Want a reason to go to the West Seattle Farmers’ Market (11 am-2 pm, SE corner 44th/Alaska) today? Today, 2/17, and 2/24 are the last 3 sessions before the market takes a brief late winter/early spring break. Here’s today’s fresh list:

FEATURED FROM LOCAL FARMS THIS WEEK:

Rapini
Purple Broccoli
Kale: Lacinato, Red Russian, Winterbore

River Valley Cheese: Raw Milk – Cow and Goat Cheeses. Aged Hard Goat Cheese, Fresh Chevre (plain, sun dried tomato & basil, figs & almonds), Feta, Fresh Mozzarella (cow, goat, buffalo), Tipsy Cow (soaked in cabernet), Naughty Nellie (soaked in Pike Place Ale), Valley Girl (cow’s milk cheddar).

New Cheese from Estrella Family Creamery: “Partly Sunny”; a creamy cow’s milk blue cheese.

AVAILABLE EVERY WEEK:

GREENS: Mixed fresh and braising greens. Plus individual bunches: Spinach, Arugula, Mache, Miner’s Lettuce, Collards, Baby Bok Choy

Goat Meat: All cuts, riblets, Leg of goat and Ground goat meat – at UD and WS

Wooly Pigs Pork: Chops, Shoulder Roast, Ham Slices, Belly and Rib strips

Beef: Samish Bay Cheese and Olsen Farms have all cuts from excellent pasture raised and finished cows.

FRESH VEGETABLES:

Brussels Sprouts

Parsnips

Kohlrabi

Jerusalem Artichokes

Garlic – Red, White and Elephant

Shallots

Winter Squash

Celery Root-Celeriac

Turnips

Radish –Daikon

Dried +Shelling Beans: Black, Cannellini, Cranberry.

Cabbage: White Head

Carrots: orange, maroon

Onions: Yellow Onions

Beets

Leeks

POTATOES–Russet, Yukon Gold, Fingerlings, Red and Blue varieties.

APPLES: Braeburn, Fuji , Pink Lady, Cameo

WINES: Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet, Syrah and Blends from Sweetbread Cellars on Vashon Island . Brought to Market by Sea Breeze Farm. At UD, WS.

Sweet Raspberry wine from Rockridge Farms at U-District and West Seattle .

SOUP STOCKS: Veal, chicken, beef, duck and lamb stocks; rich, gelatinous stocks for your best home recipes – Sea Breeze Farms – at UD and WS

FISH: Wild Salmon: Smoked and frozen Sockeye, KING and Coho. Also Lox, Jerky, Salmon sausage and patties, Chum Caviar, Pickled Salmon

WILD MUSHROOMS: Black truffles

DRIED FRUITS AND VEGGIES:

Apples, Wild Huckleberries, Peaches, Apricots, Prunes, Asian Pears, Bosc Pears
Tomatoes, Celery Leaf, Hot Chilies, Garlic Powders
Dried Herbs: Basil, Parsley Dried Mushrooms: Chanterelles, Lobster, Porcini, Truffle Salt

PORK: Organic/Pasture-Raised and finished from Bow ( Samish Bay ) and Reardan , WA (Wooly Pigs): All cuts; frozen and smoked. Loin, chops, roasts, ham, bacon, sausages, porchetta. LARD.

BEEF: Organic pasture raised and finished beef from Samish Bay , Olsen Farms and Seabreeze Farms. Steaks, Roasts, Hamburger, Summer Sausage, Andouille Sausage, Jerky, London Broil, soup bones, dog bones…

CHICKEN and DUCK: Free-run locally raised chickens and ducks. Fresh and frozen fryers, stewing hens and roasters. Chicken liver (pate) and chicken stock.

VEAL: Veal Ribs, Loin Chops, Top Round, Shanks. Sea Breeze Farm (UD, WS)

LAMB: Fresh cuts, ground fresh – Sea Breeze Farm (UD, WS)

GOAT MEAT: From Sea Breeze Farm on Vashon Island and Toboten Creek Boer Goat Farm in Yelm. At West Seattle and U-District.

PATE’: Pate de Foie (chicken, pork and calf liver with red wine, cream and garlic. Also chicken livers simmered in butter and cognac). At UD and WS.

EGGS: Lovingly collected every morning from organically fed, run-around-the-barnyard local chickens and ducks.

CHEESE and DAIRY:

Samish Bay: FRESH CHEESES: Queso Fresco, Farmer Cheese (spreadable – uncooked), Feta
Mozzarella. Yogurt. Also Organic Gouda (from Jersey cows): Flavored Goudas : Cumin,
Nettle, Mont Blanchard, Montasio (U-District, West Seattle )

Mt. Townsend Creamery (Port Townsend): Cow’s milk cheeses. Brie, Tomme and Camembert. ( West Seattle )

Sea Breeze Farm ( Vashon Island ): Aged Cow’s milk (7 mos) Goat’s (aged 3mos), fresh whey Ricotta, Crème Fraiche, Buttermilk, Milk and Heavy Cream. (U-District, West Seattle )

River Valley Cheese ( Fall City ): Raw Cow and Goat milk cheeses. Hard Goat Cheese, fresh Goat Chevre, flavored fresh Goat Chevre, Feta, Cow’s milk cheeses soaked in Cabernet and Pike Place Ale, Cow’s milk Cheddar. Cow’s milk Pepper Jack.

FRESH PASTA: Fresh egg, red bell pepper, basil, squid ink, carrot, tomato and spinach pasta made with semolina flour. Also fresh raviolis with olive & artichoke, mushroom, pumpkin, spinach/roasted garlic, goat cheese and 4-cheese fillings. From La Pasta

HONEY: Blackberry & Wildflower; Raw, unheated &unfiltered. Raw Honeycomb.

PASTRIES: Pies, pretzels, tarts, brulee, gateau, cookies, scones, cinnamon rolls, brownies, cookies, muffins, loaf cakes, biscotti, granolas. FLYING APRON VEGAN baked goods; cakes, scones, muffins, cookies, tarts at U-District and West Seattle. PIES BY JENNY: Sweet and Savory Pies and Tarts made from Farmers Market ingredients.

CIDERS – Apple, Apple Raspberry, Apple Apricot, Spiced Apple, Cherry-Apple, Ginger Lemonade from Rockridge Farms and Woodring Foods.

HARD CIDERS – Apple, Honey (Mead), Apple, Berry from Rockridge Orchards

JAMS, JELLIES, SAUCES, SPREADS AND PRESERVES: White Chocolate Marzipan, Bittersweet chocolate, Chocolate Hazelnut, Milk Chocolate sauces from Woodring Foods. Lavender, Rose Petal, Raspberry, Peach Chipotle, Marionberry, Black Raspberry, Golden Raspberry, Black Currant, Tayberry, Lingonberry, Blueberry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Apricot, Apple, Pumpkin jams and spreads from Woodring Foods. Ginger Chutney from Woodring Foods. Peach, Apricot, Blackberry and Blueberry jams from Growing Things.