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STORE OPEN 5 DAYS YEAR ROUND!

FALL HOURS:
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY:
11 to  6 pm
SATURDAYS:
11 - 4pm


Outer Aisle FOODS & GOODS
1192 Highway 4
Douglas Flat, CA
outeraislefoods.com
Christine & Eric Taylor
209.728.9112
2012 BOX DELIVERIES   

Weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to Tuolumne, Calaveras and Alpine Counties.


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  • Enjoy local and seasonal fruits and veggies all year round
  • Fresh, high quality, home-grown flavor
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  • 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.
 
News From Outer Aisle
Mid September newsletter 2012
   
OPEN 5 DAYS :  
Tuesday - Friday 11 - 6pm 
Saturday 11 - 4pm
"Produce picked daily"

Ahh! Fall - it's in the air, you can feel it and
smPeppers and Broccoliell it!

The transition to Fall is a visual experience on our farm. The tomato plants are still laden with fruit, some of them green, some on their way to ripening, others cast down as a result of abundance laying out in the paths in varying stages of decomposition.  The most beautiful vegetable in the garden this time of year are bell peppers; autumn colors ranging from shades of red, chocolate, yellow and orange. Where there was once melons and squash there are now rows and rows of tiny emerging carrot, radish, beet, turnip seedlings.
Tuolumne County Master Gardeners Tour, admiring a field of kale!

And
almost, as if appearing overnight, in walks the fall vegetables; kale, cabbage, and broccoli with there large translucent green leaves, forever marking the turning point in the garden's seasonal motion. (We included two fantastic kale recipes below and encourage you to try it out on someone who "hates" kale!!)

We are here to celebrate with you!
 

WHAT'S NEW!!  2012 SALMON IS HERE!
We got a call from Denny this week, our 87 year old fisherman friend, to say that he just picked up his season's catch of Sockeye salmon from the packers.

Starting on Thursday we're celebrating by offering you a great deal on this season's salmon harvest: $11/lb (regularly $13.30). For over 30 years Denny has been fishing for salmon out of Bristol Bay; one of Alaska's most pristine and sustainable fisheries in the world. We are stoked to have a good supply of Omega 3's to offer our community throughout the months to come.

COME JOIN US and other folks in the public viewing of The Future of Food. For more information please go to this website: http://www.carighttoknow.org.



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Vegetable & Fruit Highlights   

 

This time of year we are drawn to the coast to fill in the "gaps" and take advantage of another climate zone. This week we are bringing back Shittake and Trumpet mushrooms, carrots, cabbages, winter squash, green beans and sweet potatoes. With fall in the air it's hard to pass up great overlap of delicious fruits and vegetables!
Fall Bounty
Fall Bounty


Talk about diversity!!

 

Grapes and apples are a highlight this month. Tyson Hill is offering 5 varieties of grap

es all different sizes, colors and tastes. Smit Orchard has four different apples: Fuji, Granny, Pippin and Gala


 

   

   

 

Bell Peppers:  There appears to be no end to this versatile and colorful crop. Our professional gardening skills shine when it comes to how successful we can grow peppers - on occasion too successful when it comes to abundance! We encourage and possibly even beg you to take advantage of our great bulk pepper deals (great for freezing for soups later on in the winter).  

 

     

  

 

RECIPES

Have a great recipe that you'd like to share - we'd love to publish it in the newsletter!
 KALE SALAD: This recipe is a winner!

Red onion (thinly sliced)
Lemon juice
Olive oil or flax oil
Braggs Aminos
Sunflower or pumpkin or sesame seeds (or a combo of all three)

Dressing: Thinly slice red onion and marinate it in equal parts lemon juice, olive oil and Braggs.

Dry roast/toast your seeds separately on the stove top, in a heavy bottomed pan/cast iron skillet. Or on a baking sheet in the oven 400 degrees for only a few minutes. Cool.

De-stem kale and cut it into 1/2 inch ribbons/slices. You can either lightly steam (easier digestion), or keep it raw if thinly sliced.

Toss everything together in portions to your liking.

Optional additions: pea sprouts, sunflower sprouts, avocado, sun dried tomatoes, etc.  CHAR'S KALE CHIP RECIPE

2 cups cashews, soaked for 2-4 hours 
1 cup nutritional yeast 
1/2 cup tamari sauce or soy sauce 
1/2 cup water 
1/2 cup lemon juice 
5 Tbsp. agave nectar or honey 
1 tsp chilli powder 
1/2 tsp cayenne (medium spicy) 
4 cloves of garlic 
plenty of love 
 
 
4-5 bundles of kale, cut into bite size pieces 
 
Put all ingredients in blender except kale. Blend until smooth. Toss kale in dressing until coated evenly. Spread out on dehydrator dryer racks and dry below 115º for 7-10 hours. 
 
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.