A few noteworthy Farmers Market offerings for folks to keep an eye out for this time of year.
Hollywood Farmers Market
This past weekend's heatwave (still ongoing) helped to control the crowds (there was almost no line last Sunday).Arnett Farms
Honey Punch Pluots:
Like the name says, these were just solid, pure sweetness. Very good, tasty sweet Pluots recommended by the farm hands.
Flavor King Pluots:
But, the highlight this week were the Arnett Farms Flavor King Pluots! The Flavor Kings are back in season (FTC Alert!).
For those that may not have tried them, Flavor King Pluots from Arnett Farms are arguably some of the very best Fruit offered from our California farmers each year, absolutely stunning in its flavor profile (hence the name). This is the 2nd week they were offered (the 1st week (2 weeks ago), the farm hands told us to wait (another reason we like Arnett Farms so much, their honesty). But this past week, they were ready to go.
Flavor King Pluots are an Apricot, Plum and Cherry Fruit combination, and when you let them ripen and take a bite: A surge of incredible Cherry and almost “Strawberry” like flavors come through, layered, complex sweetness and a touch of pleasing tart from the skin to balance the bite.
Outstanding!
Black Mission Figs:
Arnett Farms’ 2nd wave of Black Mission Figs are in season now as well. The season is short, so make sure to get a basket while you can! Out of all of the Farmers Market stands at Hollywood Farmers Market, Arnett Farms’ Black Mission Figs have been consistently the best tasting, sweetest Figs year after year. And they are truly like fantastic candy right now!
Arnett Farms
(@ Hollywood Farmers Market (Sunday)) (North of the Arclight Cinemas)
1600 Ivar Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Day: Sunday
Hours: 8:00AM - 1:00PM
Tenerelli Orchards
Snow Giant Peaches:
And in a blink of the eye, the beloved Sugar Giant Peaches are now out of season, and the next varietal up are the Snow Giant White Peaches. Being the very first batch, we had the farm hands pick them out for us (they are usually on point). For this batch, 3 out of 4 of the Snow Giant first batch were very good, beautiful sweetness, juicy, delicious.
But 1 of the 4 we got this week was just under ripe. We let it sit out on the kitchen counter for 5 days and it still wasn’t ripe (and tasted a bit raw, sort of like @TheCookie’s experience last week). Hopefully this week (2nd picking) will be back to normal (as they usually are).
Tenerelli Orchards
(@ Hollywood Farmers Market (Sunday)) (North of the Arclight Cinemas)
1600 Ivar Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Day: Sunday
Hours: 8:00AM - 1:00PM
(Also @ Santa Monica Farmers Market (Wednesday & Saturday))
155 Arizona Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Day: Wednesday & Saturday
Hours: 8:00AM - 1:00PM