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11 to 7 pm
TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS:
11 - 4pm
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SIGN-UP FOR SUMMER CSA
First delivery July 7th!
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Want to receive baskets of vegetables and fruits this summer. Weekly deliveries to Tuolumne County.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
Welcome to the July newsletter, 2011
New hours and new days: 11 am to 7pm Thursdays and Fridays and 11am to 4pm Tuesdays and Saturdays. Upcoming Events: Check out the July events at Outer Aisle.... Tonight, Tuesday 12th July, 6pm to 8pm: Join us as we host this month's Sierra Business Council's Green Drinks. An opportunity for you to find out more about SBC and socialize with others. We'll be serving up some Outer Aisle goodies and celebrating our 1st year anniversary of the store opening. We hope to entice you with some of our menu offerings: Crispy Tostado bites with Coconut Pintos, Sour Cream and Eric's Homemade chile sauce; Sliced Chilled Cucumber with Truffle Salt; and Desiree Potato Salad with Dill . Assorted beverages, cheese and a surprise green drink will also be served. 2nd Garden Tour: Saturday July 16th, 9:45 to 11 am: No signup required, just meet at Outer Aisle Join Eric on a tour through the garden, see for yourself what's about to erupt in the next few weeks. A great time to ask questions, get to know your grower and see a working farm. Kids are welcome. Thursday, July 21st, 11 to 4pm: Meet the Producers' Day. An opportunity to meet local makers, producers and growers that service our local region. Invited guest vendors "set up shop" so you can see their work/wares, ask them questions and get to know who they are and what they have to offer. Friday, July 29, 3 to 7pm: Gourmet Garlic Galore. Do you love garlic? Come and sample the many varieties we grow, learn about the differences, history and medicinal properties.
Summer CSA Sign-ups (weekly or bi-weekly): Can't make it to the store, live too far away or just busy living life, we can accommodate you. Our weekly summer deliveries, beginning July 7th service many locations in Tuolumne and Calaveras County. Log into the sign-up wizard for more details of drop off locations, bag sizes and prices.
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Vegetable Highlights at Outer Aisle FRUIT HIGHLIGHTS: From the orchards of Tyson Hill Farm, Waterford we have the finest fruit! This week the first yellow nectarines, plenty of yellow and white peaches, the Santa Rosa plum in which Indira writes fondly:
"Close your eye and inhale deeply. That's the richly aromatic and flavored Santa Rosa plum, an heirloom variety introduced in 1907 by Luther Burbank. It was developed in Santa Rosa from crossing plums he had imported from Japan: sweet flesh with tartness around the pit and skin, dark purplish-crimson skin has russet spots and a light bloom. The bloom, that dusty-looking coating on the skin, acts as a protective covering both to camouflage ripeness and as a sunburn barrier. We've grown Santa Rosas here on Tyson Hill Farm for nearly 50 years, and it is our second most popular plum, fresh and dried."
VEGETABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Wonderful abundance on the verge of ripening! Poetry of smells, colors and best of all tastes about ready to awaken all of our senses! Cucumbers have made their way to center stage: there's nothing quite as cooling and satisfying as sliced cucumber with a touch of salt on a hot summer's day. We'll have the first flush of Lemon cuc's as well as the Japanese kind with it's melon like flavor, the Marketmore (traditional kind) and pickling cucumbers in quantity.  This week we'll have the first eggplant; first purple peppers; first Yukon Gold potatoes and Sungold Cherry tomatoes! NEW BULK OFFERINGS: Take advantage of bulk offerings at Outer Aisle. During the peak summer months we'll have oversupplies of a variety of fruits and vegetables. If you can, freeze, dehydrate or getting ready for a party. This week: Basil for pesto making (see recipe below); Blackcurrants for jelly, juice, drying; pickling cucumbers. |
RECIPES:
GERMAN POTATO SALAD
1.5 # Desiree potatoes left whole
1 TSP whole grain mustard
1 bunch Dill
2 TSP Olive Oil
3 strips of bacon, cut into pieces
1 small red onion, diced finely
Boil or steam potatoes whole until just done. In a cast iron pan cook bacon pieces until crisped, add onion and soften. Rough chop the potatoes and coat with olive oil and mustard. Gently combine bacon/onion mix and fresh dill. Serve warm. PESTO 2 bunches sweet basil (use leaves only) 2- 3 TSP olive oil 1/4 tsp salt lemon juice 1 clove garlic 1/2 cup of walnuts or pine nuts 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese Put basil leaves into cuisinart, drizzle in enough oil to grind to a fine paste, add lemon juice, salt and minced garlic, grated cheese and nuts. |
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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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