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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 04:32:15 JST Adrianna Tan

   One nice thing about getting my veggies mostly from the farmers market is you get lots of things not easily found in stores (whole turmeric from the southeast Asian farmer, fresh curry leaves etc), but you also get the tops on for things like carrots and beets. I really enjoy the ‘pesto’ I make with carrot tops and I’ve just found that I prefer eating beet greens to kale. It’s just so good.

   * not all farmers markets are created equal. In SF, Civic center and Alemany are the best (least bougie, with stuff I want, with prices actually better than a supermarket)

   #Food #California

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 04:34:31 JST Adrianna Tan

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     If you’re in SF, the cheapest grocery ‘hack’ I know is to go to the civic center market on Wed or Sunday from 2pm, and just buy the dollar bags. Or 3 for $5, 5 for $7 bags. They’re massive and feed us well and cheaply.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 04:35:55 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Berkubernetus

     @fuzzychef they’re so herbaceous that you have to balance the bitter with something. Add a lot more cheese, lemon juice, salt then you would typically

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     Berkubernetus (fuzzychef@m6n.io)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 04:35:56 JST Berkubernetus

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     @skinnylatte I tried making carrot top pesto once, and wasn't thrilled; is the recipe you use online?

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 04:45:09 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Berkubernetus

     @fuzzychef yeah I wouldn’t do lemon juice in a basil one but I add a little bit for carrot. It’s pretty awful if you do it just subbing out the basil for carrot tops. I’ll send something

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     Berkubernetus (fuzzychef@m6n.io)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 04:45:11 JST Berkubernetus

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     @skinnylatte lemon juice? Huh.

     If you ever post a rough recipe, please tag me. I grow my own carrots, so I have plenty of fresh tops.

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     Jonathan Yu (jawnsy@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 05:51:13 JST Jonathan Yu

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     @skinnylatte I'm often skeptical of farmer's markets because of how bougie they are, and also this: https://youtu.be/YYwB63YslbA

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 05:51:13 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Jonathan Yu

     @jawnsy lol most of them are bad

     and some of them have crunchy anti-vaxxers

     but working class farmers markets are fantastic