Well, I missed the Ambridge market on Thursday since we were spending our evenings at the fair but ............. in Beaver County we are lucky to have 3 markets run by the Beaver County Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association. The Saturday market is held from 10am - 1pm behind the Beaver County Courthouse. The BCF&VGA celebrated their 25 year anniversary last year and they present a great mix of vendors. I took a list, but forgot to get green peppers. There is just too much to look at in late August. "Sweet Apple" is the 1st apple we've gotten this season. Now that the plums are winding down, the apples are coming on ,with Rambo and other early apples leading the season.
We're trying a white sweet corn, although I prefer yellow & bi-color varieties. One of the biggest misconceptions still going is the quest for "Silver Queen". Virtually no one sells it anymore, but customers keep asking for it because it's the only name they know. Some vendors will even tell you that they have it, but they give you a new superior tasting variety that they're growing. Bottom line dear foodies ........ don't ask for Silver Queen. It's long ceased to be the white corn standard. My college classmate sweetcorn selling friends in eastern PA started to educate their customers about corn varieties back in the 80's. They made a big push pin graph with the daily varieties marked for everyone to see. Their customers learned about newer varieties way back then.
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