Sorry no bread this week.

Dear bread customers,

I am sorry to inform you I will be unable to bake this week. I have hurt my back over the weekend. See you all next week. Thank you.

Scott Bennett
The Bread Peddler

More okra recipes for a rainy late summer day.

Okra and green tomato fritters (from Lynn Cimino-Hurt):

Use equal parts of sliced fresh okra and diced green tomatoes in a bowl. Just barely cover with milk. Season as you like and add equal parts of corn meal and tapioca flour, so that you have a stiff dough around the veggies.
Heat oil in skillet and when it is good and hot, carefully add spoonfuls of the okra/tomato batter and fry until golden brown on both sides.
Salt the fritters, if you like and enjoy this crispy treat of late summer.

Bindi Bhaji is another okra recipe you might like to try. It came from Dawa Myers (by way of Kathrine Frazier) who says it came from an English cookbook. See below:

Bindi Bhaji (Okra, North Indian Style)

2 T. oil (olive oil preferably)
1/2 t. cumin seeds
1/2 t. turmeric
2 cloves garlic
1 large onion, chopped
1 green chili ( like jalapeño) chopped
1 lb. fresh okra, sliced lengthwise
1 t sugar
4 tomatoes, chopped
4 T lemon or lime juice

salt to taste

Heat oil, add cumin seeds, turmeric, garlic, onion and chili
Cook until onions translucent.
Add okra and saute 5-7 minutes, or until just tender

Add sugar, tomatoes and lemon/lime juice and simmer 3-5 minutes.
Season with salt. Serve hot

Fresh, canned or frozen corn is also good added with the tomatoes.
Omit the chili and substitute milder red pepper to reduce ‘heat.’

Think ahead to the holidays - order turkeys now!

Charles Ritch from Goose Pond Farm in Hartselle AL wated to let you know that they are now taking orders for pasture raised turkeys for the holidays. One of our customers, Ann Millar, has offered to help bring the turkeys up here and we can easily distribute them at the community center. To pre-order visit Goose Pond Farm’s grower page on our website and click on “pre-order turkeys” or go to the Goose Pond Farm website: www.raisedonpasture.com/Turkey2008.doc

Time to order local food!

Here is a simple recipe for okra that we use all of the time:

Boiled okra:
Use only fresh, local, okra pods. Drop the whole pods into boiling water for about 4 minutes or until they are bright green. Drain them and spray them with cool water (if you want them to cool down). Slice into 1/2 inch rounds, season with salt and pepper and enjoy. This is good warm or at room temperature.

Being a northerner it took me a while to figure out how to eat (and cook) okra. When I first attempted it boiled I sliced it before boiling and I ended up with a pot full of gelatinous ooze – not very appetizing!

There is plenty of okra this week as well as other late season veggies and local apples from Rainbow Hill Farm.

A note to sausage buyers: The current batch of breakfast pork sausage from Sequatchie Cove was incorrectly labeled. The sausage contains pork, salt, red pepper, sage, sugar, and black pepper and not any of the other things that are listed on the label.

Nanni's Organic Market in Tullahoma is now online

Nanni’s organic market in Tullahoma now has a finished website. Visit it: http://www.nannisorganic.com to learn more.

The Market is open!

Charlotte of Circling Hawk Nursery will be out of town this week. We did not deactivate her products because she has a lot of them (102) and we decided that it would be easier for her to not have to reactive them when she gets back. So… please don’t order anything from Circling Hawk Nursery this week, it will not be available. Sorry in advance for any confusion this causes.

There is meat this week! Chuck roasts, pork chops, ground beef, and sausage.

We also welcome a new chemical free grower: Frontier Family Farm in Altamont. Please visit their grower page to learn more.

Thank you to you, our customers, for your continued support and business. We really appreciate it.

Time to order local food!

How about the weather? It is hard to stop smiling on a day like today, in August!

We welcome Return Home Elixirs to our list of vendors. Lynn Cimino-Hurt is brewing Komucha tea and selling kombucha tea and starter kits. You may have tested her elixir at pick up last week. To learn more about her products please view her grower page on the website.

You pick blueberries at Sequatchie Cove Farm

Miriam Keener sends the following message from Sequatchie Cove Farm: There are a lot of blueberries still for picking – should have them through August

Call Miriam at 942-9201.

Time to order local food!

I finally got my whole bushel of peaches sliced, peeled and put in the freezer! I’m tempted now to buy more…

Next week (starting tomorrow) is National Farmer’s Market Week. How much of your diet comes from local sources? Challenge yourself and see if you can eat local food all week. Make sure to get out on Saturday to the Gardener’s market too! If you discover a wonderful recipe using local foods I’d be happy to pass it along.

There are lots of goodies for sale and Wild Iris is back with tea! Sweet Ruby Valentine makes a fantastic iced brew and I’ve been missing it!

Meat reminder

It was a big week for meat sales. This is just a reminder that meat orders will be in the cooler next to the check out table at pick up this evening. If you have meat please let us know so that we can get it to you. See you then. -Jess