There were bins of all sorts of great pumpkins, gourds, squash, etc. I really liked these huge warty gourds
Totally fell for these 'Knucklehead' pumpkins! Fascinating!
Like some animal breeds, these are so ugly they're cute.
Very colorful.
What do you think? Like them or think they look diseased?
There's nothing quite like the fragrance of fresh apples on a warm autumn day. I bought more than we needed for the week because each variety smelled better than the last.
Speaking of oddities, when did this happen? It tastes every bit as good as white cauliflower and doesn't loose that color when it's cooked.
How festive they would look together.
Here's to a wonderful, mild, and colorful autumn!
I went to a local cider mill yesterday and also bought more apples than we really needed! Not to mention, cider, cider donuts, mini-pumpkins, and gourds! Ate three of the donuts, still hot, on the way home and had the first apple crisp of the season after dinner.
ReplyDeleteThe cauliflower is so colorful and pretty, but I'm afraid I still don't care for it! And I like some of the warty pumpkins, but others do just look diseased. I really like that mostly green one with some orange streaks and lighter green bumps.
I second the motion for a mild, long autumn. Happy Fall, y'all!
Yum! Nothing as great as fresh local cider! Just finished making peach crumbles and now it's apple time. Time goes by so quickly when your having a good time eating. That was my favorite pumpkin too so it rode home with me.
DeleteI love cauliflower, but I've never had the purple kind. Those warty gourds -- I love them AND I think they look diseased! Happy Autumn to you too!
ReplyDeletePurple and yellow are both just as yummy as white. Give 'em a try sometime.
DeleteI for one am happy to have the overcast sky back. I love the cool mornings of Autumn, not having to hide from the sun when I work in the garden. Fall planting is upon us: hooray. The gourds are fabulous, worts and all, and the colorful cauliflower will make any dish more appetizing then the anemic white verity. A good recipes is welcome.
ReplyDeleteMy plants are looking forward to some rain as well. You point out some wonderful parts of autumn that I also love. It's that season that follows that I could do without.
DeleteGood old steamed cauliflower is delightful. How about roasting with a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, curry powder? Gratins are always nice and rich. I'm also fond of using korma sauce - steamed or blanched briefly then simmered or baked in the sauce. Cheese sauce is classic.
I do not like autumn or winter, but I like pumpkins and pumpkin soup:-) Regards!
ReplyDeleteI agree about not liking winter! Autumn has its charms like those rich harvest colors, fresh cider, the sight, smell and crunch of fallen leaves...
DeleteI think the warty pumpkins would look great in a spooky Halloween display but I wouldn't want them sitting in my kitchen, if that makes any sense. I haven't seen the purple cauliflower - it's cool!
ReplyDeleteThey look especially interesting next to the very smooth skin of white pumpkins. Isn't autumn grand?
DeleteYikes it's that time of the year already? Time flies so quick!
ReplyDeleteThose 'Knucklehead' pumpkins remind me of the man who had hands and legs that made him look like a tree, from Indonesia.
ReplyDeleteCool. I'll look up the story!
DeleteOh, I love all of the pumpkins, warty ones too! Produce stands are especially fun in the fall.
ReplyDeleteThey are indeed special in the fall.
DeleteNo to the warty gourds, they give me the creeps!
ReplyDeleteBOO! Oops, not quite Halloween yet.
DeleteWow! Who knew there was such variety. The warty ones ick me out a bit the more I look at them, but they're pretty great.
ReplyDeleteIt's the novelty of them that catches my fancy. I'm sure that once we see them year after year, it'll wear off.
DeleteNice photos! Love that display of pumpkins - not sure about those warty ones. They do look diseased to me. Hmm, the purple and green cauliflower are very colorful together. That display inspired me to look up why they are purple - evidently the "presence of the antioxidant anthocyanin".
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeanne! So purple cauliflower is doubly good for you!
DeleteHoly cow that's a lot of pumpkins. The newer gourds are really something. I think they're cool but I don't really do any fall decorating so they don't come home with me. However, I would have been tempted by those apples. I bet they're delicious. Happy fall.
ReplyDeleteHappy Fall, Grace! The apples are indeed delicious. Grooving on Honey Crisps lately. I usually don't do much fall decorating but I'm still as enamored of gourds as I was as a child so a few find their way home most years. I love taking a variety of pumpkins and other squash to school for my kids to have fun with.
DeleteThose knucklehead pumpkins are great for Halloween, especially if held in the lap of a warty nosed witch.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
DeleteI like purple cauliflower but the funky pumpkins can stay in the store!
ReplyDeleteOK, so let's admit that it really is Autumn.
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