This Week at the Market |
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Season Finale
What Is That Noise?
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation
Western States Chiropractic College
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Storing Vegetables for Winter
The best storage solution for winter vegetables is a root cellar, but for those of us who don't have such amenities available, there are still options for stocking up for the winter. If you have a basement, a cool and dry location will work for produce such as potatoes and onions.
Unwashed potatoes are better for storability, and they don't require refrigeration but do need to be kept absolutely dark to prevent greening. Wrapping potatoes in a blanket kept in a box in your basement will work. If you don't have a basement, you can try a dry location on an outside porch, as long as it doesn't freeze.
Onions must be kept dry. They aren't as sensitive to light as potatoes, but it is essential that they be kept away from damp areas.
Carrots, beets, and most root vegetables will last a long time if they are kept cold and dry. Cool will not suffice.
Squashes can be out in the light as long as they are cleaned of all dirt and kept dry. Any place there is dirt, they could begin to rot. A variety of squashes make very pretty d�cor for the winter months. They don't need to be kept cold, but shouldn't be placed in a heated place.
Chest freezers are a good option for food preserving if you're not excited about the mess of canning or the risk of rotting vegetables. Many products can be frozen, including cheese, broccoli, cauliflower, and most vegetables- some are better if blanched first.
-- Eliza Whiteman, HFM Volunteer
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Featured Produce
Part of the beauty of farmers' markets is that our produce changes with the seasons. Stay current with weekly produce highlights here!
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There will be so much available at the final market this weekend, we just cannot resist listing it all: apples, arugula, bakery treats, beets, bread, bok choy, broccoli, brussels sprouts, buffalo meat, burdock, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, celeriac, cheese, cider (hard), coffee, crabapples, crepes, eggs, elk meat, fennel, filberts (hazelnuts), fresh pasta, garlic, goat cheese, goat meat, grass-fed beef, greens, honey, jams, jellies, kale, lamb, mushrooms, onions, pears, pesto, plants, pastured pork, potatoes, pastured poultry, quince, salmon, sausage, shallots, smoked tuna, tamales, truffles- white, black, and chocolate, turnips, winter squash, and more!
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This Saturday is our final market for the 2008 Season, don't miss out! From 9am - 1pm, over forty vendors will return to the
Hollywood district one last time in 2008 to provide customers with
fresh, local produce and high quality artisan food and drink from Oregon
and Washington.
What Is That Noise? will entertain us with their rockin' tunes while you stock up on winter storage vegetables and gather with friends and neighbors one last time in 2008.
We have tote bags! Professionally screen-printed, one-of-a-kind, Hollywood Farmers' Market tote bags will be available just in time for the holidays. Stop by the Info Booth, pick up a tote bag, and fill it with goodies from our craft vendors as you prepare for the holiday season.
We've heard direct from farmers that there will be many specials this weekend- cut-rate deals on pre-boxed onions, special discounts on squash and other storage crops, it's time to prepare for the winter months without your weekly farmers' market, so make sure you head on over while you still can.
Remember the Dot Survey that was held on September 20th? Well, the results are in! Stop by the Information Booth where draft copies of the 2008 Dot Survey Report will be available for viewing.
See you at 9am this Saturday at Northeast Portland's favorite community gathering spot!
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Pumpkin Pie Contest Winners
Last Saturday, the Hollywood Farmers' Market held its first ever Pumpkin Pie Contest, much to the delight of everyone at the market.
It was a hard decision for the judges, but prizes were awarded to the top entrants and we are pleased to announce the results:
1st Place- Greg Huntington 2nd Place- Lisa Jacobs 3rd Place- Elizabeth Guest Runners Up- Anne Meixner and Amie Edelstein
Special thanks goes to Mirador Community Store for providing the First Place winner with a brand new rolling pin and to David Beer of Wingnut Confections for his donation of a habanero lollipop, which you can try out for yourself at the Nourishment booth this Saturday. Special thanks also to Anne Berblinger of Gales Meadow Farm for her generous donations of adorable gourds and delicious squash to the Third Place winner and Runners Up.
For the brave souls out there who would like to try the winning pie's recipe, good luck!
1st Place Pie Recipe:
Filling: Kabocha Squash from Happy Harvest (4 cups) sweetened condensed milk (14oz) 2 eggs, egg whites whipped allspice (follow heart) cinnamon (same) nutmeg (same) salt (wow!) ginger
Crust: Flour, cut together with one stick of butter and one teaspoon of salt. Add 3 tablespoons of ice water a little bit at a time until it's ready to go.
After pie is assembled, clarify 1/2 stick of butter, add a prig of rosemary, allow to simmer for a while. Brush rosemary-infused clarified butter over the top of the pie.
Awesome Part: broul� the top! (propane torch)
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Community Booth Spotlight
Learn more about the organizations tabling at the market each week in our community booth column.
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation Founded in 1982, the NARAL
Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation is a 501(c)(3)
organization that develops public education campaigns for Oregonians on key
reproductive rights issues. The Foundation provides training on grassroots
organizing, leadership development, and lobbying skills. Community Outreach
includes campus organizers on five college campuses in Oregon and the
back bone of our volunteer program, the Choice Action Team (CAT) and teen
Choice Action Team (t-CAT). The NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon
Foundation oversees the Emergency Birth Control Access Project, which
works to provide seamless access to contraceptive services and supplies to
women all across Oregon. Stop
by the booth to find out how you can get involved with an advocacy organization
that advocates for ALL women regardless of where they go for reproductive
health.
Western States Chiropractic College
Western States Chiropractic College, located in Portland, Oregon
has been a leader in evidence-based chiropractic education since 1904. The WSCC philosophy of chiropractic is based on the concept that
the human body has recuperative, self-healing capabilities, and that
there is a correlation between skeletal structure and optimum bodily
function. The interdependence of structure and function, and the
relationship between the nervous system--particularly the spine--and
the rest of the body is the core element of WSCC's approach to healing
and wellness. This indicates that the first line of intervention for
conservative care is to assure biomechanical integrity, with
pharmaceutical and/or more invasive care (e.g. surgery) being utilized
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Season Finale Vendors FOOD AND FARM VENDORS Alsea Acre Alpines Briney Sea Delicaseas Buns on the Run Classic Foods Dancing Light Ranch Dante's Garden Pesto Deck Family Farm Deep Roots Farm Delphina's Bakery Fleur de Lis Bakery and Caf� Freddy Guys Filberts Fuller's Flowers Gabriel's Bakery Gales Meadow Farm Gilson Marine Farms Hacienda CDC Happy Harvest Jacobs Creamery Kiyokawa Family Orchards Market Fruit Inc./Packer Orchards Mocha Romas Coffee Company Nature's Best -- Oregon Honey Nossa Familia Coffee Nourishment Oregon Gourmet Cheeses Peak Forest Fruit Persephone Farm Pine Mountain Ranch River Rock Nursery Russell's Bread Sweet Briar Farms Sweet Leaf Farm Village Crepery Wandering Aengus Ciderworks Wingnut Confections Winter Green Farm
CRAFT VENDORS Amygdule Jewelry Apotek Soap Company Bead-Dazzled Dream Designs Darris Dietz Pottery Fiber For Your Fashion Diet Lauri Arrington Jewelry | |
The Hollywood Farmers' Market is open Saturdays, May through October from 8am - 1pm and November 1, 8, 15 & 22 from 9am - 1pm. We are located on NE Hancock Street between 44th and 45th Avenues (one block South of Sandy Blvd).
For more information, check us out online at www.hollywoodfarmersmarket.org.
See you Saturday!
Hollywood Farmers' Market
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