Farmer's market

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Okay, so my eyes definitely did not talk to my stomach yesterday.

Went to the Spotsy Farmer's Market.  I have to say it kicks the downtown market's ass in terms of accessibility and parking.
Unfortunately it also kicks their ass in terms of tasty ready-to-eat treats as well - someone was selling freshly fried mini donuts, lots of homemade bread booths.
I passed them all by - I needed veggies dammit.  Almost made it through until I hit the Mexican ladies and their cookies and cakes.  Damn those two women and their smiles and sugary delights!
Their gingerbread was heavenly, their little cinnamon sugar cookies devine, and their thing that I can't remember the name of (a traditional Mexican treat) was the killer - a small cake baked inside a cinnamon sugar cookie.

This is all beside the point though, as the real culprit in the story is G. Valdez Produce.  How dare these people have such lush produce!  How dare they?  And how dare they set them at reasonable prices.

I am now the owner of a bunch of beets (no worries here)
A bunch of Kohlrabi (oh shit!)
A bunch of Turnips (Another oh shit!)
Some English Cukes (no worries here)
And a bunch of white radishes (slight worry).

So WTF do I do with the Kohlrabi and Turnips?

I have a salad recipe for the Kohlrabi, but it only calls for one and I have three.
Not sure what I was thinking on the Turnip front.

Hellllp!

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Can;t say I've ever heard of Kohlrabi. Is it like Broccoli Rab?


Yea that FM at Rt3 and Gordon (commuter p/l) is all that with tits and chocolate. I have a very hard time getting there because they close at noon. Seldom am I able to get my shit together to do anything before noon. Same with the one in Lynchburg, and when they say noon those folks are packed up and ready to roll out at noon. The bakery from the Mennonites is usually my favorite over in Spotsy, and once in a while there's some local meat, which has gotten stupidly expensive so we grab a pound or two of pork sausage for our sausage gravy and that's about it for meat. I like [Van's?] produce which is out rt3 in KG so we're more likely to ride out there to their store than catch them right down the road, literally 10 minutes from here.

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It's a form of fennel.

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Ah. I don't think I'd like that in a salad. Turnips are good in stew but that's the only way I'll eat them. I like pickled beets on roast beef sandwiches with provolone and horseradish sauce.

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I made slaw with it and it's pretty decent. The dressing needs pepper, but I added some last night and stirred it up, so I'll let you know how it is at lunch.