Tag: corn

I think that August might be the peak month for produce shopping at the local market. I could be wrong but I think mid-August might provide the widest array and biggest cross-section of fruits and vegetables. Apples and pears start to come in while  you still have all the summer berries blueberries, strawberries, blackberries (my favorite) and even the tail end of raspberries can be found in August. You get plums, nectarines, apricots and of course who can forget peaches.

August is classically the month of peaches here in the interior and if you happen to be fortunate enough to live in the Okanagan valley you know the delicious abundance of peach season. For $40 I can purchase more peaches than I can process. I fill my cupboards with canned peaches,  my freezer with frozen peach slices for smoothies and we eat peaches every day for three juicy weeks.

But lest we forget that we are still in prime vegetable season and while spinach is in short supply in these hot days a vegetable grower worth their salt will still have greens for you. Beautiful, luxurious heads of lettuce in wide varieties. Tomatoes, peppers & cucumbers of all shapes and sizes are found along side plentiful patty pans and delicate little potatoes.

And who could forget the summer squash that stole all the glory zucchini. I personally love zucchini season and it’s mostly because I love relish. What else goes in relish? Onions, white, red, green they all are available in August as well as the season’s first summer garlic. Herbs of every variety and what else is a signature of August? Corn. That ever so seasonal probably contaminated with GMO but you don’t care because it’s so tasty sweet corn.

You name it and you can probably find it at market in August so go crazy.
Roast vegetables. Roast LOTS of vegetables because before you know it they will be gone.