At The Alexandria And Del Ray Markets, May 31, 2008
I’m finally getting around to posting about last Saturday’s markets!
First, let me back up to Friday, when I stopped by Del Ray to pick up a loaf of challah from Caboose Cafe. Smartly, CC has challah on the bread menu each Friday, so to me, that means a delicious treat of French toast on Saturday or Sunday. I had not made French toast in quite a while, and I wanted to make some for Frank over the weekend-it’t one of his favorite breakfasts.
That brings me to the Del Ray market on Saturday. Three Way Farm had several pints of English peas. I picked up 2 in order to make a pea soup over the weekend. I then ventured over to Let’s Meat on the Avenue to gather a few links of Amish sage sausage, since we’d loved it so much the first time we bought it. Breakfast was set!
But before we went home, we quickly stopped at the Alexandria market so I could pick up some of my favorite baklavah from a lovely woman-Emine. I also bought a bag of spring mix greens with a handful of colorful (and edible) nasturtium flowers for $3.50.
I do appreciate the lower prices in the ‘burb’ markets!
So, as you can see from the photo collage, we did indeed get to enjoy French toast with strawberries and maple syrup, along with sage sausage. Later, I made fresh pea soup, drizzled with a bit of fage and cream. It was fresh and delicious.
Overall, it was a great week of fresh produce and goodies from the markets-bring on the cherries!
Until the next At The Market, eat and buy local when you can.
Sounds great! I am totally inspired to check out the Caboose Cafe this weekend.
What’s really cool about Caboose Cafe is that they do Ethiopian food in addition to a “cafe/bistro” menu. I have yet to try the Ethiopian-but now I’m really wanting to!