DEBORAH CROMBIE: Help! Saturday is farmer's market day here and I just go bonkers. I can't seem to help myself. No matter how good my resolutions, once I get there and see all the produce displayed in the stalls, I will buy it until I can't carry any more. Every week as I struggle back to the car I swear I'm going to buy one of those collapsible wagons that I see other people using, but then I promise I won't buy so much the next time...Here's SOME of today's haul, and I still have cukes, peaches, and zucchini left from last week.
And what about the okra? The last time I made fried okra I swore I wouldn't do it again anytime soon--it's just too much trouble. (The secret is egg, then flour, then cornmeal, but ugh, you end up with a whole kitchen covered in sticky, floury mess.) I'm contemplating gumbo, but that may fall by the weekday wayside. I'd love some other okra suggestions.
One thing I don't need any help with is these babies--
Little Shishito peppers. Usually I toss them in a scorching hot, dry non-stick skillet with a little flaky salt until they start to blister, then serve with aioli spiced up with some Spanish smoked paprika. Yum! And the hubby doesn't eat them, so all the more for me.
Tonight, however, I'm going to throw them in the grill basket. We're cooking some fancy cheddar/jalepeno burger patties from the local butcher, with some fresh corn.
So REDS and readers, whatcha cookin'? And please share your favorite end-of-summer recipes!
