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Fresh Harvest for July 22nd - lots of news!


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Recipes


Watermelon and Tomato Salad
from Mark Bittman

These ingredients really compliment each other!

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups watermelon, in 1-inch cubes or balls (cut over a bowl to catch the juice and reserve it)
1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1/2 cup finely diced or crumbled Stilton, Gorgonzola, Roquefort or Maytag blue cheese
1/2 cup minced scallions or red onions
Salt
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
Pinch cayenne
1/2 cup cilantro or parsley, roughly chopped

Method
1. Combine the watermelon, tomato, cheese, scallions and salt in a bowl.
2. Whisk or blend together about 2 tablespoons of the watermelon juice, oil, vinegar and cayenne. To serve, dress the salad with this mixture and garnish with cilantro. Do not refrigerate and serve within 30 minutes.

Market News


Hello!

It has been a great week of “normal” summer weather around here – we’ll take it!

However, it has been on the wet side, and that rain just is not cooperating with the blueberry harvest. The berries are not good when picked wet, and Hidden Springs only wants to provide you with a top quality product. Given the variable chance of rain this week, we are not going to offer any berries, but do hope that they will be able to harvest enough to bring us some at pick up. We know this has been a so far disappointing blueberry season for many of you, but please keep your fingers crossed that it improves, not only for our sake but for the orchard’s as well. After all, it is their livelihood!

Twin Forks Farm is having a special this week on it’s wood fired, artisan bread and granola. It is a great deal at $1.00 off each item!

We have some wonderful fresh dug potatoes this week, German Butterball (how could you not want to eat something with a name like that!). This is an excellent potato – a round to oblong tuber with lightly netted golden skin that wraps around deep yellow flesh. Slightly mealy, this beauty is superb for everything – frying, baking, mashing, soups – you name it.

Also, the watermelons are definitely in abundance and are ripe and so sweet! These are of a small size so are manageable. You can order one of these to make up for not getting blueberries! And speaking of making up for blueberries, Dozen Bakery has blueberry galletes this week made with Hidden Springs Orchard blueberries – so get one to get your fix! They are spectacularly delicious.

And don’t forget Bloomy Rind Cheese, and Earthwind Botanicals products!

Thanks so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
John and Tallahassee

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