I went to E. Cecchi Farm in Feeding Hills yesterday. I love going there for the vegetables without middlemen. They do sell to Big Y, but I prefer buying direct, at their pleasant farm stand. I miss it when it's closed for the season, and rejoice when it opens again.
My favorite part of the stand is the seconds table, a sort of scratch-and-dent department for produce. That's where I bought these adorable 8-ball squashes, a zucchini hybrid. I got a basket of 8 of them, approximately 4 3/4 pounds, for $1.50. I also got 3 pounds of pickling cukes for $3 (two bargain baskets). With the squashes and cukes, the blemishes are minor: irregular shapes, scuff marks. The bargain peppers will sometimes have rotten spots, but I can cut those out quickly and freeze the peppers, and even accounting for what I discard, I still make out like a bandit.
I love summer and the native produce it brings!
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