Saturday morning in the 'hood

[mojosmom]

I started the day by going to an estate sale. Two books, a DVD, three CDs, a decorative plate, a crocheted pillowcase, a mug and some coasters later, and after having dropped that stuff at home, I headed off to my first farmers' market of the season. (It actually opened last week, but I was doing to many other things to get there.) I didn't actually buy a lot of produce, just some salad greens, a couple of tomatoes and some asparagus, since I'm going to be leaving town mid-week, but I did get some cupcakes from the Brown Sugar Bakery and a lovely veal chop from Mint Creek Farm. I know their lamb is good, so I decided to try their veal.

You know, between Saturday morning at the grocery store, and Saturday morning at the farmers' market, who needs to fix lunch? Chef Courtney Nzeribe was fixing lamb sliders with rhubarb-onion sauce:


and Stephanie Izard (the Top Chef winner) and her sous-chefs from Art Smith's Common Threads program were passing out high-class sloppy joes:


After the farmers' market, I went grocery shopping and there were the usual people handing out samples (pizza and chicken bratwurst today), and of course they always have samples of various fruits, and bread to dunk in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and cheeses, and salsas, etc.

The morning was rather overcast, but the sun seems to be trying to come out. I think I'm going to put my winter clothes away, and get my spring/summer things out!

Comments

[fancyhorse.livejournal.com]

A profitable morning!
How did "sliders" get their name? Do you know? I've seen them on menus, and eaten some, but it sounds like such a strange thing to call little sandwiches.

[asterapallas.livejournal.com]

Usually sliders are so named due to their small size...and they usually are topped or marinated in a sauce which enables them (along with their smaller size) to "slide" right down.

:)

[mojosmom.livejournal.com]

As near as I can find, "sliders" was a term used in the Navy for greasy hamburgers. White Castle began calling their small, greasy burgers "sliders" and the word has now come to mean any small burger.