The organizers had warned there would only be about 15 vendors the first time but they had hopes that it would grow.
I walked around and visited with several of them and they all said they would be back next week.
One man had a big display of peppers of all kinds.
I was particularly taken by something I hadn't seen before - purple Bell peppers.
He said they were sweet and though I didn't buy any yesterday I may in the weeks ahead, if he has them.
I did buy some Shishito peppers from another stand.
They were five dollars for a pound so I asked the little girl running the stand for a pound.
She was carefully weighing them out when her mother returned and said "these haven't been going so give him a bunch more" and started shoveling them into my bag.
But she told the little girl to only charge me for a pound.
This is half or less of what I brought home.
I bagged up about the other half and put them in the freezer.
I tried one raw and it had just a hint of spice.
Judy chopped one and added it to our dinner salad and it gave it a nice tang.
Incidentally the vendor lady had a bag of Ghost Peppers too.
But she told me she doesn't eat them.
Too hot for her.
And for me.
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Our farmers market is now past peak vendor time, and will be moving indoors for their weekly time after next week. Yesterday there was snow falling while I was visiting!
I think I'd stay away from a ghost pepper.
Dang! I want to try a purple pepper! I've never seen one. Give us a review if you get one next time.
Now I can't get that damn Purple Cow poem out of my head!
So you are about to become a person who is a purple pepper eater eh?
I've never seen purple bell peppers either!
You should try the pickled quail eggs!!
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