Tag: hot sauce

Brooklyn Night Bazaar!

This time of year when the sun sets at 7pm and the ghosts of Halloween seem ever closer, many farmers plant cover crops, sow garlic for the summer harvest, and start heading to bed earlier as the nights drop down to 40*F.  Not so these Brooklyn greenthumbs: after an 85*F on the Rooftop Farm, the Eagle Street crew headed over to downtown Brooklyn to participate in the white-light-lit wonderland of the DeKalb Market’s first Night Bazaar.  We were swayed into pulling a 16 hour day by Joann Kim of the Greenpoint Food Market, a notoriously delightful organizer, and the allure of our favorite memories of night markets in Bolivia, Peru, Fiji and other warm-weather climes with an appreciation for live chickens, warm spices, and barter.  The ten PM shopper is a canny one, and we sold out of our hot sauce in less than two hours.  It was a pleasure to meet new friends off the rooftop–and although Gina, the rooftop chicken who joined us, won’t admit it, we’re sure she had a great time, too.

Hot Sauce & Compost Cookies!

This week at the Farm, we’ve got the hots for you! Our Andy, Ladybug, Hungarian Hot Wax, Jalapeno and Ancho Poblano peppers are in full swing, with more rare varieties in smaller amounts–you’ve got to try them to believe us, but we’ll swear up and down we’ve got the hottest fruits in town.  We’ve been making our beloved “CONCENTRATE!!” a mix of vinegar, salt and hot peppers that lets the peppers shine.  Your job is to add the mango juice, tomato puree, chocolate powder and roasted peanuts–whatever it is that allows you to enjoy best the spiciest crop on the farm.

This Sunday at 2pm we’re joined by author, professor and historian Annie Hauck-Lawson, who’ll school us on making a treat that sounds tasty but is best left for the garden: worm compost cookies.  Yum!  More on Annie can be found here.