Greetings from Los Angeles! Yesterday we went to the Santa Monica Farmers' Market to shop for dinner and walked the aisles fighting off a nasty case of Santa Monica envy. Along the way, we came across a handsome young farmer selling this stuff.
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These treasures are sold on the stalk like this because of how labor intensive it is to get them down to their edible bits (see below.) We're having a ******** **** shelling party tomorrow.
See that wad of cash below? They weren't cheap!
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Fresh garbanzos.
view art's profile
yes, chick peas, and they taste amazing!
view elif's profile
"Handsome young farmer", eh? :-)
Maybe we need to have a Kitchn Farmer's Market Hottie contest or something?
view chrisAT's profile
LOL at chrisAT! Indeed, there are tons of cuties at the markets. Why do you think I get up so &^%$ early???
view Kathryn Hill's profile
What vegetable? I only saw the cutie in the dark shirt...
view EunHee's profile
Fresh garbanzo beans (chick peas).
view seidhr's profile
yes, it's garbanzo, which i bought "green" for the first time a month ago at the hispanic market. too bad no one told me i wasn't supposed to shell them before i cooked them. only after i'd suffered through the whole pile did someone make it clear to me i should have done them like edamame: in the shell, steamed, and with salt.
view lindsey kathlene's profile
garbanzos!
view rosebud's profile
Oh my god, I went to art school with him in San Francisco! It deeply concerns me that he is selling food now; I wouldn't touch anything he has handled. He was stuck in a 70s-performance art mode and actually killed a goldfish during a 'performance piece'. Eeeevil.
view zaky's profile
Oh, and he also swallowed bullets once as a 'performance piece' and had to immediately be sent to the ER.
view zaky's profile
Interesting and educational.Would be nice to go to a Santa Monica Market,lucky you.
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