The Farmer’s Market(s)

There are oodles of farmer’s markets to choose from in the Portland Metro area. It is fun to pick which one to go to and you can go to a farmer’s market on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. You can go on Monday and Friday if you count the indoor Vancouver Farmer’s market. Yesterday we went to the Saturday Market @ PSU (if you want times and locations for other area farmer’s markets I have good luck with the Oregon Farmer’s Market Association directory and the Local Harvest listings).

Purchases
3 lbs. nectarines
2 peaches
2 thin asian eggplants
1 large jalapeno pepper
3 ears corn
1 bunch (5 sm-med) beets
1 teeny tiny french cantelope
3 tomatoes
2 zucchini

The market also has a wide variety of prepared food booths. We bought lunch while we were there. I had an artichoke and cojita cheese tamale from the Salvador Molly’s booth and R had a veggie pita pocket from some booth with a large bbq/smoker (they also sold lamb kabobs that looked yummy).

The week before right next to the market was an area filled with booths from Portland area Etsy sellers. It was great, so much beautiful, crafty goodness that we didn’t bother taking our out of town guests to the Saturday Market.

The PSU market is not actually my favorite market. I mean it is a fabulous market, and it works well for us late-risers since it goes strong until about 1:30 (officially it ends at 2 pm). But sometimes it is too overwhelming, just a little too big, a little too crowded. Luckily there are other markets in the area that hit that “just right” size feeling. Because unfortunately some of the smaller markets will wrap things up well before the official ending time.