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Farmer's markets: Pumpkins and squash
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Potatoes, cauliflower, squash and pumpkins are some of the many items still available at the markets.

Beaver Farmers Market, courthouse lot, Fourth and Market streets, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

Beaver Falls Farmers Market, behind Brodhead Apartments, Eighth Avenue and 12th Street, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mon.

Bloomfield Farmers Market, Immaculate Conception school, Cedarville Street and Friendship Avenue, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thurs.

Butler Farmers Market, Chestnut and Diamond streets, 8 a.m. to noon Sat.

Carrick Farmers Market, Carrick Shopping Center, 2100 Brownsville Road, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wed.

City-County Building, 400 Grant St., Downtown, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri.

East Liberty Farmers Market, Penn Circle West, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mon.

Farmers@Firehouse, 2216 Penn Ave., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

Farmers Cooperative Market of East Liberty, 344 N. Sheridan Ave., next to Home Depot, 5 a.m. to noon Sat. Open year round.

Forest Hills Farmers Market, Forest Hills Presbyterian Church lot, Ardmore Boulevard, 4 to 7 p.m. Final day tomorrow.

Frazer Township Farmers Market, Pittsburgh Mills, lot 2 between JCPenney and Sears Grand, 3 to 7 p.m. Final day today.

Greensburg Farmers Market, North Main Street at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 3 to 6 p.m. Tues.

Greentree Farmers Market, Green Tree Park, Green Tree Road near Parkway Center Mall, 4 to 7 p.m. Final day today.

La Casa Narcisi Winery, 4578 Gibsonia Road, West Deer, 1 to 5 p.m. Sat.

Monroeville Lions Farmers Market, Gateway High School, 9 a.m. to noon, Sat.

North Side Farmers Market, corner of East Ohio Street and Cedar Avenue, across from Allegheny General Hospital, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Fri.

Oakland Farmers Market, Sennott Street between Meyran Avenue and Atwood Street, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fri.

Old Towne Grove City Farmers Market, South Broad Street, 3 to 7 p.m. Final day today.

Original Farmers Night Market, Route 50, South Fayette/Cecil area, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri.

St. Catherine of Sweden Farmers Market, Wildwood Road at Vitullo Drive, Hampton, 1 to 7 p.m. Wed.

St. James Farmers Market, St. James Parish lot, 200 Walnut St., Sewickley, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

St. Ursula Farmers Market, Duncan Avenue at Kirk Avenue at the ballfield, Hampton, 1 to 7 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

Slippery Rock Farmers Market, downtown, in the lot across from Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Dept., 9 a.m. to noon Sat.

South Side Farmers Market, South 18th and Carson streets, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tues.

Washington Main Street Farmers Market, municipal lot, South Main Street, Washington, Pa., 3 to 6 p.m. Final day today

West End Farmers Market, Noblestown Road at Obey Street, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thurs.

Wilkinsburg Farmers Market, Ross Avenue parking lots, 3 to 6 p.m. Thurs.

Pumpkin-Seed Tartar Sauce

Use this on baked, grilled or fried fish or use it as a dip.

  • 12 cup low-fat yogurt
  • 12 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup ground toasted and hulled pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tablespoons minced shallots
  • 1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
  • 12 teaspoon lemon juice.

Combine ingredients in a medium bowl.

Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Remove sauce 20 minutes before serving.

Makes 112 cups.

-- "The New Food Lover's Tiptionary" by Sharon Tyler Herbst (Morrow, 2002).

Ambridge Farmers Market, Park Road and Route 65, 4 to 7 p.m. Thurs.

Arlene Burnett can be reached at aburnett@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1577.
First published on October 30, 2008 at 12:00 am
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