Columbus Foodie

We got up *really* early to go to the farmer’s markets this morning - like out the door by 8am early. Since Worthington still had a while before it opened, we hit the North Market first at around 8:30, and geez louise was it crowded. Super duper crowded, mostly with a line of people who were there for a reason I’m still not sure of. Add to it that the Spruce St side of the market and Front Street behind the market were closed for a festival, and it made for one crowded parking lot. But my main reason for going out today, and to the North Market in particular, was that I wanted a flat of strawberries from Rhodes so I could make some jam this weekend - and so I had a quart or two to eat out of hand while they’re still around. This is a pic of half of the flat I bought.

I saw broccoli for the first time this week at Wish Well Farms, so I picked up a couple of bunches for consumption in a few days.

They also had some lovely sugar peas on display, even though that’s not really my thing.

I got some lovely salad mix and spinach at Combs, and admired the pretty red currants.

Kevin at Just This Farm was there this weekend, and had garlic scapes and zucchini and tomatoes. I passed on the scapes - just didn’t get enough use of them last year (made them into a pesto, I don’t do many stir fries) to justify getting them this time - however, I can’t even look at a scape without thinking of this comic strip. Trust me, you want to click through and read it - it’s funny if you’re into foodie humor.

I did, however, get some of the zucchini. I love zucchini, especially in omelets.

Worthington was insanely busy too, thus the lack of pictures (couldn’t get close enough to take pictures) - there was a line 20-30 deep for strawberries there, which made very thankful I had gotten mine earlier. I did however pick up some Ruby Red popcorn for snacking on, and some chicken brats, and a Beefsteak tomato plant to replace the Brandywine tomato that we drowned.

We didn’t go to Clintonville at all, figuring we got all that we needed already at the other two markets. With such beautiful weather today, I’m going to be spending most of my afternoon grilling and gardening. Stay tuned for grilling pictures later on. If you’re local, enjoy the cool temps and sun - it doesn’t get much better than this!