Day 21 August 11

FARMERS' MARKET
Warehouse District in Downtown NOLA


Returned to this market to see
how I liked it compared to Gretna.
Several of the same growers and
producers are represented at all the
markets in the area. I didn't like
it as well as Gretna's Market;
the pace is faster, it's crowded and
it's set up in a blacktop parking lot.
Whew! What a super solar collector it is.
But there was great produce. Gotta love
those peaches.

I was deeply moved by the elderly couple
who are apiarists. They lost 400 hives
in Lakeview (as well as there home)to
Katrina. Now they live in Algiers,
just across the Mississippi River from
the French Quarter. I believe they said
they have 70 hives now. I hated to see
them out in the heat (over 100F.
for hours. Theirhi ves are healthy
though - no sign of the infections
that are killing off so many wild
and domestic bee hives. So I bought some
honey that we do not need at all,
and I'm glad I did.

Those are home made cheese tamales
lying on the aluminum foil. Still warm.

These mushrooms were so gorgeous,
I hated to cook them, but they made a dandy pasta dish.
The ones on the left are more yellow than the
photo - such a delicate shade. Onions, bell peppers
and garlic sauteed with mushrooms added toward the end. Yummy!

I like the peaches out of focus.
They look cool and refreshing with the mint
plant draped over them.