|
|
Post by auntieannie on Oct 2, 2009 18:31:57 GMT
yes, season of corn on the cob! gorgeous!
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2009 19:48:11 GMT
The sweet corn is not sold beyond the 24 hours in which it is picked. At the end of the day the owners of these roadside farmstands generally will sell it to some of the small local restaurants for their evening meal,chowder,whatever. One stand that I worked at summers years ago,the owner would just give it away or it went to the hogs. If a stand tries to sell corn that's more then a day old the word gets out and there goes their business.
Several varieties are grown,the all white,"Silver Queen,an all yellow,and a variety ,"Bread and Butter",which is white and yellow.
|
|
|
|
Post by Hedonisttraveller on Oct 3, 2009 16:57:04 GMT
We still get fresh corn here in Portugal, it stars around May and runs through to around the end of this month. We have jsut started getting some nice broccoli and cauliflower now from the local farm shop.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2009 17:12:47 GMT
The African ladies with the burlap bags are still whispering "Mice Show Mice Show*" on many of my street corners.
* maïs chaud
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2009 1:31:12 GMT
The African ladies with the burlap bags are still whispering "Mice Show Mice Show*" on many of my street corners. * maïs chaudoh,that's so cute. that qualifies as "local color'. what is mais chaud pray tell? |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2009 5:48:36 GMT
Maïs = maize = corn
Chaud = hot
It is corn on the cob, roasted over a charcoal fire. The gutters of my neighborhood are filled with corncobs. (Oh, I just remembered how this goes along with the toilet paper thread.)
|
|
|
|
Post by bazfaz on Oct 4, 2009 9:30:45 GMT
I saw the first brussels sprouts in the markey today *groan*
The veg garden the previous owners bequeathed to us has a row of brussels sprout plants *double groan*.
I bought figs and strawberries from the market. I found a nice stall run by too old men selling their own produce. It has no prices but everything is the cheapest in the market. When I said I wanted 10 kilos of tomatoes (this is the tomato sauce for the freezer season) they dropped the price to 80 centimes a kilo without my asking.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2009 11:07:47 GMT
Yes, I saw brussels sprouts at the market today, too. But I always buy mine frozen now, because I absolutely do not want to have to work at cleaning and trimming them.
Frying up the lardons with butter, parsley and garlic before mixing in the boiled sprouts is sufficient work for me!
|
|
|
|
Post by auntieannie on Oct 4, 2009 11:41:11 GMT
*dreaming of that market Baz enjoys every Sunday*
|
|
|
|
Post by bazfaz on Oct 4, 2009 14:20:21 GMT
It has a stall selling only oysters, Annie. But unlike the oyster stall at Lamalou (near where I used to live) they do not have stools where you can also eat them with a glass of wine.
|
|
|
|
Post by auntieannie on Oct 4, 2009 15:11:10 GMT
Will that be your next suggestion to them?
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2009 16:06:41 GMT
Louisiana citrus is coming into season. My lemons are beginning to ripen. One in particular I was eyeballing to pick today was poached by either a opossum or raccoon last night. I saw the well picked,clean rind on the ground early this morning.  I bought a bag of satsumas yesterday. Lovely and sweet.  |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2009 11:12:35 GMT
They did it again this morning! |
|
|
|
Post by rikita on Oct 10, 2009 13:02:35 GMT
well on my balcony less and less to be picked. only occasionally a tomato ripens. but i have quite a few ripe hot peppers...
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2009 16:08:19 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by hwinpp on Oct 14, 2009 3:58:20 GMT
Translation needed, satsumas=  I know they're citrus fruit, what distinguishes them from oranges or mandarins? I wish I could buy radishes here, I mean those small red ones. We can only get the big carrot shaped ones. Red okra? Never seen that before. Here the durians have disappeared from the street. Don't know what's at the market because of late I've headed straight to the breakfast section to chit chat with some off duty security guards from the local mall. They always have the latest news. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2009 14:29:47 GMT
Satsumas are another kind of tangerine.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2009 15:20:05 GMT
Sorry hw, didn't see this a.m.
Satsumas are a Japanese variety of a mandarin orange,tangerine like in their loose skin. I had never heard of them until living here. They are very hardy and commercially very successful for this. Very long season as well.
The burgundy colored okra is a heirloom variety, I grew it once, tastes just OK. They are quite beautiful plants however,I ended up using branches of them in some flower arrangements.
Sorry you can't get smaller radishes,maybe try to grow some? Your friend who comes to US maybe procure you some seeds? They are not difficult to grow.
|
|
|
|
Post by auntieannie on Oct 14, 2009 19:36:58 GMT
chestnuts!
|
|
|
|
Post by rikita on Oct 15, 2009 16:57:28 GMT
they have satsumas on the market here too, haven't bought them yet as i didn't know what they are, but might try them out now...
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2009 23:07:10 GMT
Papayas,papayas,papayas. Came home today to find two bags full from neighbors(they want lemons!). Green,yellow and orange.
Also,another neighbor's persimmons are in.
Love having all this bounty in the neighborhood!
rikita,did you try the satsumas? like?
|
|
|
|
Post by imec on Nov 3, 2009 1:03:24 GMT
What does one do with persimmons (Not Richard perSimmons)? They seem to be in season somewhere and they're shippin' 'em all here.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2009 3:43:45 GMT
Oh,they are prepared in a variety of ways,puddings,cakes,preserves. My favorite thing to do with them is make chutney. Mine has ginger,garlic,sugar,lemon juice,chili powder and currants.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2009 10:58:18 GMT
The Chinese store was full of persimmons the other day (the French name is 'kaki'). Strangely enough, I accept to eat them in Southeast Asia but I refuse to touch them here -- I find them repugnant. Sort of like a mini durian!
Cucumbers are going OUT of season -- the price is climbing daily and is just about the pass the threshold that I refuse to pay.
|
|
|
|
Post by bazfaz on Nov 3, 2009 12:25:19 GMT
Lidl had a supply of cheap cucumbers last week - 39 cetimes each. Great. Because of the house move I hadn't made cucumber pickle earlier in the season ao I was able to buy 6 and now have enough to last through to next summer.
The strawberry stall in the Sunday market still had 5 varieties on sale.
|
|
|
|
Post by hwinpp on Nov 4, 2009 7:57:41 GMT
Durians are definitely on the way out hee. They've gone up from 1.25USD/kg to 3USD/kg.
|
|
|
|
Post by rikita on Nov 4, 2009 16:58:09 GMT
i love kaki.
|
|
|
|
Post by fumobici on Nov 5, 2009 0:15:34 GMT
I think the sweetest fruit I've ever tasted was a persimmon.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2009 0:19:33 GMT
I think the sweetest fruit I've ever tasted was a persimmon. there are several varieties. Some sweeter then others,some better eaten fresh,some definitely better for preserves,chutney and the like. I've had some dreadful ones,bland,mealy... |
|
|
|
Post by bixaorellana on Nov 5, 2009 2:24:10 GMT
Today I picked fruit from one of the two guava trees on the property. One of them still has little hard green ones, but the other ...........
It's on the west side of the house, and gets no water except from rain. It's a kind of guava I don't know -- green on the outside, with a dense bruised pink layer, then a jellyish interior in an ugly shade of red. But the taste! The little yellow guava with the strong perfume is very common here, but the ones from my tree leave the yellow ones in the dust. The taste is sweet, perfumed, and spicy all at once. The seeds aren't as hard as the yellow ones, either.
|
|
