Hello neighbors and friends,
I hope you have enjoyed Labor Day weekend and that you are well. I am up to my elbows in cukes and beans, so I'll keep this post short and get back to my food preservation projects.
We had another successful market last week and look forward to a mild September, allowing our crops and animals to continue their steady growth. Last week, Jenna was overflowing with delicious produce and amazing prepared foods. She made ratatouille and put it in homemade pie crusts to created mini ratatouille tarts. She also made a lovely berry buckle that she sold by the slice. Here's hoping she'll have time between all the harvesting and weeding to cook up something else in her creative kitchen. I got some sungold cherry tomatoes from her on Wednesday last week. Since we had eaten them all by Thursday morning, I picked up some more on Thursday afternoon from her greenhouse. They were incredible, and I hope she'll bring some more of them to the market this week.
Karen will have her tasty bars, syrup, eggs and herbs. I hope the Tidhars from Peacock Pastures will join us with their humanely raised chicken and beef. A friend of ours recently roasted a leg of lamb that she got from them and said it was delicious and flavorful. Kevin from Lalu Farm in Warren will have their awesome goat cheese, honey and Dulce de Leche. I hope they will bring one of their goats to the market again. If they do, be sure to pet her if you can. Their goats are so soft! You can also have a chance to milk her.
Sofya had so much fun selling Meyer Lemonades last week that she is all set to do it again. Meyer lemons are sweeter than regular lemons, so she doesn't need to add as much sugar to the mixture to make it refreshing, balanced and yummy.
Since the half sour pickles are really ready, I'll have a nice variety of fermented veggies available: Saida's Kimchi, both spicy and mild; Curried Kraut; Celtic Kraut; and Half Sour Pickles. For beverages, I'll have kombucha by the glass and 16 ounce bottle as well as black currant and blackberry simple syrup that you can use to flavor your own drinks, yogurt or desserts at home. With the cooperation of our lovely layers, I'll bring some of our mostly organic eggs to the market, too.
The weather for Wednesday looks good so far, so I hope you'll have a chance to come by the market. We'll be glad to see you when you do.
Be well,
Beki Auclair
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