Where: Sequatchie Cove Farm

What: Open House & Plant Sale, a guided farm tour starts at 10:00am central time

Bring your friends & family and a picnic lunch – see you soon!

Sequatchie Cove Farm’s Open House and Plant Sale will take place Saturday April 30th, 2011

Where: Sequatchie Cove Farm (320 Dixon Cove Rd. Sequatchie, TN) Directions can be found at the bottom of our home page.

When: Saturday April 30th, from 9:00am-1:00pm central time

Farm Tour begins at 10:00 central time

Dancing Fern Nursery native perennials will be for sale, in addition to vegetable starts for your garden

Farmstead Cheese, Eggs, Beef, Pork & Lamb will be for sale at the Trading Post

Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy at the farm – see you there!

Coppinger: Washed rind cheese, inspired by French Morbier and Raclette. Aged 120 days and washed with the house morge (cocktail of selected cultures and brine) on a regular basis throughout the ripening period. Its flavor is balanced, often with sweet & nutty overtones and a smooth, supple texture. It’s made exclusively with raw cow’s milk produced at Sequatchie Cove Farm, which is located in Coppinger Cove, from which it gets it’s name. This cheese is still a work in progress, and each batch will vary slightly, as we are still developing the final product. In fact, the feedback we get from customers who taste this cheese will significantly affect the direction we take with perfecting Coppinger over the next year. Tasting cheese is an exploratory experience and we are excited to share this cheese in its developmental stage.

This project was made possible in part by a solar installation grant from The Tennessee Solar Institute. The Tennessee Solar Institute is part of the Volunteer State Solar Initiative, a comprehensive solar energy and economic development program that was established using $62.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding received by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development through the Department of Energy.

About Tennessee Solar Institute
The Tennessee Solar Institute (TSI) is a center of excellence between the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory that brings together scientists, engineers and technical experts with business leaders and policymakers to help speed the deployment of solar technology. Its mission is to advance the understanding of solar innovation and to inspire new ideas that speed the development and implementation of solar-based technology in Tennessee. TSI is housed at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. For more information, visit http://solar.tennessee.edu.

The Ultimate Holiday Meals:

How to cook the ham for the holidays:
Optional:  Brine the ham for at least 24 hours
Cook at 325 – elevated a little – use a meat thermometer and cook till 140 then let sit for 20 minutes – it will end up at 155.
Use the drippings to make your gravy
It is that simple

Brine: 8qt. of water
1 cup of kosher salt
½ cup of sugar
Heaping tsp of cloves
Heaping tsp allspice
Bring it all to a boil then let it totally cool off and brine ham .

What to do with the left over’s the next day – (the best part)

Make Cuban Sandwiches!!!
How to:
Slice of Sequatchie Cove Creamery cheese
Slices of ham –
Plenty of Moho sauce
Put on firm bread and butter outside and use a weight and press flat onto a hot cast iron Lodge skillet – do both sides

Moho Sauce:
½ cup olive
6 minced garlic cloves – heat these two together
Add 1/3 cup orange juice
1/3 cup lemon
Tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
½ tsp cumin
Cook it all quickly
Add some mayonnaise to thicken

What to do with the bone, fat and meat scraps:
Add whatever – herbs, thyme, parsley, hot pepper – and plenty of water – simmer 2 to 7 hours
Strain – cool – take fat off
Cook beans separate from stock – then serve beans in soup stock

From Bill Keener
Sequatchie Cove Farm
Bill [dot] keener [at] sequatchiecovefarm [dot] com

Last week’s market was a lot of fun, so we’ve decided to go back for more! You can find us near the front of the pavilion, on the left-hand side next to Link 41. We will have plenty of cheese, beautiful zinnia bouquets and our pasture raised beef & pork. We hope to see you there!

Next Friday, August 20th from 5-8pm: Southern Foodways Alliance Film Festival!

Enjoy southern food films from SFA and live music from Gerle Haggard…
Southern style food and beverages will be featured, and include local favorites like Sequatchie Cove, Link 41 and Riverview Farms! For more information and to buy tickets: http://www.southernfoodways.org/

Come out and celebrate Local Food and Southern Culture with us!

We hope to see you all very soon!

Come out and see us this week at Chattanooga Market, Sunday from 11am-4pm…we’ll have plenty of Sequatchie Cove Cheeses and a selection of meats, produce and flowers! We are so excited to finally be joining the market as a vendor!

See y’all Sunday!

This is the first of 4 raw cow’s milk cheeses we will be releasing over the next 4-6 months.

Check it out – we welcome your feedback!