Posts from ‘October, 2008’

The October 2008 Eat Local Challenge is coming to an end and I’m a bit disappointed that I didn’t have a slew of gourmet local meals to share here. I’m disappointed that I actually ate more “away” meals this month than the month before simply because that’s the way the calendar played out with social [...]

October 21 was the eighteenth week of our CSA  (Waldingfield Farm, pick-up point Sandy Hook Organic Farmer’s Market behind St. John’s Episcopal Church). This was the last week of the Sandy Hook Organic Farmer’s Market and we’ll be picking up the remaining CSA shares elsewhere, most likely on a different day of the week.
We scored:

purple [...]

Here’s my food log for Week 3 of the October 2008 Eat Local Challenge.
Monday, October 13:
Breakfast (Default):

Coffee (with raw milk, from Foxfire Dairy)
Macoun apple (from one of the local orchards:  Blue Jay Orchards, Glastonbury via Shortts Farm, Silverman’s, or Missy’s)
Yogurt (usually my own, made from raw milk from Stonewall Dairy) with a dollop of mixed berry jam (discovered [...]

The Fairfield Summer Market (Sundays, 10 AM-2 PM at the Fairfield Theatre Company) ends on October 26.
The Fairfield Winter Market begins in November on Saturdays, 10am – 2pm, November through April. They will be announcing the actual opening date in a few weeks. Many of last year’s vendors are returning.
The Fairfield Theatre Company is at [...]

October 14 was the seventeenth week of our CSA  (Waldingfield Farm, pick-up point Sandy Hook Organic Farmer’s Market behind St. John’s Episcopal Church).
We scored:

mustard greens

broccoli rabe greens

red potatoes

green beans

butternut squash

Kabuko squash

Turban squash

broccoli

baby bok choy

arugula

apples for saucing

Plus we picked up some of Waldingfield’s own Farmer’s Vinaigrette salad dressing and their tomato chutney from an old secret [...]

Some might look at my food logs for the October 2008 Eat Local Challenge and think, “How boring” or “I wouldn’t want to do that if I have to eat nearly the same thing every day.” I assure you, the repetition is my fault–I am a creature of habit. It is not for lack of variety [...]

Here’s my food log for Week 2 of the October 2008 Eat Local Challenge.
Monday, October 6:
Breakfast (Default):

Coffee (with raw milk, Stonewall Dairy)
Apple from High Hill Orchard in Meriden, CT
Yogurt (my own, made from raw milk from Stonewall Dairy) with a dollop of mixed berry jam (discovered at Dutton Farm in Manchester, VT)

Lunch:

Sliced tomato (from Waldingfield)
Farmstead cheese [...]

October 7 was the sixteenth week of our CSA  (Waldingfield Farm, pick-up point Sandy Hook Organic Farmer’s Market behind St. John’s Episcopal Church).
We scored:

two heads of lettuce

mustard greens

broccoli rabe greens

potatoes

lots of mini eggplants

green beans

assorted tomatoes

10 lbs of tomatoes for paste

butternut squash

acorn squash

Cinderella Pumpkin or maybe Orange squash

three sweet potato squash

two bunches of kale

assorted hot peppers

Looks [...]

I mentioned the summer edition of Edible Nutmeg magazine my Putting By in Fits and Starts post. I made the carrots and they were/are excellent. Now that Edible Nutmeg has posted that issue, I can link to the recipe.

Macoun season is coming to a close so it’s time to gather up as many of these delectable apples and save them for the cold dark days to come.
We core and section the apples and simmer them in about one inch of cider. When the sections are fork tender, we crank them through the food [...]