More From Somerset County Farmers' Market

Somerset County Farmers' Market - Assortment Of Value-Added Products!

LFLF remembered to bring along a cooler and came home with several goodies!  The Somerset Sauce from Hilltop Growers will be used the next time we make spaghetti & I already had one of the Delmonico steaks from Grandma's Produce.  We'll probably use the ground beef in the spaghetti sauce too ...
We already used some of the garlic parsley cheese in grilled stuffed mushroom caps.

Waiting In Line With The Van Grouw Family Farm Cheese Customers

Van Grouw Family Farm Cheese Selection At Somerset County Farmers' Market

Finally, a little clowning around at the booth of another founding member, Providence Acres!

Providence Acres Farm - Who's That Clown?

Here's to the start of a great 2015 season and another 10 years of success for the Somerset County Farmers' Market!

Roadtrip & Somerset Farmers' Market Part II

Part II .............
Some of the things that I just knew I could get at the Somerset County Farmers' Market - hereafter referred to as the SCFM - were Certified Organic & Certified Naturally Grown products as well as a selection of heirloom tomatoes. I purchased some really nice green (and purple) beans and purple cauliflower from my friends Ray, Kathy, & Yvonne of Providence Acres Farm. http://agmap.psu.edu/Businesses/2055 They've chosen to farm under the guidelines of the Certified Naturally Grown, Inc. organization. If you're interested in learning more about this program, check out the following link. http://www.naturallygrown.org/

Heirloom tomatoes were the fun purchase of the day, since my plan was to have a tomato tasting to complement a local dinner Sunday evening. The tomatoes came from Hi-View Gardens - just look at their beautiful displays! I took notes as Todd deferred to Sarah to give me the names of all of the tomatoes that I purchased ........ she really had a colorful variety for sale. Hi-View Gardens can also be found at the farmers' market in Wilkinsburg if you're from the Pittsburgh city area. http://www.farmersmarketalliance.com/farmers/FarmerPage.php?farmID=5 Stop in and get some tomatoes before it's too late this season. They were also among the growers featured in this recent restaurant food story.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08241/907344-34.stm

Just look at the gorgeous platter of tomatoes sliced and ready for our family tomato tasting! All of the tomatoes were great with the exception of ---- sorry Sarah :~( ------ Moonglow. It looked really nice and sliced well, but we didn't like the distinctly "different" flavor. You can see in the background of the picture that we had come from a wine tasting, but we were fresh out of words to describe Moonglow ......... afterwards, the rest of the tomatoes went into a delicious salad with green onions, shredded mozzarella, and balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Yes, this was the same meal that included the grilled Shiitake mushrooms ...........