Community Get-Togethers to promote healthy neighborhood associations, local businesses, community gardening and fellowship
I blogged the other day about the Crosbie Heights October 4th Block Party/Fundraiser at The Blue Jackalope in Tulsa, and today, my husband Demetrius, friend Andy, pup, Theo and I attended.
It was pot-luck, so Demetri made a huge batch of Greek potatoes to take.
I didn't plan to eat, but quickly changed my mind when I saw all the amazing food.
The first item to catch my eye was pumpkin soup with garbonzo beans. Yum. Then a guy showed up with acorn squash soup which was equally delicious. I had okra and rice, salsa and broccoli salad with nuts.
We enjoyed the music while touring the Crosbie Heights community garden. They still have a lot of tomatoes, peppers, green beans and herbs, but what caught my eye was their red okra. They are growing it for seed for next year's crop. Anxious to try that and wondering if it will taste as good as it looks.
Tidal School Vineyards was there from Drumright Oklahoma, selling tastes or bottles of wine.
Owners of Train Whistle Farm, Nick and Tonya, were there selling their local organic produce from Okmulgee Oklahoma. I bought a huge batch of okra that Deme will cook with fresh tomatoes and onions.
Community Get-Togethers to promote healthy neighborhood associations, local businesses, community gardening and fellowship
And Tulsa native, Paul Tay, was there making his bicycle soup. Paul mixes fresh and organic blueberries, kiwi, grapes, bananas, apples and yogurt in a blender powered by pedaling his bicyle. Don't ask me to explain the whole invention, but I tasted a smoothie and it was pretty awesome. Kids and adults alike enjoyed selecting fruit for their smoothie as well as powering the bicycle.
The temperature dropped and we weren't really dressed for cooler weather, so we took Theo to Joe Station Bark Park for a few minutes before returning home.
What a lovely community event to promote healthy neighborhood associations, local businesses, community gardening and fellowship. We're very glad to live around the corner and hope to be invited back again!
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Lori, you are making me really, really hungry! Looks like a good time.
Fresh Okra with tomatos and onions. Just thinking about that makes me lose the will to type.
Joe - I've never liked fried okra (or fried anything, for that matter), but my husband blanches them, then sautees in olive oil with onions and fresh tomato. Haven't a clue what spice he uses, but they are YUM.
Patricia - the food was excellent. Everyone made an effort to make dishes with produce from the community garden (or their own personal garden), so everything was FRESH and delish.
Someone saw my post today and e-mailed to let me know that the Farmer's Market will be open weekly through the winter - it's five minutes from my house - how COOL is THAT?
Lori-it makes me want to make a pot of soup tomorrow even if it's still in the 80's here in South Florida.
Lori,
--- The first item to catch my eye was pumpkin soup with garbonzo beans. Yum. Then a guy showed up with acorn squash soup which was equally delicious. I had okra and rice, salsa and broccoli salad with nuts. ---
Did they share recipes? Wow I love great homemade soups and fresh veggies. Henry, my husband, and I are looking for some space to make a garden - between the sandy soil at the beach and the shade we haven't found the location yet.
Lori, sounds like one of my neighborhood block parties on steroids! What fun to do it as a community! Actually Carrboro has a very well known Farmers Market and your description of this get-together sounds like every Saturday at our Carrboro Farmer's Market! BTW - We have a guy who will roast the peppers you buy from him while you wait. Fantastic addition to almost every meal for the next week! (That's alot of exclamation points...but it's hard not to get excited about local gatherings!)
Lori, What a fantastic community get-together. I love pumpkin anything and those soups sounded incredible. You don't have recipes by any chance, do you?
The pumpkin soup was a veagan recipe - roasted pumpkin, fresh tomatoes, red peppers, several spices -- all purreed together before adding the garbonzo beans. The squash soup was acorn squash with apples, cinnamon and nuts added. They're going to have the Farmer's Market on a weekly basis, so I'll try to get a few recipes jotted down to share!
Gourmet food indeed!! Makes me want to cook also!