Saturday, July 02, 2022

Get ready for July 4 at BFM Sunday 2022

Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2022 11:05 AM

From: Markets & More 

To: robin@marketsandmore.info
Subject: Get ready for July 4 at BFM Sunday 2022

 Hi BFM Fans! 

So, what are you having at your cookout or picnic or July 4th meal?

I say you have to have pickles and condiments and hot sauces. Number 1 Sons has the FULL lineup of cucumbers and kimchi...hint hint. Chinese Market has three kinds of chili condiments.

Try the new Bread & Butter Pickle at Number 1 Sons. Here is the inside story from Stephanie:  "As you've probably seen, for years we’ve been playing around with a classic bread & butter style pickle and we think we’ve finally made our ideal (non-spicy) version. Speared cucumbers are pickled in a lightly sweet brown sugar brine with carrots, celery and red onion and lots of pickling spice and celery seed"

How about a Creamy Dill Cucumber Salad

Red, White and Blue berries/fruits? I often start with that to get into the July 4 mood.  If you into a baking mood, make a blueberry fruit galette from my friend Cathy Barrow, the queen of pies.  If you don't feel like baking your own, get a wonderful pie from Whisked. (They started their bakery at our market).

 Can you have a July 4 meal without sweet corn? (Not in my family, you cannot). Lucky for us, Garner Produce starts their corn plantings early so that we always have some corn for you. I will post lots of different corn recipes all summer but this week I would just simmer or grill it and swipe the ear in good butter with salt and pepper.  Or if you want something a bit different:  I love to slick the corn with mayo, sprinkle it with hot smoked paprika, salt and pepper and finally drizzle on some lime.


Pasta Salads? Yes! Start
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From the 
Black Pot Supper Club, Chef Martin Draluck's Parmesan Mac N Cheese, his take off from the traditional James Hemings style...

Carnivores should head over to Groff's but no one should miss King's superb collection of mushrooms that are begging to be grilled.. 


REID's ORCHARDS  Berries and cherries and peaches make for a red, white and blue theme.                        

KING MUSHROOMS: 8 kinds of 'shrooms including various colors and size of oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, hen of the woods, lion's mane.

NUMBER 1 SONSCucumber Pickles: Half Sours, Crispy Koshers, Super Sours, Horseradish Pickles and Honey Habaneros. Salsa Verde, Giardiniera. 2 kinds of Kimchi: Sons and Kicky. Cider Masala Beets. Kombucha: Summer Strawberry, Lavender Mint, Juicy Turmeric, Original Ginger.

GROFF'S CONTENT: Grass Fed Meats: Beef (steaks, roasts, ground, sausages, patties, short ribs etc). Pork (chops, bacon, roasts, ribs, ham, hocks, sausages etc). Whole Chickens, some Turkey parts. All Beef Hot Dogs and Half Smokes.  Lamb in roasts and cuts. Pork liver Pâté. Birria. Boeuf Bourguignon, Chicken and Veggie Soup, Italian Wedding Soup, Beef and Chicken Enchiladas, Beef Chili, Chicken Pot Pie, Beef Shepherd's Pie. 

Ask Groff about their new Bulk Beef buying program. I will forward some email about it tomorrow.  

PANORAMA: Damien and the stand are Back this week. Croissants, Breakfast Pastries, Muffins, Bear Claws. Danish, Baguettes, Multigrain, French Boule, Whole Wheat, Rustiques, Petit Pains, Olive, Sourdough, Focaccia, Challah, Ciabatta.  Loaves and Sandwich breads. Look out for Damien's weekly specials too.


SHENANDOAH SEASONAL:  The summer crops are in: eggplant, squash and zucchini, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, shishito peppers, basil, parsley, plus peashoots, salad mix, radicchio, fennel, chard, kohlrabi, kales, cabbages, fresh onions.

GARNER's PRODUCE: Corn! Blueberries! blackberries, sugar snap peas, shelled peas, high tunnel tomatoes: heirloom, cherry, early girl, green beans, kales bunches - red, green, Tuscano, sorrel. red, white and new potatoes, purple spuds, yellow and green squash, eggplant. beets, fennel, round, Savoy, Napa cabbage, green and purple and sweet banana peppers. sweet candy onion, radishes, Swiss chard, collard greens, cukes, lettuces - romaine and salonova heads.  Elephant Garlic, Parsley. Rosemary. Lavender. Mint. Basil, Cilantro. Dill. Stoneground Grits and Stoneground Cornmeal. Starter herbs and plants.  
 

WHISKED: Andre says: Join us in celebrating with our Pies & Cookies. Besides, what's more American than Apple Pie> Umm, maybe Cherry Pie or Strawberry Rhubarb?  Each of Whisked Pies are the perfect accompaniment to a picnic or cookout or party.  If an ICE CREAM SANDWICH is your thing, use their cookies to construct a cool down treat.  Also look at Pies: Apple Crumble, Bourbon Pecan, Sea Salt Chocolate Chess, Salted Caramel Apple, Cherry. Cookies (Chocolate Chip, Salty Oatmeal, Molasses Spice, Pretzel Cowboy, Snickerdoodle, Vegan: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Lemon Poppy Seed, Chocolate Blackout, Peppermint Chocolate. 


CUCINA AL VOLO: Homemade Fettucine, Bucatini, Strozzapretti, Cavatelli, Mushroom Pappardelle, Smoked Pepper, Pappardelle, Handmade Gnocchi, Stuffed Squash: Butternut Squash, Burrata,Spinach and Cheese, Beef Brisket, Buy them frozen and keep them in your freezer.  Toss them into simmering, salted water and they are done in less than 5 minutes. Perfect fast food as it should be.

Robin says: the green fusilli make the best ever pasta salad...

CHINESE STREET MARKET; Wonderful Sichuan dumplings for omnivores and vegetarians, noodles, noodle soup kits, three kinds of chili condiments.  A really local success story.  Keep them in your freezer and you can serve a very special meal in just a few minutes. Use the chili oil and mala dry chili seasoning to spice up your barbecues and stir fries.

SWIRLY GIRL CREAMERY.  So many cheeses: Smokey Gouda, Farmhouse, Spring Tulip, Smokey Isabelle, Tommy Goat, Peach Butlah, Winter Morning, Morbier, Goat Manchego, Firetruck, Onamor, Brie, Blue Moon, Spring Picnic, Gouda, Flower Power, Cranberry Honey, Curds.

Tell Mark or Sara what you are having for your cookout and they will recommend the right cheeses.
 


Please spread the word and pass this email to a friend:

What: Bloomingdale Farmers Market
Date: Sundays 9-1
Where: First and R NW near the Big Bear Cafe
See you Sunday

Robin and Ted

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