all time -- two ravioli and something else. Remember the green kale fusilli makes the best pasta salad. The spirals catch all the bits of vegetable and cheese and chopped herbs.

Here is this week's list: