Moore Farms
Our Orders This Week

It is so nice when everything comes in as expected for our weekly orders, especially 

There is a door now on the Corncrib Cabin bedroom, this is looking through to where the bathroom will be

when we have a lot of extra things going on! Will and Justin have been working steadily n the Corncrib Cabin Renovation (made possible by our terrific Investment Members, thank you!). This will be Justin's living space until he eventually builds a cabin on another part of the farm property. We're adding a bathroom and bedroom to the living room, altogether about 250 square feet. The original building was Will's grandfather's Corncrib, where feed was stored for the farm animals. Over the years we turned the snug space into a sleeping bunkie for WWOOFer interns then three years ago French architect WWOOFers worked on the addition. It has been a long evolution but it will be a cool little cabin when we're done!  

Our biggest harvest ever of Wild Oyster Mushrooms

 

Our current New York WWOOFers Jaimie and Lucy are heading out at the end of the week, we have really enjoyed their month-long stay with us. They helped with a lot of things around the farm and are now official "Chicken Ranglers"! Their next stop is Florida, just in time for the holidays. One of our exciting events this past weekend was finding one of our Wild Oyster Mushroom Logs almost completely covered with mushrooms! I didn't have my camera with me but here is a picture the 4.5 pounds of gorgeous (and delectable) Wild Oyster Mushrooms we collected. We have four logs in our woods we regularly check for these treats. 

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Our Farmers Pick Orders for December

12th - 14th deliveries

 

$20 Farmer's Pick - Regular Box 

Apples (GA) 4-5  

Lettuce (AL/GA) 1 head

Greens - Kale (GA) 1/2 pound 

Mixed Roots (AL/GA) 1.5 pounds  

Florida Navel Oranges (4) 

Cucumber (FL) 1   

 

$30 Farmer's Pick - Large Box 
Everything from the $20 box plus:   
Spaghetti Squash (GA) 1
Spinach (GA) 1/2 pound 
Popcorn (GA) 2 ears

$40 Farmer's Pick - Extra Large Box
Everything from the $30 box plus:   
Cracked Pecans (AL) 1/2 pound
Kohlrabi (GA) 1 pound
Bell Peppers (GA) 1-2 
  
Weekly Recipes 
These are the recipes for our Soup & Salad Package this week:

Alabama Pinto Bean Soup
Soak Pinto Beans overnight in water. The next day drain and rinse. Wash, peel and dice Mixed Roots, saute until just tender in 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil. Wash, trim and chop Cabbage (use 1/2 head or as much as you like). Place Mixed Roots into soup pot with Cabbage, add 4 cups liquid (Chicken or Vegetable Stock, Water, or mixture). Add prepared Pinto Beans ans chopped fresh Rosemary to taste. Season with salt and pepper, cook over medium heat for 1 hour or until done to your liking. Options: add Onions, Garlic and/or a can of Tomatoes.

Salad with Cucumber
Trim, wash and chop Lettuce and Mixed Baby Greens (we LOVE our salad spinner for this!). Wash, trim and chop Cucumber into matchsticks (no need to peel, really!). Prepare salad dressing: mix together with 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar (or vinegar of your choice) 1/4 cup Olive Oil, 1 Tablespoon Honey, salt and pepper. Toss and dress salad and grate or shave The Farms' Parm over salad just before serving.

Cornbread
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix together 1 cup Cornmeal, 1 cup All-Purpose Flour, 4 teaspoons Baking Powder, 1/8 cup Sugar, pinch of salt. In another bowl blend together 1 cup Milk (or Buttermilk) 1/2 cup light Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil and two Eggs. Mix wet and dry ingredients, pour into an oiled cast iron skillet or buttered baking dish, bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Baked Apples
Wash Apples, cut in half, trim stem ends and remove cores. Place face-down in a buttered baking dish, pour 1 cup Apple Juice, White Wine or water (or a mixture) over all. Sprinkle with 2 Tablespoons Sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Serve with vanilla ice cream!
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December Member Special Offers
We have two terrific
ordering incentives for the month of December:


~ Early Bird Bucks ~
Every week in December when you
place your order by midnight Friday
the Online Market will take a buck off
of your order!


~ Refer A Friend ~
Refer a New Member who orders
in the month of December
and you both get $5!
Be sure your friend puts your name in
the Comments Section
of their first order and we'll take $5 off of their order and give you $5 off of your next order!

 

We are very proud to bring our farmer's foods to your family and we  always want to know what you think about what we do. Send us your recipes, pictures and stories and thank you for your support!

Laurie and Will with Sweet Pea 2011

 photo by Anthony-Masterson Photography

Will and Laurie Moore

Moore Farms 

www.moorefarmsandfriends.com 
Farm: 256-449-9417

Cell: 256-282-7889

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