Was excited to head out to one of the local Farmers Markets this morning. The website www.ygfarmersmarket.com looks great. It talks about fresh produce, dairy, sauces, breads, oils, seafood, etc. Upon arrival the market looks great from the outside. It appears to be an old livestock warehouse which has been gutted an refitted for a flea market look. The website says it has over 300 vendor booths, but fails to tell you over half are empty.
Of the occupied booths the majority are selling some sort of apparel and or accessories. To its credit there are maybe 6-7 produce stands with what appears to be some quality yet cheap produce. I saw Red, Orange, and Yellow peppers 3 for $1 which are usually $3.99 per lbs in the local supermarket. While these peppers were smaller than what you find in the supermarket they were much firmer and didn't have that waxy look to them. The other produce I saw consisted of potatoes, tomatoes, chilies, leeks, lemons, oranges, eggplant, cucumbers, various squash, broccoli, carrots, etc. Funny though there was no lettuces. There are also a couple stands that sell breads, sauces, cheese, spices, fresh tea mixes, oils, wine and even 1 fresh seafood stand.
While the market showed lots of promise it seems to me to be more a flea market with a few stands dedicated to food rather than a true farmers market.
I did purchase some peppers, leeks, lemons, and onions. Tonight I will use the leeks to make a potato and leek Gratin to accompany a lamb loin chop.
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