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The Market:
Santa Monica Farmers Market
Santa Monica, Calif.
Arizona & 3rd Street
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Market Notes: Besides the items pictured
here, today I also stock up the staples of summer: flat-leaf
parsley (a plate of sliced tomatoes isn't quite the same without
it), a large bunch of basil to turn into pesto, and fresh
red onions (to add to that plate of sliced tomatoes and to my
weekly gallon of salsa).
Market-Goer:
Mark Thompson, publisher of this Web site |
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What I Bought:
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Plums
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Plums are my least favorite stone fruit. But there are so many
varieties in the market today, and they come in such a fantastically wide
range of sizes, shapes and colors, that I can't resist picking up a
selection. These are, from left to right starting with the back row,
"no name," Green Gage, Elephant, "no name," Santa
Rosa, Kelsey, Sugar French and "no name." The no-name
varieties came from trees that the growers couldn't identify. I
intended to do a taste testing to compare them all. But since some
were ripe and edible immediately while others needed a few days, I gave up
and turned them over to the family to eat with abandon. They were
almost all very good. I could actually become a fan of this fruit.
| Price: $2/lb. for Kelseys, Santa Rosas and
large no names; $2.25/lb for Green Gage; $2.50/lb. for Elephant and
Sugar French; $1/basket (approx. 1lb.) for small, black no
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Okra
Price: $2/lb.
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Jalapeno pepper
I make salsa by the gallon all summer using the tomatoes from by
backyard garden, and you can't make salsa without jalapenos.
Price: $1/basket
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