Mom & I were talking about peaches today - it’s one on my favorite fruits, if not the favorite. Seeing your mention of peaches reminded me to check the orchard we like & they should have peaches now: Sweet-N-Up & Summerfest varities. Time for a road trip!
Farmers Market was great - lots of local produce. The stand with the best looking tomatoes (other items looked great, too) had a line of probably 10 people waiting to check out. When we got there, we saw people with flowers I knew were from my niece’s booth. While we were there, she sold out. It’s a really nice market & there were lots of people attending. I wish it were closer than an hour away.
Put up my first batch of jalapeños for pepper jelly this afternoon: cleaned, chopped into chunks & in a quart canning jar with 2 cups of vinegar, kept in the fridge. Some more peppers are beginning to show color changes so maybe batch #2 won’t be far off.
I’m glad you had a good time at the market!
Before I was able to have a house with even a basic food garden, I used to head for the Farmers Market on the Madison Square every Saturday.
Middle Kid (about 8 at the time) and I were both Early Risers and we would buy all kinds of great veggies - and flowers, too! He LOVED Green Beans, so we usually went home with a few pounds of those. Middle Kid was GREAT at pulling the wagon, and never complained about how heavy it got as we made our way around the ENTIRE Capitol Square; he didn’t want to miss a thing!
Our favorite were the Orange and Chocolate Scones from ‘The Flour Box’ Bakery. (How Cute is that name?!?!) We only bought enough for just us. ;)
He was VERY possessive of anything we brought home and chided all the ‘sleepyheads’ in the household that were too LAZY to get up and come with us on Saturday mornings. ;)
I love donut peaches, also called saturn peaches. There are white ones and yellow ones. The white ones are so sweet!
I love peaches, too, and right now, but probably not much longer, our orchard market offers South Carolina Freestone peaches. Those are my favorite and I bought 7-8 and I’d like to make peach cobbler tomorrow. Anything that’s leftover will be frozen for use in smoothies or compote.
I’ve never had a white peach, but they had some there. Those just arrived so I will try one to see how it compares. I grew up on Georgia Freestones so that’s why I always look forward to that variety.
We love jalapeño pepper jelly here but I don’t make it myself. The orchard market has a nice one that I just purchase. Got to support the little guys!