October 12, 2013

Honeycrisp Apple

Mt Hood Organic Farm

The beloved Honeycrisp apple is here!  If you haven't fallen in love with the Honeycrisp's sweet crunch yet, stop by and sample one! Mt Hood Organic Farm is located near the top of the Hood River Valley, with a beautiful and close-up view of Mt Hood! Up there, the warm days and cool nights make for the sweetest of apples. Also look for Swiss Gourmet, Jonagolds and Cascade pears.

Mulled Apple Cider

2 Fruits

While you're picking up apples, this Saturday, stop by 2 Fruits (now located near the SW corner of the market) and try some of their delicious hot spiced apple cider! They make it fresh, using Jonagold apples from Mt Hood Organic Farm and a spice mixture including cloves, allspice and anise. Enjoy!

Wild Chestnuts

Nature's Wild Harvest

Nature's Wild Harvest has now hand-picked wild chestnuts. The vendor, Wild Bill, says this has been a particularly good year for chestnuts harvests. He recommends simmering them in chicken soup, but of course, you can also roast them over an open fire.  

Chorizo

Sweet Briar Farms

Sweet Briar Farms has chorizo sausages, which vendor Keith describes as "bratwurst with a bite!" You can grill them up and eat them on a bun or cut them up and mix them with your eggs.

Mizuna

Persephone Farm

The fall is Persephone Farm's time to shine at the market, when their booth explodes with a rich variety of produce! In addition to three different colors of cauliflower (white, purple and yellow) and towering brussels sprout stalks, they currently have mizuna, a little known salad green that loves the Northwest climate right through the winter. It's flavor is peppery, sort of like a milder arugula.