Columbus Foodie

We have family in from out of town this weekend, so we got a little bit of a late start this morning. Even by 9am, it was already unbearably hot and humid. I really, really hate the dog days of summer, hate this heat wave, and wish we could catch a break with the weather. Even with air conditioning on full blast, I can’t get it below 74 in here. ::pant pant::. This coming from someone who doesn’t like the temperature to get above 68, ever.

But I digress. Even though it’s been unbearably hot, there is so much to be had at the market this time of year. We started out in Clintonville, where we picked up our usual selection of eggs from 2Silos (and a heads up folks - Denise will be at the Whole Foods farmers market next week). I’ve finally spied some watermelon at the market, but I ended up going with canteloupe instead.

I saw some pretty purple peppers, too - but the farmer told me that they turn green when cooked, so I figured what’s the point of picking them up? I’m not doing a veggie platter…

And for this week’s bright splash of color - these beautiful snapdragons.

Off to Worthington, where the sun was beating down on me mercilessly, to pick up a few staples, along with red and green leaf lettuce, some bacon from OMC Farms, and a huge 2 pound heirloom tomato (not the one pictured below) to make my first BLT of the year for dinner. Needless to say, there were tons of heirloom tomatoes everywhere today.

And the most suprising thing of all - strawberries at Crum’s! Yes, I waited in line, and got 4 quarts - 2 for local strawberry shortcake tonight, and 2 to make another small batch of strawberry-blackberry jam. Also got a half of peck of peaches as well.

Look at all that basil! I got so many fresh herbs today it’s not even funny - parsley, chives, thyme…absolutely amazing!

Glad to be home back in the (relatively) cool, but also glad that I took the time to go out this morning despite the heat. Hopefully it will cool down a little in the next few days, so I can hit the Dublin Irish Festival and the Ohio State Fair.