Pumpkins and Squash at Comus Market

Have you ever been out to the Comus Market?  Art has it inked on our calendar for November every year now.  They have the most incredible selection of locally grown squash!    It’s located in Montgomery County, MD — about 45 minutes from the District.

Favorite picture of Art from last year's trip! Check out my pumpkin!

My favorites for looks are the fairytale pumpkins, but we’re really buying them to eat.

Wonder if this will make good carriage? These were there just a week ago!

We already had a “volunteer” fairytale from our own garden,  so Art insisted we buy other things this year.  If you buy them, please don’t just use them as decoration!  They are so pretty, but also good to eat.  Most fall squash and pumpkins will last for a really long time.  They are a great food for getting fresh local vegetables in the winter.  Stock up now before they are gone.

If you go, take

Here’s what we got this week:

• Kohlrabi
• cabbage
• Red lettuce mix
• garlic scapes
• basil
• radishes
• purslane
• shiso
• epazote
• Ornamental hot pepper plant

Early in his CSA career, our farmer would sometimes have to glean the fields of purslane to make shares. Now he grows it from seed.

Purslane is a succulent, tangy green best known for being a weed.  But it is a very tasty weed. Stems and leaves can be used, preferably raw, to add a bit of a lemony flavor to salads. Some sources say that this, and not parsley,  was the green originally used in tabbouleh.

What did you get this week?