Weekly Farmer's Market Report

I just realized I never reported back last week. Sorry about that! The purple and cream peppers were very pretty but tasted just like green peppers. They were great grilled. I found out more specific info about winblown peaches. They come on around the 4th of July and are available for a few weeks. I've noticed there are different varieties of peaches every couple of weeks. The peach lady told me all the peach trees blossom at the same time but they develop at different rates. Hence the changing varieties. The ones there right now are the softer, meatier peaches we always used to can. I also picked up a lavendar skinned eggplant last week. The lady told me the skin is much thinner. I cut it into 1/2 inch slices, salted and drizzled them with olive oil and red wine vinegar and grilled them for 2-3 minutes on each side. Wowsers! Even Mr. Eggplant Hater said they were okay. I thought they were fantastic. I also found the cutest little round zucchini called 8 balls. I'm going to carve out the insides, saute them with onion and basil, mix in bread crumbs made out of my whole wheat bread and a little parmesan cheese, and then bake them. Should be tasty! Over and out!