Coming to the end of the summer.

How sad it is when we come to the end of the summer. I will miss the tomatoes, corn and all of the wonderful berries and herbs that I find with Mark in Findley Market. With the wonderful winds from Hurricane Ike, I was thrown off most of the week. We kept our power, thanks to the fact that we are in a very old building and setup on a downtown grid. All of our lines were underground and away from the flying trees and the massive power lines flying everywhere. Most of the city was without power most of the week, and allowed most of the city to do the dreaded fridge cleaning, whether they liked it or not. We all know that it should be mandatory to go through the fridge once every few months, but most of us neglect it. Its a great start to the fall.
I was excited to go to the market this week. I knew there was a fire in one of the buildings, but I am glad that the wonderful Cincinnati fire department was able to save the rest of the buildings. I was hoping that most of the vendors would be up and running and there would be plenty in the farmers market. I was right... we had plenty of options. As we were pulling in we saw the VW thing. It was Justin and Acacia Flamm. I was hoping that they would be there. We rushed to the asian market to get what we call pork sushi. I know it sounds awful but in fact its not sushi at all. They sell sticky rice with pork and lentils. Its wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked to perfection. Its a wonderful start to the market. Acacia and I went to get tea and a waffle, while the guys went to get our yummy pork sushi.
As soon as I saw Justin's face, I knew something was wrong. No pork sushi. The woman who makes these wonderful goodies had no power, so no pork sushi. I promise to take a picture next week and post it. But if you are at Findley Market try one. They are heaven. I also promised to get Justin a few since he would be out of town next weekend. We did end up with filet's, bacon, wonderul squash, tomatoes, corn, plenty of honey crisp apples. I will post plenty of pictures from our wonderful finds this week.