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Folk School Workshops Nov 5-6

Posted on October 17th, 2022 by Janet Aardema

 

We save exciting things on the farm for the Autumn! We're hosting two amazing instructors the weekend of Nov 5-6.

Join Rebecca Suerdieck, a second generation Colonial Williamsburg living history interpreter, to learn open fire cooking. She'll guide your group through preparing an entire meal, using vegetables from our farm and chicken from Peacemeal Farm

Join Peter Yencken to make your choice of the following: pack basket, custom chef knife, felted boots, leather moccasin style shoes, or a wooden bow and/or arrows. 

Registration links for all options found here on our Events page: https://broadforkfarm.net/events/

Join us and make cool stuff!

         

Now back to the vegetables at hand...Cooking suggestions: 

-> Saute turnips in a pan on the stovetop: Slice the roots into circles. Saute in butter with NO SALT and the edges of the turnips will caramelize a wonderful brown color and taste great. Salt the buttery turnips after they are done cooking. (Salting them while cooking results in them sweating and not caramelizing.) 

-> Roast Beets: Dice beets into chunks of desired size. NO PEELING NEEDED. Roast in oil. Salt after they are done cooking. Serve on a bed of greens with feta or goat cheese, olive oil, salt, pepper, and protein (pecans, walnuts, tofu, meat...). 

-> Air Fryer Chard Chips: Massage our Chard leaves with oil and salt and pop in an air fryer for 5 minutes to turn into crispy chips. So good!

If you've received this email, you have a share scheduled to pick up in two days. (Sudden need to be out of town? No problem -- log in and click on "Reschedule or Hold this Share" BEFORE 6am the day before pick up.)

 

For Pick Up:
- Please remember to bring your own bags each week. 
- At Self Serve locations: Our vegetables are in green plastic boxes at the pick up location, labelled with members' names. Find the box with your name on it. - Empty the vegetables into your bag and leave the empty, green box for us to collect.  
- Loaves of bread, for those who have ordered one, will be near the green boxes, labeled with your name. Pick up your loaf if you are due one. (Some people have purchased a Bread Share for a loaf each week of the season. Some people order a loaf when they please.)
- Same for cooler(s) at pick up locations with any cold items that aren't vegetables (fermented vegetables, etc...)
- At Staffed locations: One of us will be there to quickly gather your items for you to bag up and bring home.
- Preparation ideas and recipe suggestions are below your share contents in this email. Also check out our Pinterest Page for lots of recipe ideas, organized by vegetable. 
 
Thank you, once again, for being part of our Farm Share! Our farm wouldn't exist without you, and we're so happy to nourish you with what we grow (and bake). 
 
With huge gratitude ~
Janet, Dan, and the whole Broadfork crew (Julie, Mia, Natalie, Sophie, Magda, S., Zach, and the farm kids)
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