First farmer's market of 2010

It was January 2nd to be exact, and since we're on the TX/MX border ... there were *lots* of fresh vegetables and tropical fruits available at the Brownsville Farmer's Market.

Here's my haul:


Honey Oranges, Zipper-Skin Tangerines, Star Fruit, Chico Sapodillas and Black Sapotes all came from our friends at River's End Nursery. They specialize in organic hard-to-find edibles, both as nursery plants, and as crops. The rest of the pile came from a variety of vendors. We got Broccoli Sprouts, and a blend including herb sprouts, which they call French Garden. Radishes, Rainbow Swiss Chard, Kohlrabi (both purple and green), Green Beans, Purple Hull Beans, a Rutabaga, a Leek, and some crazy bitter tangerines, that I used to make a great salad dressing.

I'm failing with the tiny bitter tangerines, because I didn't get the variety. I'll get back with that soon, including the *amazing* salad dressing it inspired.

I also got a "Winter Melon". It's in the background, behind the teapot, and near the tiny bananas that came from our back yard here. I'm told that fresh it's like cucumber, but it's often used in Asian soups.

Hopefully the freeze tonight won't be quite as cold as expected, and we'll continue the bounty over the winter. It's possible these farmers will be out of business for the season if it gets too cold.