Farmers’ Market Fridays: Goat and Roasting Boxes

This past Saturday, I took another trip to The Green Market at Piedmont Park and the weather had definitely improved since my last visit! I arrived about an hour after they opened and it was rife with patrons and their puppies, all happily perusing the booths along with me. I hadn’t seen it so packed quite yet, so it was nice to see everyone walking around to support their local vendors.

I trekked down to the very edge of the market to visit the Southern Berkshire Farm booth. On my previous excursion I had noticed they sold some ground goat, and while I didn’t pick any up at the time, it stayed in my mind for two weeks. I bought about a pound and I have yet to use it, but my plan is to mix it with my ground beef from Riverview Farms and make shepherds pie! Goat has a similar flavor and texture to lamb, so I hope it integrates well.

I stopped by 2 Hill Farm‘s booth, which always has excellent veggies. On this particular visit, I picked up one of their roasting boxes, a product I hadn’t seen before. It was an assortment of sweet potatoes, beets, parsnips, Jerusalem artichokes (aka sunchokes), and some other root vegetables that you can cut up and roast! I thought it was a great idea to have a miscellany of small veggies boxed up instead of having to buy larger amounts of individual ones. I cooked them to have with pork tenderloin the other night and they were incredible! I typically cannot stand beets, but theirs tasted like candy, so maybe there is some hope for me yet!

I’ll see y’all next week!