Besides working for Dirty Girl Produce, Eve Krammer also runs her own salsa business.
We talked to Eve Krammer at the downtown farmer’s market as she handed out tomato samples for Dirty Girl Produce. Sporting a green baseball cap, Krammer told us about her local salsa company and why she loves tomatoes so much.
SCW: What’s your favorite produce item?
EVE KRAMMER: Hmmm…tomatoes and strawberries and kale. The tomatoes are amazing right now. Anything that’s in season is my favorite, but it’s tomatoes right now. And strawberries and kale—that’s a three-way tie, the trifecta.
You prefer to eat seasonally?
Definitely. I prefer to eat often. That’s what’s available when you’re at the Farmer’s Market—whatever’s being grown at the time.
Where does Dirty Girl get its name?
It’s been like that for years, and the current owner took it over. It’s organic produce. It’s a double entendre.
How long have you been working for them?
On and off for a couple years. I work whenever they need me. My friends all work for them. It’s really fun. We all hang out outside of work, and we hang out with our fellow farmers over there, Lonely Mountain. We do family dinners once a week, and we all cook and get to have beers. It’s a very fun environment, very family-oriented.
Tell me about the tomato sauce.
They’re peak tomatoes canned and jarred, so you can have them through the winter. Amazing. They’re good sauces and soups. That’s preserving the harvest, so you can have them throughout the season because we’re going to be done with them by Thanksgiving, so you can have them in your cupboard for the whole winter.
What else do you?
We did a U-Pick at the farm, where you come and pick your own tomatoes a couple weeks ago, and we had a lot of families come out and they were picnicking. I own a local business, Teresa’s Salsa—local salsa company.
What’s the secret to good salsa?
Good tomatoes.
