It’s
finally full blown strawberry season!
The market is expecting hundreds of quarts of strawberries tomorrow (The
Webb City Farmers Market is open from 4 to 6 pm Tuesday in the pavilion at the
South Main Street entrance to King Jack Park.)
The market will be loaded
with fresh local spring produce like strawberries, asparagus, kohlrabi (more on
that below), spring greens, beets, radishes, green onions, cut herbs, broccoli
and more. Two more farms make their
first 2014 appearance on Tuesday – Kenney Family Farms of Stockton with
strawberries and Rocky Horse Ranch, of Rocky Comfort, with broccoli, greens,
strawberries and asparagus. There
will be lots of herb and vegetable plants, flowers and hanging baskets, baked
goods, all-natural beef, chicken and lamb, honey, energy bars, kettle corn,
flavored popcorn and candied pecans, as well.
Dogs on the Roll will serve
hot dogs, chili dogs, chili cheese dogs and Frito pie. Ten percent of their sales go to Golden Paws
Animal Rescue Shelter. Bill Adkins of
Bella Vista plays popular music from the 60’s and 70’s from 4 to 6.
Now about that kohlrabi –
University of Missouri Extension nutrition program associate Lindsey Supplee
will demonstrate recipes featuring kohlrabi at Tuesday’s market. Kohlrabi is a member of the cabbage family
and with its like green bulb topped by large leaves looks a bit alien but it’s
a big seller once people sample it. In
fact, the last time Extension used it in a cooking demonstration it sold out.
