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MAY MARKET NEWS
The Market season is well underway now as the days become warmer and (hopefully) the weekends remain dry and pleasant. With so many beautiful, colorful fresh flowers in bloom and Mother's Day just around the corner, we start this month with a Flower Arranging demonstration by Ker Cheng of "Cheng's Summer Blooms" on Saturday, May 1st in the Entertainment area.
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 9th. Our vendors have a wide range of wonderful gift ideas for you to select from, so we hope you choose the VFM as your Mother's Day shopping destination.
The VFM will be holding a special Mother's Day raffle on May 8 and May 9 with the drawing held at 2:30 PM on Sunday, May 9. You do not have to be present to win. Tickets will be sold at the Information Booth for $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. The raffle prize will be a basket of goodies just for Mom.
Aaron Guerra of Northwest Culinary Institute will present a Cooking Demonstration on Saturday, May 15. There will be another Cooking Demonstration on Saturday, May 29.
A Composting Demo by Northwest Composting will be held on Saturday, May 22. If you've wanted to learn how to compost, now is your opportunity.
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Reminder: The VFM has a new Drop & Shop Program with a booth located on 6th & Esther Streets. You can drop off your heavier loads of merchandise, receive a claim check, continue shopping and then drive your vehicle around to pick up your items when you are
ready to leave
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Some Folks Like 'em and some don't and while we do understand the feelings of those few people who have voiced their concerns, until further notice, the Vancouver Farmers Market will continue to be a pet friendly market.
With the recent newspaper publicity this issue has stirred up, we do ask all dog owners who come to our Market to be very diligent about keeping your pets on secure, short leashes to make sure other customers don't accidentally trip over and seriously injure themselves on an extended leash or your pet. Also please keep an eye on your pets so they do not get near any vendor food products, and be mindful of small children near your pets. Remember, if you have children to teach them to ask the owner permission first to pet dogs that they don't know.
If you do forget to bring extra clean up bags with you to pick up after your pets when necessary, extra bags are available at the Information Booth and from vendors if you ask.
On the subject of animals, the 19th Annual Walk/Run for the Animals benefiting the Humane Society for Southwest WA will be held Saturday, May 1st starting with registration at 7:30 AM in Esther Short Park. |
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VFM ANNOUNCEMENTS
Foody Blues BBQ recently won the Best of Clark County in the "Best Take Out" Category. If you haven't tried their BBQ, it's slow cooked, delicious and definitely worth trying the next time you're down at the Market!
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"FRESH FRIDAYS"
The Hours for our Friday Night Market will be 5:00PM to 9:00 PM
each Friday starting
May 28 thru September 3
(Memorial Day weekend - Labor Day Weekend)
We'll be having musical entertainment opening night featuring:
Katelynne Cox
Katelynne is an extremely multi-talented local teenager, who will be singing pop rock songs accompanied by her band. Her first music album came out in 2008 and debuted on the top of myspace and internet charts. Another album is to be released this June.
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So far this year we have registered 15 new vendors to our Market in the areas of agricultural products. The new vendors are:
Aichele Farms
Albeke Farms
Alpine Trees
Creative Outlet
Deep Water Seafood
Gee Creek
Greenville Farms
Janna's Flowers
John M. Sanford, Inc.
Kupfer-Sexton Orchard
Meadow Lane Gardens
N&M Herb Nursery
South Barlow Berries
The Potted Gardener
Willapa Hills Farmstead Cheese
We also have juried in a number of new artisan vendors making items such as pottery, metal art, catnip toys, airbrushed temporary tattoos and shirts, plus a gentleman who makes beautiful handcrafted cigar box guitar type musical instruments.
While not all the above new vendors will be selling their products during May, we welcome them on board as they arrive to sell during this season.
EGGS: We now have 6 vendors selling fresh eggs this season. They are: Adele's Garden Artistry, Greenville Farms, Posey's Patch, Preserving the Harvest, Reister Farms, and Salmon Creek Hydro Farm. If you need assistance finding eggs at the Market, please stop by the Information Booth.
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| MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
May 1
Groupo Condor, Legends of Mexico
Bobs of Wrath
May 2
Luis Soto
May 8
Jesse Meade
Miles Hewitt and Fading Hail
May 9
Michael Baker
Sweet Home Band
May 15
Earthquake Ethel's Roadhouse Jazz Band
There She Goes
May 16
Jon Hecox
Surf Insanitizers
May 22
Groupo Condor
Columbia River Chorus
May 23
Eric Tweed
There She Goes
May 28 - Friday Night Market Opening
Katelynne Cox
May 29
Vancouver Community Concert Band
Ruby Hill
May 30
Michael Griffus
Painted Grey
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This month's recipe, entitled Slovenian Egg Pancakes, would be great for a Mother's Day brunch served with a side of sausage from Premium Smoked Meats and fresh ground coffee from Columbia River Coffee Co.
The recipe was handed down to me (Marilyn Estenes, VFM vendor of Silver River Designs and newsletter editor) from my maternal grandmother who came to the U.S. from the former Yugoslavia in the early 1900's.
These "pancakes" are so delicious! They have more of an egg taste than a traditional crepe.
2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspooon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
3 well beaten eggs
4 cups milk
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Combine eggs and milk; add flour mixture, beating until smooth. Bake quickly in greased (small amount of melted butter) hot griddle on stove top, cooking one large cake at a time. Cakes should be on the thin side. When they start to get a little brown on underside, flip over.
Spread with a small amount of your favorite jam (I prefer apricot), roll up and dust with powdered sugar.
These pancakes can be refrigerated up to several days and reheated in a microwave oven for 2-2 l/2 minutes.
Enjoy!
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To All Mothers:
We Wish You a Wonderful Day! |
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Vancouver, WA 98666 / 360-737-8298 / www.vancouverfarmersmarket.com |
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