Saturday on the waterfront...Little Washington Farmer's Market

We approached a cluster of white canopied tents at the end of the waterfront about 9:30am and were so surprised at what we found. Most of the vendors were "backyard gardeners" selling small quantities of only a few vegetables and herbs. Scanning the small array of selections, we spotted the shiitake mushroom growers and quickly shared our story of trekking to the waterfront to buy their wares. They reported having thirteen pounds of shiitakes to sell and we chose a select 8 ounces to take home with us. As we perused other selections, we found beautiful fresh fish, scallops, shrimp, and cleaned blue crabs from Washington Crab & Seafood, Inc. A huge ziploc bag of cleaned blue crabs went for $10...and we left with her last bag of cleaned crabs. No crab recipe was on our docket for the week, but knew that there would be no problem in making a change to concoct the infamous Blue Crabs, White Sauce, and Pasta that my sister, Dana, and her husband, Skip, cook for us when we visit them in South Jersey.

Last, in addition to buying fresh red radishes and white Daikon radishes from another gentleman, we bought jars of homemade Peach Salsa and Raspberry Jalapeno Jam from a family owning a small farm-based enterprise called Petals and Produce. Every vendor we encountered thanked us for coming and invited us to next Saturday's Summer Festival. In addition to an expanded Farmer's Market and more seafood fresh from local waters, arts and crafts would be for sale. We knew that we would be back!