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Saturday, July 9, 2011
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At the Market this Week
Canning Recipe
News from Our Producers
Recipe...
Looking Ahead...

At the Market this Week

Buy Fresh Buy Local Festival! 

 

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Music:    Raven Hill Ramblers

  

Children's Activities: Kimberton Waldorf School 

  

Henna Tattoos:  The Phoenixville Time Bank 

 

Discover You Can: Bring your hot water bath canning questions to the market table where we will be showing you how to can pickles in a hot water bath.

  

Special Guest: Local raw foods author Lisa Montgomery 



Producers:

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

 

Artisans' Gallery & Cafe 

Backyard Bison 

Birchrun Hills Farm 

The Budding Moon  

Charlestown Farm 

Country Time Farm 

Dolly's Dish 

Hoagland Farms

The Hungry Puppy
Iced by Betsy
Jack's Farm
John and Kira's Chocolates
LOST Gourmet  
Mompops
Mountain View Poultry
Northstar Orchard

The Nut Shack
Oley Valley Mushroom

Paradocx Vineyard
Peachbottom Farm
Pureblend Tea
Ridge Valley Farm
Saint Peter's Bakery
Shellbark Hollow Farm
Spotted Hill Farm
Stargazers Vineyard
Sweetwater Baking Company
   

     

Artists:   

 

Abide 

Christine Shirley Styling Co. 

Good Samaritan Men's Shelter 

Hammi Jammi Jewelry 

Kimberton Hills 

Pure Scents Candle Co. 

Shepherds Abiding Farm 

Side Stitch by Ginny 

Victoria O'Neill 

 

Green Pad Living  

 

 


Canning Recipe   

Featuring This Week's Produce

 

Dill Sandwich Slices

From the

Fresh Preserving Website 

 

(Makes about 5  pints

 

Ingredients:

3 Tbsp pickling spice

4 cups cider vinegar

4 cups water

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup Ball® Salt for Pickling & Preserving

5 bay leaves

5 cloves garlic

2 1/2 tsp mustard seeds

5 heads fresh dill

13 1/3 cups sliced trimmed pickling cucumbers (1/4-inch lengthwise slices)

5 (16 oz) pint glass preserving jars with lids and bands

Directions:

1.) PREPARE boiling water canner. Heat jars and lids in simmering water until ready for use. Do not boil. Set bands aside.

2.) TIE pickling spice in a square of cheesecloth, creating a spice bag.

3.) COMBINE vinegar, water, sugar, pickling salt and spice bag in a large stainless steel saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Reduce heat and boil gently for 15 minutes, until spices have infused the liquid.

4.) PLACE 1 bay leaf, 1 garlic clove, 1/2 tsp mustard seeds and 1 head of dill into each jar. Pack cucumber slices into hot jars leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Ladle hot pickling liquid into jar to cover cucumbers leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles and re-measure headspace. If needed, add more pickling liquid to meet recommended headspace. Wipe rim. Center lid on jar. Apply band and adjust until fit is fingertip tight.

5.) PROCESS filled jars in a boiling water canner for 15 minutes. Remove jars and cool. Check lids for seal after 24 hours. Lid should not flex up and down when center is pressed.

 

      
 
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Market Photos of the Week

  

Service Dog  

Market shoppers and twin brothers Mark and Pat Olesky posted this great photo of a service dog in training on their blog http://twinfarmblog.wordpress.com/, which focuses on local foods, farm markets, craft beer, and twins.  

 

canning 

Last week we made refrigerator pickles at the Discover You Can table.  This week we will show you how to make dill pickles in hot water bath.

Hello Market Shoppers!
 

It's the Second Saturday of the month and that means that we have artists and a band this week for our monthly festival!  And this month we are celebrating Buy Fresh Buy Local and our own local Blobfest which will be happening all weekend at the Colonial Theatre.

 

Peaches and corn arrive at the market this week- YUM!  And Spotted Hill Farm will bring a baby goat for shoppers young and old to see.  

 

Local raw foods author Lisa Montgomery will be at the market with her new cookbook, Raw Garden, that has many recipes using farmers' market ingredients. 

 

Be sure to stop by the Market table this week to enter our free raffle and see our canning display.  We have already given away one Ball Canning Discovery Kit and will give another one away next week.  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 Dill Sandwich Slices- be sure stop by to take a look.  You can get the recipe here.   

 

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:

This week we will be featuring a Medium - Dark roasted blend, "Sumatra Gayo" for tasting.  It is a well-rounded coffee that is both rich and hearty.  The flavor has a rustic earthiness that is balanced with a warm spice and a hint of fresh strawberry on the palette.   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.  Remember, "Eat it before it eats you!"

 

Country Time Farm:

We will have more mango tango pulled pork that we sold out of last week, heat and serve baby back ribs, smoked with cherry wood and with our award winning sauce. New Canadian bacon, our special recipe and slow smoked, goes good with fresh tomatoes and basil, fresh cheese.

 

Charlestown Farm:

We will have beautiful heirloom and cherry tomatoes, spring onions, cabbage, carrots, and so much more.  We'll also have wildflower bouquets....you can even make your own! 

 

St. Peters' Bakery:

We will continue to offer Fresh Semolina Rolls throughout the summer to help everyone enjoy their home cookouts on the grill !
 
Also, anyone who stops by the Saint Peters Bakery booth can enter a raffle to win two free tickets to the Blob Fest Movie on Saturday night at the Colonial Theatre, the 8pm showing!  The Blob and It Conquered the World!  YIKES!
 
You do not need to purchase anything.  

 

Birchrun Hills Farm:

We'll have Birchrun Bockwurst and Birchrun Franks for  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.

 

 

Hoagland Farms:

We will have our first week's sweetcorn this week and we may have a few canteloupes and some early tomatoes

 

ICED by Betsy:

ICED by Betsy is looking forward to another wonderful, summer Saturday at the Phoenixville Farmers' Market.  Make sure to stop by this week and check out their Blob-tastic cupcake special. ICED by Betsy's charity for the month of July is Alex's Lemonade Stand and they will be kicking off the month with their Pucker Up cupcake. Also, make sure to try their seasonal cupcake, Black & Blue!  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:

Black & Blue -  Our butter vanilla cake filled with fresh blackberry & blueberry puree filling. Frosted with sweet vanilla buttercream and topped with local fresh, ripe blackberries and blueberries.

Pucker Up - A moist lemon cupcake filled with tangy and tart lemon curd. Frosted with velvety smooth cream cheese frosting and topped with candied lemon peel.

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.

Twisted Lime - My favorite pie turned cupcake! Lime infused cupcake filled with key lime curd. Frosted with key lime cream cheese frosting and topped with graham cracker crumbles and a slice of lime.

Dark Side -  A rich dark chocolate cupcake filled with fluffy marshmallow cream. Topped with chocolate ganache, dark chocolate buttercream, and a twirl of marshmallow! Also available in a gluten-free version.

Midnight Mint - Our signature chocolate cake filled with sweet mint buttercream. Frosted with more sweet mint buttercream and topped with an After Eight mint and chocolate shavings.

 

LOST Gourmet:

LOST Gourmet has a refreshing menu perfect for these hot summer days. Among their items this week is kimchi. Considered one of the world's healthiest foods, LOST Gourmet's version is mildly spicy and made with napa cabbage, garlic, ginger and whey. Use kimchi as a condiment for soups, salads, pastas, even hamburgers and hot dogs. Chef Olga loves it for breakfast alongside eggs and sausage. And of course, they'll have shrub. We love that folks are enjoying this refreshing, healthy drink as much as we do! This week's shrub is brimming with antioxidants from blueberries and of course a whole range of vitamin and natural enzymes from the raw apple cider. Star anise adds a subtle sweet and herbal note to this Colonial beverage.

You can check out all of LOST Gourmet's weekly menu items at www.lostgourmet.com and pre-ordering is open until Thursday at 9p. You can also get LOST at
www.facebook.com/lostgourmet

 

Mountain View Farm: 

 Hi everyone! This week I have an exceptionally nice batch of chickens ready, possibly the best of the season. You can purchase them whole or cut-up(best-value), or I have parts available too! Whole legs, whole breasts, wings, boneless skinless breasts or even the feet which are good to add when making stock. Thanks for supporting my farm & I'll see you on Saturday!  

 

North Star Orchard: 

The fruit is really starting to roll in this week. Kind in Blob-motion, but not nearly so dangerous! 

 

We'll have yellow AND white peaches (hopefully enough to last the day), plus two kinds of plums. Veggies will include those awesome Tasty Jade cucumbers, rainbow Swiss chard, summer squash, sugar snap peas, awesome tropea (torpedo-shaped) onions, and crunchy carrots.

See North Star's great peach recipes in the recipe section 

 

Pure Scents:

Pure Scents will bring our popular Shore Scents, some new ones like Skinny Girl Margarita, Just Peachy and Mango Tango along with many more great fragrances for summer!

 

Shellbark Hollow Farm:

We will have our Crottin de Chevre but don't forget our fresh chevre.  It is great with beets, on salads, and in pasta.  See Donna's Beet Salad recipe in the recipe section. 

 

Spotted Hill Farm:

Donna has a very special treat this week.  She is bringing a baby goat from her farm!  Be sure to stop by to give it a little pat and take a look at her soap while you are there! 



Recipe

  

Beet Salad

With Grapefruit and Chevre

Courtesy of Shellbark Hollow Farm) 

 

2 LB raw beets

Rock salt

Handful of thyme sprigs

1 large ruby red grapefruit

Few lemon thyme sprigs, leaves stripped

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons hazelnut oil

Sea salt

Black pepper

Pinch of super fine sugar

¼ LB chevre, crumbled

Handful of hazelnuts, toasted and lightly crushed

 

Preheat oven to 3500.  Wash beets, then trim the tops and roots, and pat dry with paper towel.  Scatter a thin layer of rock salt over a large piece of foil.  Sprinkle with the thyme sprigs, then arrange beets in the middle.  Bring up the edges of the foil and fold them together to seal the parcel.  Place on a baking tray and bake for 35-45 minutes or until the beets are tender when pierced with a small knife. (Larger beets may need an extra 15-20 minutes)

 

Unwrap parcel, transfer the beets to a plate and leave to cool slightly.  Peel beets while they are still warm, using a small paring knife.  Cut into wedges and divide between individual serving plates.

 

To segment the grapefruit, slice off the top and bottom to expose the flesh.  Stand on a board and cut along the curve of the fruit to remove the peel and the white pith.  Holding the fruit over a sieve set on top of a bowl, cut along the membranes to release each segment.  Finally squeeze the core to extract the juices before discarding.

 

Divide the segments between the plates.  To make the dressing, add the lemon thyme leaves to the reserved grapefruit juice and whisk in olive and hazelnut oils.  Season well with salt and pepper, adding a pinch of sugar if the dressing is too tart.

 

Scatter chevre and hazelnuts over each serving and drizzle with dressing.

 

Serve immediately.                                Serves 4

 

Two Great Peach Recipes from North Star Orchard! 

Peach Smoothie Recipe
A tasty, cold beverage for hot summer days!
1 peach, peeled
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup orange juice
a few ice cubes
1 t. sugar (or to taste)
Combine all ingredients in a blender.
Serves 2 (or maybe 1, it can be hard to share!)

Peach Salad with Black Pepper and Mint

A perfect accompaniment to grilled meats.  It can also be served on top of a bed of arugula or other spicy greens with goat cheese and maybe a handful of roasted and salted almonds. (The salad is also good with ripe peaches). Serves 4-6
2 1/2 pounds of not-quite-soft peaches, sliced 1/4" thick (no need to peel)
1/8 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (*add another ¼ teaspoon of black pepper for a little kick)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh mint (cut into ribbons)
Toss the peaches with the sugar, if using, and the salt. Let sit for 10 minutes. Fold in pepper, olive oil, and mint. Serve cold
 

 


Looking Ahead  

  

Next Saturday we will focus on health as part of our regular 3rd Saturday tradition.  Be sure to stop by the Health Table for free screenings and useful information.

 

The following bi-weekly producers return next Saturday:

 

Forks Farm

Baues' Busy Bees

Ellen April Soap

The Mill at Anselma