Tons of Tomatoes!
It's that time of year when the amount of ripe tomatoes exceed our ability to eat them fresh. As mentioned last week with respect to peaches, stretch your imagination as to how to use them now or preserve them in some way to use throughout the fall and winter. There are a variety of methods, but one of the easiest is to freeze them, skin on, for later use. Check out this youtube from the University of Maine. When you're ready to use them, just run a frozen tomato under warm water in the kitchen sink. Its skin will slip off easily. The texture will not be the same as fresh, but the taste is wonderful. Trust us. We've done it. For more ideas, see Anna Gill's column this week.
A heads up that we are trying to get an idea of the number of customers at our market and where they hale from. We will have a young lady at each main entrance to the market, counting heads and asking for your zip code. This information is important to the market for a number of reasons, so please take the extra few seconds to provide your zip code. If you haven't been asked, we'd appreciate you approaching one of them and providing the information. Thank you!
Don't forget the photo contest featuring the I Lover Farmers Markets temporary tattoos which will last through the end of September. Contest guidelines and submission forms are available at the market and on our website. First place is a $25 gift certificate to the market, so get your thinking cap on and have some fun.
Our full list of participating vendors for this Saturday is listed at the end of this newsletter. For what's different than usual this week, see Market Notes below.
A heads up that we are trying to get an idea of the number of customers at our market and where they hale from. We will have a young lady at each main entrance to the market, counting heads and asking for your zip code. This information is important to the market for a number of reasons, so please take the extra few seconds to provide your zip code. If you haven't been asked, we'd appreciate you approaching one of them and providing the information. Thank you!
Don't forget the photo contest featuring the I Lover Farmers Markets temporary tattoos which will last through the end of September. Contest guidelines and submission forms are available at the market and on our website. First place is a $25 gift certificate to the market, so get your thinking cap on and have some fun.
Our full list of participating vendors for this Saturday is listed at the end of this newsletter. For what's different than usual this week, see Market Notes below.
Market Notes
- Troy Brook Bakery is with us this week featuring a new flavor cupcake, biscotti, plum blackberry crostatas, biscones plus some surprises.
- Winding Drive Jams is making an occasional visit.
- Savor cookies are taking the week off
- Musician - Bill Benson
- Guest artist - Delores Coan
- Nonprofit - Carnelian Knoll
Anna Gill's column this week is titled The Tomato Coup. A little history, a little humor and lots of ideas as to how to use all of our ripe tomatoes. The Tomato Goat Cheese recipe is delicious! We were fortunate enough to be included in the "tasters" of the recipe.
See you at the market Saturday OUTDOORS at Center School parking lot, Woodruff Lane.
Sustainable Tip of the Week
In the interest of saving trees and reducing waste, we had successfully pared down our junk mail to virtually none. In the past few months, it's creeping back up. If this is happening to you as well, for ideas to stop receiving what you don't want check out:
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