It was great to have more folks discovering us for the first time last week, and to have many folks return. Thank you all so much for spending part of your Saturday with us! We'd love to welcome more visitors to Chocolates and Tomatoes Farm at 7957 Hollow Road, Middletown, MD 21769, on Saturday, 9am-1pm.
New this week at Chocolates and Tomatoes Farm
Emerging from the Chocolates and Tomatoes Field and Making a Grand Entrance at the Market on June 10
Yellow candy onions (pictured left) -- these mild gems can be diced and used raw for relish or salsa, sliced and carmelized for your veggie or cheese-steak sandwiches, and used in plenty of other raw and cooked dishes where you want a light onion flavor.
Cilantro (pictured middle), and if you did not grow up in the US, you probably call these coriander leaves --one of my personal favorite herbs to put on a taco or in guacamole and salsa; if you have only had dried cilantro, try it fresh -- the aroma and flavor difference will be startling! It has its best flavor when you use it raw or stir it into something hot right at the very end!
White beets (pictured right; joining the red beets that appeared last week) -- personally, I find the non-red beets have a mellower flavor. Great for folks who already love beets, but dislike how red beets turn everything near them (including your hands!) pink or red.
Limited Quantity first of the season blueberries (not pictured)!
Try out a cooking class
Learn how to pickle and quickal -- not just about cucumbers! Sign up by tonight if you want to come on Friday.
Create delicious rolled chocolate truffles and bring them home to share with friends. Sign up by Friday to attend Sunday's class.
Grown at Chocolates and Tomatoes and Returning to Market on June 10
LAST WEEK: Cauliflower and Broccoli and probably strawberries!
Beets
Cabbage, red and green
Carrots
Cucumbers (small seedless and large slicer)
Fennel
Green onions
Herbs: rosemary, tarragon, various mints
Kales and lettuces (including an arugula that melted an Italian grandmother's heart last week)
Mustard greens (folks who have tried these have reported really enjoying their sharp flavor)
Radishes
Snow peas and sugar snap peas
Swiss chard, yellow and red
Yellow summer squash
Zucchini
Other Market Yummies will also be back
Chocolates and Tomatoes Farm house-made bread (we've been selling out by 11am even though we bake more each week)
Chocolates and Tomatoes Farm house-made chocolates (sometimes they are hidden to keep them from melting, but just ask and we will pull out what we've got!)
Local honey made from hives on the farm and surrounding areas. Western Maryland Apiaries provides us with the bees and honey!
Chef Missy's fancy treats!
Order Online or Just Come to the Tents and Browse
If you are headed out to Chocolates and Tomatoes Farm from the surrounding areas, make a day of it! Check out these links to see what else might be going on in Frederick or Washington County Maryland or less than an hour away in PA, WV, and VA!
Other farms in Frederick County where you can get cheese, mead, beer, and various experiences
Head just a little west to visit Washington County for grapes, grains, and tours
A little southwest from us, you can check out Antietam National Battlefield, and cute little town called Shepherdstown, WV
A little north from us is HersheyPark in PA
And, a little south from us is Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park in Leesburg, VA