Beet greens at Dallas Farmers Market
On a December 5 trip to the Dallas Farmers Market, I got two large bunches of absolutely perfect beet greens from Gerald Pruitt of Pruitt Farms in Mexia, Texas.
Pruitt tried to give them to me for free because the beets were small. But I buy beets for the greens. I love beet greens.
Some Dallas old-timers still moan about the “old” farmers market and how convenient it was to drive up and shop for produce — despite the fact that the majority of the stands in the old days were not manned by farmers but were instead vendors selling the same not-grown-in-Texas fruits and vegetables they could buy at any supermarket.
The current farmers market features actual farmers. Exclusively. It’s not as convenient as pulling in and getting pineapples from Hawaii and strawberries from California, but it’s not a fraud.
The Dallas Farmers Market will never be like markets on the West Coast where so much of our food is grown. But with its cute collection of shops selling Texas-raised meat, Texas-brewed wine and beer, popcorn, tamales, coffee, cheese, T-shirts, and gifts, some indoors, some outside, it is a nice way to spend a weekend day, a place to take guests, just like the markets on the West Coast – and you go home with local produce. Find full story here.
