Mouth-watering...
What: Rick's Picks Handy Corn, jarred with local and seasonal corn, pepped with fresh aji dolce and red bell peppers, and accented with lime, garlic, mustard seeds, and turmeric.
Meal/Snack/Drink: Not only is it a snack, it's a condiment AND a marinade!
Tasty with: Use this tangy and crunchy crack-snack to marinate some fish, top a taco, eat with cheddar and toast—really, it's endless.
Where else: Guess what folks? You can only get Handy Corn at ze Flea or online.
Cost: 10 bucks for a 15oz jar, exclusively here.
Mmm...cheese.
What: Milk Truck Classic: Gruyere and cheddar on levain bread.
Meal/snack/drink: Kind of all of 'em! It's a great snack, perfect for sharing. Or, are you marvin? Don't share and add soup to your order.
Tasty with: Who doesn't love dipping a gooey and crunchy grilled cheese sammie in warm, thick tomato soup—just like ma made. Get a Tomato 4, made with San Marzano tomatoes pureed into unadulterated comforting goodness.
Where else: Soon to be truck-traveling (thus the name), but until then exclusively at ze Flea down in the vault.
How much: $5.50.
Locally derived or imported influence: The Classic is made with Wisconsin Cheddar: not exactly locavore, but come on—Wisconsin cheddar is the bester!
This week we sampled the Hand Dipped Salt Caramels over at Nunu Chocolates, which called out our name, but we'll be back for the Organic Raspberry, Espresso Brandy, Prosecco Ganache, and the Chocolate Covered Grahams. Yum!
What's it like? Smoky and smooth soft caramel, covered in rich dark chocolate, lightly flecked with sea salt. The taste is layered and complex and oh so decadent.
Meal/snack/drink: Snack.
Tasty with: A cold glass of milk or a frothy coffee.
Where else can this be found: Nunu has a shop at 529 Atlantic Avenue (btw. 3+4 Ave.) in Brooklyn where all the chocolate is made! (Fellow Fleasters Nightwood are tricking out the interior of the space, which will also have a groovy wine bar—ganache with panache!)
Eat now/eat later: Grab for a quick snack or buy a box for a gift.
Cost: $7 for 4, $15 for 9, $20 for 12.
A new feature here on ze blog: Jess Bites Flea, wherein Miss J samples and surmises the legends and secret stars of the Flea food scene. We launch with the lobster grits from Red Hook Lobster Pound, known of course for their deelish lobster rolls. Must be a claws in their contract about finding new products...
What's it like? Warm and comforting grits with a parmesan bite, topped with big ole chunks of buttery lobster and a dabble of shaved scallion.
Meal, snack or drink: Snack/light meal.
Eat with: Spoon.
Goes with: Peanut butter brownies, free with purchase.
Local? Lobstahs carted down fresh from Maine every week, made in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Now or later? Eat on the go!
Other uses: Warms and fills belly while perusing the Flea.
How much? $8.
