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Saturday, July 2, 2011
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In This Issue
At the Market this Week
Canning Recipe
News from Our Producers
Recipe...
Looking Ahead...

At the Market this Week

 

Music:     Joe WIllson

  

Children's Activities: Valley Forge Montessori 

 

Discover You Can:  This week we will be giving away  raffling off a Ball Canning Discovery Kit. It has almost everything you need to get started with home canning.  Be sure to stop by our information table to enter.   

  


  

Massage:  Back to Health 



 
Producers:

  (click on the names to read about them on our website)

 


Artisans' Gallery & Cafe
Backyard Bison
Baues' Busy Bees
Birchrun Hills Farm
Charlestown Farm
Country Time Farm
Dolly's Dish
Ellen April Handcrafted Soap
Forks Farm
Iced by Betsy
Jack's Farm
John and Kira's Chocolates
LOST Gourmet   

Marci's Morsels

The Mill at Anselma
Mompops
Mountain View Poultry
Northstar Orchard
Oley Valley Mushroom
Peachbottom Farm
Saint Peter's Bakery
Shellbark Hollow Farm
Sweetwater Baking Company   

 

Discover You Can

Canning Recipe   

Featuring This Week's Produce

 

Slightly Sweet  Dill Refrigerator Pickles

(makes 2 quarts) 


Ingredients:

1 small sweet onion (such as Vidalia or Maui), thinly sliced

2 pounds medium pickling cucumbers, scrubbed, cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds

1 large bunch dill, coarsely chopped (stems included)

1 tablespoon yellow mustard seeds

2 teaspoons whole white peppercorns

1 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

3 tablespoons coarse kosher salt

2 teaspoons dill seeds

 

Directions:

Divide sliced onion between two 1-quart wide-mouth glass jars. Pack cucumber slices horizontally in jars. Top each jar with dill.

Using mortar and pestle or resealable plastic bag and mallet, crush mustard seeds and peppercorns together. Place crushed spices in medium saucepan. Add vinegar, 1 cup water, sugar, coarse salt, and dill seeds. Bring mixture to boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.

Ladle mixture evenly over cucumbers. Leave jars uncovered and chill 24 hours. Cover glass pickle jars tightly with lids.

 

Read More

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/printerfriendly/Slightly-Sweet-Dill-Refrigerator-Pickles-242476#ixzz1QqrzwrsF

     
 
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Market Photo of the Week

  

Ruth 

This photo gets an F for photography (I took the photo, so I can say that) but an A+ for content!  Last week, Ruth Statt, who sold hot dogs to go last season as Birchrun on a Roll, returned to the market to help her cousin Sue Miller sell her delicious cheeses and meats.  Ruth moved to Florida so she no longer sells at the market, but it was great to see her!

Hello Market Shoppers!
 

The Fourth of July is upon us and what better way is there to celebrate than with some delicious food grown and made by independent farmers and artisans?  At the farmers' market, every Saturday is a declaration of independence from factory raised and grown food that is produced with care for people, animals and the land- and it tastes better!

 

We have lots of options for your holiday gatherings.  You can buy some great meats or mushrooms to grill or you can take it easy and try this combo- semolina rolls from St. Peters Bakery with pulled pork from Country Time Farm.   

 

The fruits will start coming on strong now.  We may even see some peaches at North Star Orchard.

 

This week, Kimberton CSA will join us for a one time visit.  They are overrun with European cucumbers and we are featuring a recipe for refrigerator pickles this week.  You can buy one of their cukes or a regular cuke from any of our regular farmers and then make these easy pickles.  They will be ready in a matter of hours for your holiday celebrations.  

  

 

Be sure to stop by the Market table this week to enter our free raffle and see our canning display.  The winner will receive a Ball Canning Discovery Kit.  We'll also have FREE Coupons for $1.50 off Ball jars, and $2.00 off Ball Canning Kits. This week we will be making the Slightly Sweet Dill Refrigerator Pickles on site - be sure stop by to take a look.  You can get the recipe here. 

 

If you would like to get a little exercise before the market, you can ride to the market between 9 and 11 and then let EMS give your bike a FREE safety check.  You can also bring your bike if you don't have time to ride.  This is a great way to make sure that your children's bikes are in good shape for summer. 

 

Remember that parking is free in the parking lot at 347 E. Bridge Street,  and it is also free for 2 hours on Bridge Street.  The lot close to the market is a metered lot which costs $1 per hour.   Be sure to read the signs so you don't get a ticket.  The good news is that this lot will be free daily until 2pm in the near future.  The borough is waiting until new signs arrive to change the fee structure.  We will let you know when the change occurs!

 

See you at the Market! 

 


News from our Producers

Aritsans Gallery & Cafe:

Happy 4th of July! Great weekend to stop by for our freshly brewed unsweetened 24 oz ice tea, just add lemons and just picked green mint for a delicious refreshing summer drink while shopping at the Market!  While you're at the market, don't forget to stop by the Gallery and try our special "Blob" dessert made with white chocolate, cointreau mousse, summer berry filing & vanilla sponge cake which will be available prior and through the BlobFest weekend.  Remember, "Eat it before it eats you!
   

 

Country Time Farm:

We will have bacon, pulled pork, smoked baby backs, and assorted grilling items.

 

St. Peters' Bakery:

Saint Peters Bakery is featuring Semolina rolls, perfect for all Summer BBQ's!

 

Birchrun Hills Farm:

We'll have Birchrun Bockwurst and Birchrun Franks for 4th of July grilling. We'll also have Little Chardy our camembert style cheese, Red Cat, Matilda's Summer Tomme, Truly Blue (goat and cow's milk blend blue), Fat Cat and Equinox cheeses.

 

Baues' Busy Bees:

 

Ellen April Handcrafted Soap:

We are looking forward to coming to the market this week. We'll be bringing a selection of luxurious soaps, including a special summer batch of Tahiti, our popular bar that contains over 30% authentic Monoi de Tahiti oil, long a beauty secret of Tahitian women. All natural, it imparts its unique, sweet gardenia fragrance.

We'll also have a basket of our Orphans & Uglies soaps at a reduced price. They might be the last of of batch, an end cut or otherwise cosmetically challenged, but they are the same quality soaps as our full price bars.

 

Forks Farm:

Forks Farm will bring a nice selection of  100% grass-fed lamb to market. We grow the lamb in partnership with Glenn Martin.We will have lots of beef on our visit in two weeks.  

 

ICED by Betsy:

July 4th is commonly celebrated with fireworks, parades, and BBQs!  Make your celebration extra special this year with cupcakes! Some of our cupcakes will be dressed for the holiday, including Stars & Stripes and Life by Chocolate. ICED by Betsy's charity for the month of July is Alex's Lemonade Stand.  Pre-orders can be placed by email to cupcakes@icedbybetsy.com or phone 610-755-7062.


ICED by Betsy will have the following flavors at the market this weekend:

Stars & Stripes - Our butter vanilla cake filled with a raspberry and blueberry puree. Frosted with sweet vanilla buttercream and topped wtih red raspberries & blue berries.

Life by Chocolate - Our signature chocolate cake filled with rich chocolate mousse. Frosted with decadent chocolate buttercream and topped with chocolate curls & an American Flag topper!

By Popular Demand - Our signature dark chocolate cake filled with decadent dark chocolate mousse. Frosted with a simple and sweet vanilla buttercream and topped with a swirled chocolate chip.

C3 (Coconut Cream Cupcake)- A moist white cake infused with coconut and filled with coconut cream. Topped with vanilla buttercream, toasted coconut, and vanilla/coconut crunch.

Dreamsicle - A delicate orange cupcake made with fresh squeezed orange juice and filled with vanilla mousse. Frosted with a swirl of tangy orange & creamy vanilla buttercream and topped with a refreshing orange slice.

PB & C - The most famous taste combination and our best seller! Our signature chocolate cake filed with a rich peanut butter center. Frosted with peanut butter buttercream and topped with a peanut butter cup.

 

LOST Gourmet:

 

Celebrate America's birthday with LOST Gourmet. This week's menu has traditional picnic favorites as well as modified favorites for our vegan friends.  You'll have freedom from your kitchen with our Pulled Pork using Yorkshire Heritage pork. We've slow roasted this pork for a tender, juicy pork that has just the right kick from our Chipotle BBQ Sauce. The vegan bbq sauce will also be available for purchase at the market. You won't miss the mayo in our crisp, refreshing cabbage and radicchio slaw. Great on top of the pulled pork or even grilled portabellas. And of course round out your barbecue meal with smoky vegetarian baked beans. If you want to take something different to a potluck BBQ, our (vegan) kale and navy bean hummus would be great to take because folks can enjoy it as a spread or dip with all the fresh veggies that are in season or even use it as a condiment on burgers or on top of fish. This weekend is supposed to be a scorcher so be sure to pick up some of our dark cherry shrub to quench your thirst this holiday weekend. Add some sparkling water for a carbonated beverage or make it grown-up by adding gin or vodka. Visit us early at the market and get LOST this Independence Day! Follow us at facebook.com/lostgourmet 

 

Marci's  Morsels:

 

Marci's Morsels will be at the market this week and for the first time this season, they will have their famous Russian Tea Cakes (made with regular flour) and Traditional Toffee.  In addition, they will bring a variety of Vegan-Gluten Free and Gluten Free breads, cakes, scones, muffins, cookies, etc.  And just in time for July 4, Marci's Morsels will have a Gluten Free Sponge Cake which is fabulous served with fresh market berries and fresh whipped cream.  Make sure you stop by their tent as they will be on vacation from July 10-29 and will not be making deliveries during this time...so stock up now!

The Mill at Anselma:

The Mill at Anselma will be featuring our bread and pastry flour,
dark-roasted cornmeal, our fabulous pancake and scone mixes, and for the
first time, buckwheat flour. Please stop by with baking questions and pick
up some recipes for great summer baked good, and take a look at our recipe in the recipe section of the newsletter.

 

The Nut Shack:

This week we would like to feature our newest product " Spicy Fava Beans " in addition to 20 more Yummy Nut Products from Wasabi Peanuts & Peas, Salted Cashews & Pistachios, Chick peas & Roasted Almonds to Our Famous Cinnamon walnuts there will be a nut flavor for every one to enjoy. And of course you can place your own special order with The Nut Shack where we will roast it specially for you and you can pick it up the following Market day or in store. See you there..

 

North Star Orchard: 

We'll have TWO kinds of plums this week, and maybe (just maybe!!) the first taste of peaches! We'll also have lettuce, rainbow Swiss chard, carrots, summer squash, cucumbers, new potatoes, and likely a few more things once we're out there picking on Friday.



Recipe

  

 

Blueberry Cornmeal Cake

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper and

spray with cooking spray.

 

Stir together:

 

1 cup Anselma pastry flour

3/4 cup Anselma roasted cornmeal

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

 

Whisk together:

 

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 large egg

1/3 cup plain or vanilla yogurt

2 T lemon juice

1/4 tsp. grated lemon rind

 

Fold wet mixture into dry ingredients. Fold in 1 cup blueberries. Pour into

prepared pan. Bake for approximately 35 minutes until center springs back

when pressed. Cool on wire rack. Enjoy!

Courtesy of The Mill at Anselma

 


Looking Ahead  

  

It's hard to believe it, but next Saturday July 9th will be our Buy Fresh Buy Local festival! Artists will join us and we will have lots of special activities.  Local band the Raven Hill Ramblers will be making their first appearance at the Market!