Saturday Smiles: Tomatoes & Parsnips @The Santa Barbara Farmers Market

Alexandra, It is too cold for me. you are so brave to go out in this weather.

I would like to buy those tomatoes just to get the seeds.

I still have about 30 tomatoes on the vine that I hope will ripen before we have a "killer" frost.

Bill Roberts

Alexandra=We are actually at 68* here but then we are going to drop back into the 50's and rain thru Weds so my last day outside for a number of days. It has been chilly in the 30's many mornings so I will enjoy today. Never had parsnips. A wide varieties of colors for the tomatoes

Ron and Alexandra Seigel I guess the veggies would be nice and 'refrigerated'!  Didn't realize that the Santa Barbara Farmers Market would get that cold. 

Hi Alexandra and Ron -- as I was reading your post I checked to see the current temperature is 46 with the "high" expected to reach the mid-60s.   I guess it's time to break out the leather jacket.   Have a Happy Saturday.  

Happy Saturday - it sounds like your fun continues. ;)

Thanks for the tomato photo - our heirlooms are a distant memory. Ha. 

Yu-um! Love heirloom tomatoes and fresh parsnips! Great place to be right there at the Farmer's Market in Santa Barbara Ron and Alexandra.

That is very cold for you guys.  I have been freezing all day and it is only 19 at my house right now.  Boot weather!

Not sure I've ever had a parsnip in my entire life....come to think of it, a turnip either.....I guess I'm not a "nip" kind of guy!  

Oh- Ron and Alexandra- that's cold!!!  The tomatoes look great.  Like Roger D. Mucci I'm not a big "nip" veggie person although Larry used parsnips when he made In Garten's chicken broth recipe. 

Lovely photos Ron & Alexandra. You temps were similar to ours except we never made it above 50.

Must cofess...have not used parsnips in our soup varieties yet....but are going to go ourside our recipe comfort zone soon and add other ingredients to new recipes.

Good morning A & R. Those temperatures are definitely ideal for some hot soup and looks like you have the beginning of ingredients you will need.

Good morning A. Of course tomatoes are one of the basic food groups however, I don't recall having parsnips but I'm sure I have..

My mom taught me about parsnips-most people(young) today never heard of them. I like to use them in my home made soups and I put them in with my pot roast.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are vital to our diets and I wish the grocery stores would stop selling all of the processed and chemical infused "foods", we need to be eating real food!

Ron and Alexandra Seigel UMM? Pickled parnips? I have never enjoyed one. Guess there is always something new to try. Thanks for the alert!

Good Sunday morning Ron and Alexandra Seigel -

Crazy cold weather for our area as well.  Our high was only 48 which is nuts for us.  Today we'll only hit the high 50's.  Needless to say we're both in sweat pants this morning.

Good morning Ron and Alexandra Seigel The parsnips captured my attention as my parents grew them in their garden.  As I read your post I had to chuckle warmly thinking about your chilly temps which to me seems WARM.  Temp in Erie is 46, twenty-three degrees warmer than yesterday.  Balmy for Dec. 1st