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The Market:
Santa Monica Farmers Market
Arizona Ave. between 1st and 4th St.
Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m
(310) 458-8712
Marketgoer:
Mark Thompson
Fall is just around the corner, or so the calendar says. You
wouldn't know it from today's sizzling weather in Santa Monica, but
there are hints of changing seasons in the produce on the tabletops.
Today, there are persimmons, pomegranates, pears and winter squash.
But I'm still pulled to the summertime crops.
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What I Bought:
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Chinese
Eggplant, Tomatoes, Lipstick Peppers, Romano Beans
To those in climates where it is fast
turning colder, I don't mean to rub it in, but summer is
still in full swing here in Southern California. Witness
this array of mid-summer crops. Today, the temperature at
mid-day in Santa Monica seemed to be over 90 F., making it
one of the hotter market visits of the year for me. The
super-sweet Lipstick peppers are one harbinger of late
summer.
Price: $1/lb. eggplants
$2/lb. Romano beans
$2/lb. tomatoes and peppers
Peaches and Apples
Peaches won't be around for too much
longer. And I still haven't made my annual batch of peach
chutney. That's one of the main reasons I hustled off
to the market today.
Price: $2.25/lb. peaches
$1/lb. apples
Honeydew Melon, Winter
Squash, Sugar Nut Melon
Price: $1/lb. melon
$2/lb. squash
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Red and
Orange Carrots, German Butterball Potatoes
I'll cook these carrots, and the tiny,
thin-skinned potatoes, along with the Romano beans I
bought today -- by boiling them with a bay leaf and
slivered onions, then draining the water and slathering on
some butter.
Price: $1.50/lb. potatoes
$2.50/lb. carrots
Assorted Varieties of Figs
There were half a dozen varieties of figs
in the large basket from which I selected these to fill up
my $3 bucket. The varieties included Black Mission, Red
Mission, Brown Turkey and Cadota. I'm not sure what I
ended up with, though I seem to have come away with at
least four different varieties.
Price: $3/basket
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