Saturday, June 18, 2022

Shopping for Juneteenth and Father's Day at the Bloomingdale Farmers Market --- Sunday, 06-19-2022

From: Robin Shuster 
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 5:22 PM
Subject: Shopping for Juneteenth and Father's Day

Hi BFM Fans! 

Perfect Market weather is coming Sunday just in time to commemorate and celebrate both holidays. 


REID's ORCHARDS  turns into a popup nursery every year at this time so you can find all the herbs and tomatoes and peppers and vegetables and Geranium and other annuals you need to beautify your gardens and patios and balconies -- and make your cooking herbalicious.  So here is a partial list: Many kinds of sweet and hot peppers with their scoville heat ratings so you know if they are hot enough for the chileheads. Tomatoes include heirloom, cherry, grape and good old delicious hybrid red.  onal Geraniums, Mosquito Shocker Geraniums.  Racks of bedding plants. Strawberries, Apples and Reid's own preserves and canned good.

AND LOTS OF Reid's  STRAWBERRIES.......
                        

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

NUMBER 1 SONS
: Cucumber Pickles:Half Sours, Crispy Koshers, Horseradish Pickles and Honey Habaneros. Ramp Kraut. Salsa Verde, Giardiniera. 2 kinds of Kimchi: Sons and Kicky. Krauts: Rosetido, Mustard,Ramp. Thai Gold Beets. Kombucha: 3 classicflavors and Cranberry Hisbiscus.

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. 

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:  Salad Central: 5 types of lettuce heads, garlic scapes, fresh herbs, 3 varieties of beets,cherry belle radish, Hakurei turnips, kale, collards, sprouting broccoli, escarole, dandelion greens, salad mixes, cabbage, fennel, snow peas. Summer Squash.



GARNER's PRODUCE: Lots of  Blueberries and Strawberries, sugar snap peas, shelled peas, high tunnel tomatoes: heirloom, cherry, early girl, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, kales bunches - red, green, Tuscona, Russian, sorrel, new potatoes, purple spuds, yellow and green squash, beets, fennel, Bok Choy, Napa cabbage, sweet candy onion, radishes, swiss chard, collard greens, cukes, lettuces - romaine and salonova heads.  Elephant Garlic and Garlic Scapes, Cilantro, Parsley. Rosemary. Lavender. Mint. Basil, Cilantro. Dill. Chives. Stoneground Grits and Stoneground Cornmeal. LOTS of starter herbs and plants. 
 

WHISKED: Andre says: Pies: Apple Crumble, Bourbon Pecan, Sea Salt Chocolae Chess, Salted Caramel Apple, Cherry. Cookies (Chocolae Chip, Salty Oamteal, Molassses 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.

CHINESE STREET MARKET:  the best 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.


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

What: BloomingdaleFarmers 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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