A lovely little stone bridge not far from the Casa du Borghese. A tranquil location for this time of summer. It's often one I go over when I'm off to the market. Friday or Saturday, often find me going to Oak Grove for fresh veggies or fruit. I feel like right now we're at the height of many local goodies. I tend to live on nothing but fruit, veggies and seafood this time of year. Too hot to make hot comfort food dinners. With being down in Fells Point in Balitmore yesterday, I went after work on Friday as many of the things arrived in fresh. The main goal was the corn. This summer, the white and yellow corn at Oak Grove has been about the best I've even had. I love grilled corn on the cob. I wrap the cob up in a wet paper towel, with butter, salt, pepper, and other herbs, wrap it up in the wet paper towel, and then wrap in foil, sealed tightly, and place on the grill. When done, it. is. DELISH! The wet paper towel acts as a steamer for the corn. My goal was to get the corn to grill this week and make my first batch of my grandmothers Chicken Corn Soup today.
I'm a huge blueberry freak. I could and have eaten a pint already in a single sitting. I usually add them to morning granola, top off ice cream, and make blueberry pancakes. I often just pop them in my mouth most times.
What a came home with....
This is about a quarter of the corn I got, some very refreshing watermelon, lemons and limes for cock-a-tails, blueberries, some herbs and some button peaches. I'm not usually a huge fan of peaches, except those of a fine gentleman, but as I was eyeing these up, some woman said to me they were the sweetest and best peach she'd ever tried. Well, my first though was she obviously never had the fine assets of a South American man!!! But I digress. So I bought a pint of those, and regular peaches for the mother.
Must admit, the button peach was the best peach I'd ever had!!! Very sweet.
Said Chicken Corn Soup I just got done making. It's simmering slowly as I type. It will be enjoyed tonight, and some will be off to my uncle.
So, there was that.
Now I'm not doing another damn thing today but relax on the patio with a cold refreshing beverage.
Fresh vegetables are great, and the fruit? yummy. Blueberries are also one of my favs.
ReplyDeleteI will overdose on blueberries, at least till summer's end....
DeleteThat soup looks delish. What's your recipe?
ReplyDeleteHere you go Shirley...my grandmother's recipe.
Delete4 nice boneless chicken breast, boiled, and chopped up.
1 Cup Chopped onion
1 Cup Chopped celery
4-5 Cups chicken broth. I also add 1 to 2 cups of the chicken water from the boiled chicken.
6 Cups Fresh corn
1 tsp Celery salt
1 tsp Onion salt
1 T Parsley flakes
1 T Basil
1 T green onion
Salt and Pepper to taste
Fill a 10 Qt pot with 5-6 quarts of water. Cook the chicken until tender and done in the middle. Remove from broth. Strain the broth, then add the chopped celery, onion, herbs, semi boiled corn and chicken broth. Cook 5 minutes on high.
Add cooked and shredded chicken, celery salt, onion salt and Parsley into soup. I usually simmer on low then for about another hour to cook the corn longer.
Thanks. I'm on it.
DeleteIm with Boots and Braids...thank you. Im going to try this too. Looks yummy.
DeleteEnjoy!
DeleteStuff is a bit more expensive than you'll find in the grocery store, but whatever I've bought there is generally very high quality, and the baked goods are dangerously good henny...way to good.
ReplyDeleteHave you tired Strite's Orchid over in Chambers Hill? My grandmother swore by them. Their prices I find are lower than Oak Grove.
DeleteYou had me at the very pretty opening picture Maddie.
ReplyDeleteI just knew Central Pa had to have some very excellent markets, probably right with Bucks County. So glad you have a place to get such freshness. I agree, corn has been incredibly good this year. And Yes, by all mean...I echo Boots...fork over your recipe!!!!
Yes....plenty of markets!!!! And head down to Lancaster and one could go nuts.
DeleteAll very pretty pictures! Who knew pictures of fruit and corn could make one feel happy?
ReplyDeleteThose fruit and veggie purchases look wonderful! My Rare One went berserk at Cosco earlier this week and bought a whole flat of peaches, so I baked a lovely peach crisp yesterday to use up half of them.
ReplyDeleteI suppose salad is my veggie ration...as long as it's doused in ranch dressing.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy a good Cesear myself.
DeleteTundra Bunny here.... Those peaches, cherries and watermelon slices are making me drool! The quality of fruit and veg here this summer has been sketchy at best and expensive to boot. Love the stone bridge too -- how picturesque!
ReplyDeleteI could just as easily live on watermelon this time of year. It's been very sweet and juicy. And refreshing. We've been lucky the last two years here with produce.
DeleteYour inner Lisa Douglas is coming out again......
ReplyDeleteIt always seems to be popping out.
DeleteWe, too, go hog wild with the fruits and veggies at the local markets; in fact, I have stolen your paer-towel wrapped corn on the cob recipe and will try it this week. We have had some fabulous PNW cherries lately, and the peaches from Georgia are so dee-lish that you ALMOST forget Large Marge and Dumb Herschel.
ReplyDeleteYes... try the paper towel method. When my friend first showed me at the Woods, I wouldn't have believed it. I thought he was nuts. Make sure the paper towel is good and wet... with all your fixins too... and then wrap tightly in the foil. I usually cook it for about 20 minutes or as long as whatever your cooking, big, like steaks or chicken or pork.
DeleteWonderful farmer’s market! The pictures are wanting me to go get some summer fruit.
ReplyDeleteI am coming over with my plate. LOL! Looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteI have a even better place you can eat the fruit off of Gabriel......
DeleteWhat excellent looking tasting fruit!!!!! You really do find beauty everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you...in the summer it's to hot to cook indoors and use the stove. We do cook on the grill, or just eat fruit and veggies for dinner. We like our chilled seafood too.
Lovely and summery! I am a peach fanatic. I must look to see if we have button peaches here. I have never heard of them. They look smaller? Your corn looks far better than ours here. I miss good corn on the cob.
ReplyDeleteThat all looks so good! I was at the Reading Terminal Market yesterday and got the freshest new corn!! The lady at the stand said it was literally picked two hours from purchase from Bucks County! Best sweetest corn I've had.
ReplyDeleteThe stream looks like a good place to put your feet in.
Oh how I miss the Reading Terminal Market!!!!
Delete"I'm not usually a huge fan of peaches, except those of a fine gentleman." LMAO!!!!! Yes we know your south American men have some damn fine peaches. Your bounty looks so good. I'm a peach and plum person myself.
ReplyDeleteSeeing those cherries reminds me of a guy I worked in produce with. We pitted cherries for samples and he wanted to sell pitted cherries at a flea market.
ReplyDeleteHe thought he had a million dollar idea... But just no
I would have bought pitted cherries. I always worry I'll bit down on the pitt and break a tooth.
DeleteThose cherries look might good.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
I too enjoy a nice farmers market, especially if family owned. They always have a great selection of produce and baked goods. I will pay more for the fresh stuff. Our grocery stores here lately...well, things look drab. So, I always go for the local stuff.
ReplyDeleteYes Tweety...Oak Grove is still family owned.
DeleteThose are some lovely fruits and pictures, but now that I've seen those button peaches I see why people use the peach emoji when they want to say ass!
ReplyDeleteYes, they are not too far off from the real thing!!! LOL!
DeleteEither way, you always have a basket full!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIs there anything nicer to eat than fresh fruit and veg? I love it all.
ReplyDeleteDespite the lack of rain here we have had some great crops from our allotment. The corn isn't as good as usual but still good compared to the supermarket stuff.
I'm going to give your recipe a try too. Thankyou!
We've had a mild summer compared to summers past, hence why the produce has been good this summer and last.
DeleteI like the smell of the fruit and veg in markets - you don't get it in the supermarket - and everything looks lush.
ReplyDeleteLoving the stone bridge.
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I agree. Nothing like that smell. Bring back memories too.
DeleteWhat a fantastic haul! How fortunate you are to have such a lovely market nearby. I'm nipping up to the allotment in a bit to pick some greengages, blackberries, sweetcorn, and plums, but no cherries sadly as the bloody blackbirds ate them all!
ReplyDeleteP.S. That bridge reminds me of one in Norwich. I thought I had a photo of it on the blog, but coudln't find it (although I did find a photo I took while standing on it [the penultimate photo]).
That a saw that post again I remembered it. I was shocked that in the last there was no garden encounter!!!!! The only thing here we had a problem with was Robins eating our blueberries when the bush yielded them back in June.
DeleteWe know those as button peaches and that woman is so right... except when it comes to South American men.
ReplyDeleteLmao!!!!! The lady doesn't know what she is missing.
DeleteWhat I meant to say was we know those as SATURN peaches.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of corn,
ReplyDeleteWe have two dozen frozen.
DeleteEvery time I see a farmers market I want to weep or riot as I want one badly, I think when I move I will make having one nearby a priority.
ReplyDeleteYou should spo. Not only fun and delish local produce and food, and a nice sense of community.
DeleteI have cold cooked porridge for breakfast filled with blueberries, raspberries and assorted summer fruit - 3 of my 5 a day. The other two come in at lunch time when I use my own dressings, either lemon dressing or mango dressing (that goes over a smoked salmon and mango salad). For home grown tomatoes I use olive oil, s&p and as good a balsamic vinegar as I can find.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had porridge in an age.
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