The morning dawned cool; perfect for a farmers market in South Dakota. As most of you realize, we are addicted to farmers markets. If we are in an area with a farmers market we will be there when the market opens. So off to downtown Custer we went to shop the Custer Farmers Market. Continue reading “Custer, SD Farmers Market”
Highland Farmers Market Denver, Colorado
Our third farmers market in three days was in the Highland area of Denver, Colorado. It is a neighborhood farmers market featuring farm goods, prepared foods and crafts. Our nephew, Matthew Erley, lives in the Highland neighborhood and was anxious to show us their market.
Longmont, Colorado Farmers Market
After our two week void of farmers markets we are making up for lost markets. Longmont Farmers Market is our second farmers market in three days. Since we are staying at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont and that is where the farmers market is, it was an easy and pleasant walk to the market on Saturday morning.
Boulder, Colorado Farmers Market
The Boulder Farmers Market is a community gathering place offering not only fresh vegetables, fruits, dairy and other items yet also offering prepared foods and a grassy lawn to enjoy those foods while visiting. There was even a Balloon Man forming balloons into various objects for the children to wear and enjoy. After two weeks of no farmers market we were in Farmer Market Heaven!
Shrimp Remoulade
Cajun French: la laitue (lā la-tū) – lettuce
Tonight was the first night in almost two weeks that we were able to sit outside and enjoy the evening. The heat has been unrelenting and energy draining. To celebrate the somewhat cooler weather, we decided to have shrimp remoulades as an appetizer. We had boiled shrimp earlier in the week and had some left so our appetizers were ready quickly. We watched the sunset as we enjoyed our shrimp remoulades served in martini glasses.
Enjoy!
Mais C’est Bon!!
Southwest Breakfast
Cajun French: la crêpe (la krep) – Pancake
Knowing we were going to hitch up and leave Hord’s Creek Lake in Coleman, TX today, we decided to have our morning coffee outside during the coolest part of the day. Realizing it seemed dark for 6:30 in the morning, I opened the door to a dark sky and realized rain must be in the area. This part of Texas, as most of Texas, has not seen rain in a very long time and we were happy for them. For us it meant either packing up and leaving in the rain or staying an extra day. We opted for the extra day. That decided, we now needed breakfast and pancakes became the menu. John’s creativity kicked in and soon he was making salsa. Salsa and pancakes – why not? We then added fig preserves on top and Wow what a combination!
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Veggie Omelet
Cajun French: l’omlette (l’om-let) – Omelet
Making breakfast special is a great way to start the day. How about a double mushroom omelet – mushrooms on the inside and mushrooms for garnish? We had both baby portabella mushrooms and button mushrooms and decided to use both in different ways. Adding peppers, onions, and garlic gave this omelet a special flavor.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Fresh Purple Hull Peas
Cajun French: la feve (la fev) – pea
A farmer gave us a piece of cooking advice some time back; do a first boil with fresh peas and beans. He said it would take the starch out and they would taste better. Skimming the starch helps but rinsing the peas or beans is even better. Never having done a first boil we decided to try his method. It does give a better taste and we have been cooking our fresh peas and beans that way ever since.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Abita Beer Cobbler
Cajun French: la peche (la pesh) – peach
The fridge is still over stocked with beer and we are having fun cooking with the beer. Having some fruit that needed eating, we decided to make cobbler. We usually use premade pie crust for our cobbler and finding none the imagination kicked in. Sweet Potato Biscuits, why not use the batter for the cobbler topping? And why not use beer for the liquid? Why not for sure; it is fantastic!
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Fried Green Tomatoes with Militello’s Cajun Cocktail Sauce
Cajun French: la tomate (la to-mat) – tomato
We bought green tomatoes at the Red Stick Farmers Market specifically for frying. Yet we did not want to batter and deep fry the tomatoes. From somewhere in our gray matter we remembered a chef preparing fried green tomatoes with just cornmeal so we decided to give it a try. We use a locally ground cornmeal, Alexander Mill Stone Ground Yellow Cornmeal. We seasoned the cornmeal with Cajun seasoning and used the juice from the tomato for the binder and then we pan fried them. Cooking them in the manner gives you more of the tomato taste and not so much batter. Give them a try!
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
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