We are spending the weekend in Green Lake, WI, where we have a small second house overlooking the beautiful lake. Whenever we are here, between May until Halloween, one of our favorite places to go is Soda's Farm Market, a small store located on the small farm operated by Tracy and Kimble Soda, on WI State Road 73. I've posted previously about Soda's legendary sweet corn in season, and rich assortment of other vegetables. They take tremendous pride in the quality of their produce, which is very evident when you peruse the table tops inside the store. Tracy in particular, who usually minds the store, also loves swapping recipes and stories involving unusual varieties of common vegetables--some newly developed, others long-forgotten varieties that a mother or grandmother remembers from many decades ago. These black radishes are a perfect example. Too unusual to even offer in the store, the Soda's grow them for themselves. But it was our good fortune to visit yesterday--Halloween--as Tracy was closing the store down until May. Since we are such frequent customers, she had set aside a bunch of these for us. We wasted no time incorporating them into the meal we prepared last night, which also involved various colors of peppers, baby lettuce, red potatoes, rutabagas, squash and onions that we also hauled out from Soda's. And the fridge is full of many bags of other produce that we will be working thru here, and when we head back to Chicago.
The black radishes are earthy, strong-flavored, just a bit hot and firm--and absolutely wonderful. We sliced them raw for our salad.
Before heading back, we hope to visit at least one local farm for pasture-raised meat, poultry and eggs. There are a half-dozen to choose from within 20 miles of where we are. Quite a local food paradise. I will post about where we end up visiting. Farewell Soda's Farm Market until next year--we will dearly miss you!
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