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WINTER HOURS: THURSDAY - 11 to 5:30pm
SATURDAYS - 10 am - 4pm
Outer Aisle FOODS & GOODS |
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Want to receive baskets of vegetables and fruits fall, winter and spring? Benefits of Becoming a Member:- Enjoy local and seasonal fruits and veggies all year round
- Fresh, high quality, home-grown flavor
- Bi-weekly fall, winter and spring deliveries to convenient drop off locations near you
- Your choice of the size bag for your needs: mini, basic and full sizes. Add on fruit, roots, and greens
- Access our on-line web store for many more essential items
- Cancel when you are out of town
- Supplement your own garden, you grow greens: we have roots and fruits!
- Lower your carbon footprint. Save gas, we deliver to you
- Support local growers, producers and makers.
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News From Outer Aisle
Mid January Newsletter, 2011 |
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Highlights of the Week!
Did you try those Washington Naval oranges last week? 
They are divine, sweet and juicy! Jake tells us they will be available through March!
CSA deliveries go out this week, which means we garner produce from a greater radius, going to the coast and up north to Sacramento. You'll find a bountiful selection of beets (four varieties), chard, spinach, kale, cabbage, Romanesco cauliflower, broccoli, Italian parsley, daikon, turnips, scallions, black radish, watermelon radish, as well as winter squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic and shallots. We'll have oranges, mandarins, kiwi apples, limes and Meyer lemons and the last of the avocados.
Ever tried a trumpet mushroom? in addition to shittake and oyster mushrooms, Roxanna from Dragon Gourmet Mushrooms in Sacramento, grows the King Oyster mushroom. Gorgeous and very "kingly", it often grows in doubles; it's thick meaty stem is wonderful sliced and sauteed by itself or with the other two mushrooms.
Alaskan wild Sockeye salmon specially priced this week (Thursday and Saturday only) $10 per pound. We thought we'd give you a treat this week. Super nutritious, low in calories and high in protein as well as Omega-3 fatty acids.
Early to mid-February, we'll have grassfed beef from the Orvis Ranch in Copperopolis in 25# increments only. They are the quintessential cattle family, grazing their Hereford breeds from Copper to Bear Valley, for well over 100 years. If you are interested in purchasing freezer shares please let us know (25 lb increments mixed cuts).
New Winter Hours: Thursday 11 am to 5:30 pm and Saturdays 10am to 4pm.
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Educational Opportunities:
Foothill Collaborative for Sustainability FoCuS presents....
3rd Annual
Seed Share Event
Sunday, February 12, 2011
11 to 4:00pm
Columbia Elementary School, Columbia
Begin the 2011 year with seeds and plant an edible garden. Everyone interested in gardening is welcome! You'll find many open-pollinated and heirloom seeds saved and collected by local growers. Varieties of vegetables, herbs, beans, fruit and grain seeds, potatoes, cuttings and potted plants saved and collected by local growers. We'll have special guest, small scale grain grower, John DeRosier from With the Grain in Pasa Robles. He'll be sharing his seeds as well as his wealth of knowledge in a workshop on the "Basics of Grain Growing". Come hear local experts in a series of workshops from; seed saving to beekeeping, soil fertility to chicken and egg raising; pruning fruit trees to keeping worms and more.
Date: Saturday, February 12th
Time: 11 to 4:00pm
Cost: Donation to FoCuS
$5 per individual (receive 7 seed packets)
$10 per family (receive 13 seed packets)
Individual seed packets available for $1 each
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Recipe of the Week:
Some vegetables you try for the first time and fall in love with them. Last week we tried Radicchio for the first time. An Italian favorite, used raw and also cooked. The two varieties we picked up at Marquita: Treviso (deep maroon leaf) and Castelfranco (light green with bronze specks). The petal-like leaves we roughly tore to make a salad and combined with the bitterness of the radicchio, the buttery-ness of avocado, the density of toasted pecans, the sweetness of maple syrup and Meyer lemons. This is what we came up with, we hope you'll be motivated to try it this week too.
Radicchio, Avocado and Pecan with a Lemon Maple Ginger salad dressing
1/2 cup of Meyer lemon juice
1/2 cup of Olive oil
1 inch cube ginger, peeled and chopped roughly
3 TBS Maple Syrup (adjust taste as necessary)
3 TBS Tamari or soy sauce (adjust taste as necessary)
Combine well and toss with Radicchio, avocado and toasted pecans. Marinate for 1/2 hour before serving.
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 Outer Aisle FOODS & GOODS "Essentials for the 21st Century".
Our mission is to facilitate a speedy transition to a sustainable
economy by offering the essential tools, ingredients and knowledge to
prepare us for the 21st century.
Behind the scenes of Outer Aisle is Taylor
Mountain Gardens. Located just around the corner on Main Street in
Douglas Flat, our nearly two acre "beyond organic" farm produces a large
variety of seasonal vegetables including these seasonal highlights:
summer heirloom tomatoes, fall cauliflower, winter carrots and spring
potatoes to name just a few!
OuterAisle FOODS operates a year round CSA (Community
Supported Agriculture) program. We distribute the highest
quality, local, seasonal and regional produce and products to members
all over Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. We only purchase product from
farms and producers who are committed to ecologically sustainable
practices and go beyond the National "Organic" standards.
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