Farmers Market Discoveries: Yokatta-Na and Maruba Santoh
The weekly trip to my local Farmers Market is always an adventure. Rarely do I come home without something new or unusual to me, whether it's a particular variety of strawberry or a the latest flavor of honey. Yesterday I picked up some greens I had never eaten before, Yokatta-Na and Maruba Santoh, from Whistling Train Farm.
Maruba Santoh, I learned, is a loose-leaf, Chinese cabbage that is terrific both in salads and stir-fried. Yokatta-Na is a perfectly delicious leafy green that's great eaten raw. My, how far we've come from bok choy and tatsoi!
With greens this fresh and distinctive, there's no need to dress them in more than just a little olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. They really are that flavorful!
How about you? What new and unusual greens are you finding at your Farmers Market these days? Or are you growing your own? And how are you preparing your leafy greens? Salads? Soups? Stir-fries?
--Tracy Schneider
Delishhh on June 01, 2010 at 10:12 AM
I am not finding antyhing unusual. Which market do you go to? All i end up getting at our market is a bunch of rhubarb. But then i love rhubarb!
Tracy Schneider on June 01, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Delishhh, I spend most of my time at the Ballard or West Seattle Farmers Market, but I've heard great things about the Farmers Market on Queen Anne as well.
Did you know that you can get weekly updates on new produce? Check out the Seattle Farmers Market website: http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/.
I love rhubarb too. Here's a great recipe for rhubarb clafoutis, from Chef James Drohman at Le Pichet:
http://www.aldenteblog.com/2009/06/rhubarb-clafoutis.html
Enjoy!
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Delishhh on June 01, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Tracey, thank you for those fabulouse links. Guess what i am doing tonight? I will write about this fabulous clafoutis soon.
Keep up the good posts.
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