Life of Megan

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

What's in Season?

Seems like a lot of people have been asking me what exactly one can find at the Farmer's Market this time of year. According to the wonderful (and free!) magazine Edible Finger Lakes, the following foods are in season in Spring in the Finger Lakes:

Artichokes (someone at work just asked me how to prepare these)
Arugula (yep)
Asparagus (yep, appeared last week)
Beets (always?)
Beet Greens (duh)
Bok Choy (haven't seen it yet)
Broccoli (lies, I say, lies!)
Burdock (haven't seen it, but it's not popular)
Cabbage (true)
Collards (yes)
Dandelion Greens (definitely)
Fiddleheads (yes, but McGee says you shouldn't eat them)
Garlic Scapes (there are some in our fridge)
Herbs (yep)
Lettuce (yep)
Mesclun (that's a green, yes)
Mizuna (another green, yes)
Mushrooms (tasty--we missed the trumpet mushroom guy last week)
Mustard Greens (yes)
Parsnips (yes, but I'm allergic)
Peas: Snow & Snap (still a tiny bit too soon)
Radishes (yes)
Ramps (these are wild leeks, and they're here, and they're awesome)
Rhubarb (yes, witness the pie and the sauce in our fridge)
Scallions (yes)
Sorrel (yes)
Spinach (yep)
Sprouts (never see them at the Market though)
Strawberries (still too soon for Ithaca)
Swiss Chard (that's just another beet green, yes)
Tatsoi (that's like baby bok choy, yes)
Turnip Greens (yes)

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