Starting simple

While our challenge doesn’t officially start until Memorial Day weekend, some folks may choose to get a jump start. Pat Kight at Cooking from the Market is one such person… she got over to the Albany market yesterday, even with the funky weather, and picked up some eggs, salad greens and some garlic. And then went home had a simple salad made from those greens. Sometimes, a simple dish like that is all it takes before you’re planning how to get your hands on another batch of fresh produce…

There are new photos from Pat up at the Flickr group, Market Friends, and I must say a big thanks to her as well, for talking about this challenge at the market, as she notes in her blog post. She gave me a great idea via e-mail to print up some fliers. I love that there is word-of-mouth about this and that people are interested in this idea. Please don’t anyone be shy about contacting me via e-mail or through comments. Send me your links, recipes and ideas for this blog!

VM in Harrisburg is going to be sending me some information about a couple of farms down that way. She also mentioned the Country Bakery on Peoria Road, north of Harrisburg. I have been meaning to visit that bakery for nearly two years now! Found a couple of mentions on the web, one says they are at 26615 Peoria Road and the other mentions a sign stating that they are open Fridays and Saturdays from 7am to 5pm (or earlier if they sell out).

That’s all for now. Have a great Sunday!