Comments on: Farmers Market Update: Santa Monica (Sorta)

By: What's For Dinner? Ask Your iPhone | Summer Tomato

What's For Dinner? Ask Your iPhone | Summer Tomato — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:04:14 +0000

[...] sure to check near the bottom of the information paragraph for the last time the site was updated. In my experience farmers are not particularly tech savvy and often forget to update their websites. I always [...]

By: NB

NB — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:49:00 +0000

Btw I just roasted the potatoes bought at this farmers market according to some of your roasting principles, and they were delicious!

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:40:00 +0000

So much great conversation!!

anon4 and Anne:

Thanks!! Farmers market pics are my favorite. I love visiting new ones too.

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Karin:

I do care about animal rights, but for me the most important factors are taste and human health. It is for my own sake I seek out the best eggs. Read the testimonial from NB to see why!

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anon5:

Good for you!! I'm excited for you too!

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NB:

Wow! Great to hear!! I have wonderful eggs up here in the city, but your description of that tomato is killing me! You know how I love a sweet summer tomato....

By: NB

NB — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:36:00 +0000

Sorry it took so long to update:
I ate the Lily eggs, and they were the most hearty and sumptuous eggs I’ve ever had. I bought the most expensive ones (like $3.75 for 1/2 dozen), which were from chickens that supposedly dieted primarily on sunflower seeds and soybeans and layed the day before. These eggs were worth every penny and I would buy them exclusively if I could (they’re actually cheaper than an egg you would buy at a cheap diner, which would probably be burnt anyways).
I also ate the tomatoes that were bought(a GIANT, meaty Yellow Brandywine and two smaller Yellow Zebras)- still sweetly aromatic, and to my suprise, uniquely flavorful- they were still fantastic!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:31:00 +0000

So I’m totally excited to go to the farmers market this weekend because of you- I hope its good!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:33:00 +0000

Love the FM updates =)

By: Karin

Karin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:47:00 +0000

I’m excited to see your continued support of organic eggs, even after the Prop 2 battle. Keep on fightin’!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:42:00 +0000

Once again, great post, great pics.

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:08:00 +0000

Dank:

A few points on Lily's eggs. First, we seemed to miss place our box so I wasn't exactly sure how to spell the brand name (Dad, you may want to check your outside fridge for 1/2 dozen Lily's eggs).

Second, the SM market website has Lily spelled with 2 "L"s, which is how I had it spelled in my original post, and it is wrong.

Finally, I have made my the spelling correction and added a link about Lily's egg farm in my list of purchased items.

Sorry for the confusion.

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Mike:

It is not clear to me why the Weiser Farm sunchokes are a different color than the ones I purchased here in SF. There are several possibilities. I have heard that they come in brown, white and purple varieties, so this could just be a different kind. But it could also be just a difference in soil, I imagine. I am not sure if the taste is different.

As for the carrots, the darker colored ones sometimes taste a bit stronger, but not always. I recommend buying some and doing a taste test! Don't expect them to add too much extra color to your plate though. Once you peel them they are back to orange.

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anon3:

Yes, these tomatoes actually looked fantastic (I didn't get to try them myself).

I should have been more clear in my post in that there have been some tomatoes here and there in SF (including TJ's), but they have been so dull and pale in color I wouldn't recommend buying them.

By: Healthyliving

Healthyliving — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:16:00 +0000

Yeah, it looks like you bought a bunch of weird new stuff on this outing. Savory, Kohlrabe, lilly eggs…what is all that stuff? And I’d love to take a bite outta the heart inside that artichoke!