The Main Street Farmers' Market
of Washington, PA

Your foods

Our Market offers the best and freshest of foods, from organic vegetables to grass-fed beef. With a few exceptions, all are grown within 100 miles of Washington by the same people who are selling them here. We also feature excellent prepared foods from local cooks and kitchens.

We do a careful inventory every week. You can see the results below. But you can also get a general idea of what is available from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's chart of crop seasons. Of course, we always have a full selection of all our non-seasonal foods, from bread fresh from the ovens, to meats, fish, cheese, and desserts of many kinds.

What's fresh!

Fall is now officially here. We have pumpkins and peppers in full swing. Come and enjoy our bounty!

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Cut and Dried Herbs:

Fresh green and red basil, parsley, chives, mint, rosemary, sage, marjoram, and oregano. There are also a variety of herbal teas.

Vegetables:

Leafy Vegetables:

We have Savoy cabbage, and regular green cabbage. We also still have red and green leaf lettuces. And arugula and collards are back (now that the weather is cooling off).

Fruit and Seed-like Vegetables:

Eggplants (both regular and long), okra, tomatillos, cayenne peppers, habanero peppers, green and red banana peppers (both sweet and hot), Jimmy Nardello sweet peppers, yellow gypsy peppers (sweet), cubanelle peppers (slightly hot), cherry bomb peppers (green and hot), concho peppers (jalapeño-like), jalapeños, chocolate-sweet peppers, green and red bell peppers, green beans, yellow beans, Romano beans, cranberry shelling beans, zucchinis, patti pans, yellow summer squash, and Constata Romanesco (a ribbed, zucchini-like summer squash). We also have a variety of winter squashes: butternut , acorn, delicata, sweet dumpling and spaghetti. We also have large and small pumpkins and colorful gourds of many varieties. We have a variety of heirloom tomatoes: Brandywine, Green Zebra, Valencia, Garden-peach, Great White, Oregon Spring and Cherokee Purple. We also have Roma paste tomatoes, Sunstart tomatoes, Big Red tomatoes, little yellow plum and pear tomatoes, and large green tomatoes. We also now have fresh chestnuts!

Stem and Flower-like Vegetables:

These are now reduced to broccoli and occasionally nasturiums (an edible flower).

Root Vegetables:

We now have shallots, garlic bulbs in six varieties (still attached to their stems), large sweet onions (both in red and yellow forms), moderate sized yellow onions, and fresh carrots. We also have red radishes, red beets, and an increasing range of potatoes including white and red thin-skinned potatoes in a variety of sizes.

Fruits:

We now have many apples: Johnagold (red/green), Jonamac (red), Red Delicious (red), Galas (red/ yellow) Fall MacIntosh (red), Grimes Golden (yellow), Cortlands (red/green), Empire (red), Ida Red, Ginger Gold (yellow), yellow Delicious, red Delicious, Sun Crisp (yellow) and Winesaps (red). Bartlet pears and red bartlet pears appeared a few weeks ago and are now joined by Bosc, Asian, and Seckel pears. We still have two varieties of canteloupes, two varieties of small, round watermelons (including "Crimson-Sweet"), and large regular watermelons. Peaches are still here, but nearly gone. Damson plums were offered for the first time, but other plums have disappeared. And finally, Niagra grapes, Concord grapes, and red and green seedless grapes round out the fall fruit.

Meats and dairy products:

BBQ:

Our BBQ vendor offers barbequed pork, beef brisket, and ribs, hot and fresh at the Market. They also offer hot dogs and hamburgers and some side dishes. They are now offering chili, just in time for the cool weather.

Highland Beef:

Our beef vendor raises Scottish Highland Cattle which produce very lean, high quality beef. This ground beef, shish kebab beef, sirloin steak, filet mignon, chuck steak, New York strip steak, round roast, London broil, liver, jerky, summer sausage, snack sticks, and canned beef. She also offers dog bones (biscuits) made from this beef.

Veal:

Humanely-raised veal is available occasionally from Emerald Valley Artisenal Cheese. So keep an eye for a sign on Alisa's table or just ask her when it is coming back.

Pork:

Shoulder (butt) roasts (in both regular and boneless versions), shoulder steaks, tenderloins, pork chops (both regular and boneless), boneless loin end roasts, spare ribs, country ribs (regular and boneless), ground pork, and fresh ham roasts. We also offer breakfast sausage, sweet Italian sausage, and hot Italian sausage in many forms. Each of these is typically available in both bulk and link form and in both regular and whole-hog varieties. We also now have pork kidneys, hearts, livers, and neckbones (for our more adventurous cooks).

Fish:

Halibut is here! Sockey salmon and "Sea Beef" (a premium sockeye salmon that is kosher and certified to be free of bones) are both available, as is smoked King salmon and nova lox.

Poultry and Eggs:

Free-range eggs (brown or variously colored) are available now. Pastured poultry will be available occasionally through the season from visiting vendors. Please see the visiting vendor schedule for dates.

Cheeses:

Cheddar, Colby, farmers, feta, marinated feta, hot pepper, fresh mozzarella, aged mozzarella, smoked mozzarella, Cheddar, smoked Cheddar, horseradish Cheddar, Swiss, smoked Swiss, Ragusano, Parmesan, ricotta, and fromage blanc (a fresh soft cheese made into 8 different flavored spreads including pesto, jalapeño, smoked cheddar, blue, herbs de provence with lavender, parsley-sage, orange sunrise, and roasted garlic with sun dried tomato).

Milks:

Chocolate milk, 2% milk, skim milk, and buttermilk are available.

Jams, chutneys, pickles, relishes and salsas:

corn relish These items are offered in an almost bewildering array of choices, from wine and fruit jellies and jams, through fruit chutneys and both sweet and tart relishes, to a wide range of salsas (both hot and sweet).

Our jam and jelly vendor offers 82 different jams and jellies, including all the familiar ones and some rarer ones like rhubarb jam, apple cider-cinnamon jelly, strawberry-gooseberry jam, and violet jelly.

Pickles include hot pepper pickles, bread and butter pickles, piccalilli, green tomato relish, zucchini relish, pickled red onions, sweet and spicy pickled cucumbers (with habanero chilies), and Mexican pickled vegetables.

Mango chutney is our current fresh fruit chutney, but pineapple chutney and several others are expected.

The salsas include corn and bean salsa, black bean salsa, roasted red salsa, ranchero salsa, green tomatillo salsa, chipolte salsa, Spanish peanut salsa, and Taquera salsa.

Baked goods:

Yeast breads:

Challah, French loaf, six-grain, honey whole wheat, organic whole wheat, raisin bread, Kalamata olive bread, jalapeno cheddar bread, cracked wheat, Tuscan, sour dough, buttermilk, rosemary potato, pull-apart dinner rolls, sandwich buns, sun-dried tomato, cherry-chocolate yeast bread, and cranberry-walnut whole wheat.

Sweet breads:

Banana bread (six different versions including plain and those with nuts, raisins, and chocolate chips), zucchini bread (8 versions with pineapple, nuts, raisins, and chocolate chips), pumpkin bread (6 versions with nuts, raisins, and chocolate chips), apple pie bread, eggnog bread, and cranberry-walnut bread. These change a bit from week to week. This week we also saw a pumpkin/banana bread.

Pies:

Apple, apple-crumble, sour cherry, rhubarb, rhubarb-strawberry, peach, blackberry, and toll house pies.

Cookies:

Pumpkin, sour cream, oatmeal-raisin, molasses, chocolate chip, peanut butter, ginger snaps, cowabunga, pie scrap, orange drop cookies, anise pizelles, and "chocolate gobs" (an oreo like confection with brownie-like cookies on the outside and cream on the inside).

Biscotti is abundant. We always have a large selection from approximately thirteen varieties.

Cheesecakes:

Our regular cheese cake vendor usually offers three different cheesecakes, by the slice, each market day. Last week's offerings were: plain cheesecake, pumpkin cheesecake, and Kahlua cheesecake.

Others:

Home-made angelfood wedges are now regularly offered by the Spring House. Focaccia is also available.

Prepared Foods:

The Market has many fine prepared foods. This week we had baked potato salad, sweet & sour broccoli, Italian shells pasta salad, baked beans, and cole slaw. Our pirogie vendor seems to have disappeared. We apologize to all those who loved those pierogies, but we'll try to find a delicious replacement for next year and will increase our visiting vendors for this year.

Flowers:

This week we saw a wide range of vivid bouquets of mixed flowers and sunflowers. And huge, bloom-covered chrisanthamum plants are now being offered to brighten your yard from now until hard frost.

Candies and other sweets:

Candied apples are now regularly offered. We always have local honey. We also always have fudge in a variety of flavors including peanut butter, chocolate, chocolate with nuts, maple, and vanilla.

Drinks (in addition to dairy):

Wine:

Our wine vendors change weekly. For next week's vendors, please check our visiting vendor schedule.

Other drinks:

Fresh squeezed lemonade (made with sugar or Splenda), fresh cider by the jug and hot cider by the cup, iced tea, and bottled waters are available.

Miscellaneous:

Cute wooden cutting boards are now available, cut into amusing animal and farm-related shapes.

Various soaps are now available regularly. Last week's included exfoliating lemon-poppyseed everyday soap and peppermint-tea tree wake up everyday soap.

Cow horns in a variety of sizes (from big to huge) are also available were on display at the Market last week. Huge, luxurious cow hides (with thick, shaggy red hair) and beefy dog bones can be had if you ask for them.

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This page was updated on October 4, 2008