The past two letters I wrote started with- where have I been? and…I FULLY intended to write a letter when I came home from the market but instead winded up sweeping to kitchen floor (I’m sure it needed it- but that’s no excuse). BUT this is a New Year and those intentions are now becoming action. (My New Year’s celebration was nothing short of that- and the pork roast was amazing. I cooked it with a beer, tons of garlic scapes, lots of chopped leeks, and some of Trea’s famous sausages I had stored away in my freezer, for about four hours)
Today I am QUITE sure where I’ve been. On Main Street at the most happenin place in Chattanooga. Of course I didn’t sit down right away- I had to properly store my loot in the fridge. But my excitement from today is still as fresh and crisp and the snap peas I got from Alexzanna Farms (which I don’t know if it’s ok to say this because she might have a million young women writing letters about her nettles and lush asparagus but she GAVE them to me just because of the nice things I write! Now that was rather kind if I may say so myself. I traded her a nice cold cup of strawberry lemonade I bought from Candice from Crabtree Farm. (that was really nice too- it is hard and thirsty work standing around in a parking lot and having fun…)
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Filed under: Local Food Letter on May 28th, 2009 | Comments Off
When I came home from the market last week I was so excited and fully intended to write a letter then and there. What happened I don’t know. I’m sure I was distracted by something. Maybe sweeping the kitchen floor.
Last week I felt like the market was really becoming what it SHOULD be — there were loads of children (human and animal) — Under Butch and Breann from Clover Wreath’s table was a small congregation of giggling children. Of course I had to investigate because anything that makes a child giggle is well worth anyone’s while. There was a baby goose in a basket down there in the midst of it all calmly eating broccoli greens and flapping it’s little baby goose wings. Every time it moved the crowd around him swelled and giggled a little louder.
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Filed under: Local Food Letter on May 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
This is our favorite way to eat most of the broad leafy greens like Kale, Collards and Chard. And it’s fun to add some of the yummy things like minced garlic scapes or sliced shiitake mushrooms when they are available too. So good that my one and four year olds gobble them up. Removing the thick stalks and spines of the leaves, and then slicing thinly improves the texture for those who don’t enjoy eating the course parts of the leaves.
1 bunch of kale, collards or chard
2 tablespoons of butter
1/4 cup of basalmic vinegar
sea salt to taste
Garlic powder or fresh garlic to taste
Wash and remove the stems and center spines of the leaves. Stack leaves neatly and then roll lengthwise. With a large, sharp knife, cut the rolled leaves as thinly as possible. Melt the butter in a medium-large saucepan, then add the sliced leaves and sautee on medium-high heat until the leaves turn bright green and soften (if using garlic scapes or shiitakes, add them now and sautee with the leaves). Add the salt, garlic and balsamic vinegar and cook a little longer until the flavors mellow and the leaves are soft enough. Serve hot.
Filed under: Seasonal Food Recipes on May 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We are so pleased with the layout of our new drop-off location at the Main Street Farmers Market – I hope everyone enjoyed themselves as much as I did…looking forward to Saturday morning at Greenlife!
Filed under: CSA on May 14th, 2009 | Comments Off
Where have I been the past few weeks? You might ask the clouds because I certainly don’t know. Here I am sitting in my front yard amongst cabbage and tomato plants (and about ten million sunflower seeds lying in the ground waiting to come up) and it feels like the first time I’ve sat down in awhile. At least maybe by myself. But what I have been doing- that is a total mystery…. Staring at the rain outside most likely.
I can tell you about a couple things though. From all the way out here in the yard I can here this wonderful pop! as my thousands of jars of lemon marmalade seal. Rain is not the only thing that has been falling from the sky lately- I’ve also been showered with lemons…. But really that is beside the point because they did not fall on the farmer’s market and are therefore rather unimportant…
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Filed under: Local Food Letter on May 12th, 2009 | Comments Off
Important Announcement - strawberry picking will not be available for the next few days due to damage from the 12 days of rain we have had in the past two weeks. We are sorry for the short notice – please keep checking with the website to get further updates on pick-your-own availability. Thanks.
Filed under: Local Food News on May 11th, 2009 | Comments Off
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