Fun Times in Old Town P’ville!

Dear Market Goers,

Vicki Fedor with The Polka Dots in the background

Thanks for making our first anniversary so memorable!  Wow, what a great time we had indoors at It’s Bazaar!  We were a little anxious about how people would feel about coming indoors for the market but everything turned out splendidly.  It was crowded, noisy, and fun…perfect!  It’s been a cold winter and last Saturday was no exception.  We were SO happy to be indoors and out of the snow. Thanks to the owners and staff of It’s Bazaar for all the hard work they put into moving their merchandise and mopping up the floors afterwards.  Check out the story in the Purcellville Gazette!

Thanks to the Polka Dots (http://thepolkadots.org) who played with style!  This week we’ll have Old Rag Mountain Remedy, can’t wait to hear them.   And how did you like that new sheep cheese vendor, Everona Dairy (www.evaronadairy.com)?  Wow….the cheese, the olive tampenade, and the lamb summer sausage are fantastic!  Check out the picture I posted of yesterday’s lunch at my desk on the market facebook page.

The fabulous Polka Dots!

Next week, January 22, we will be welcoming Herban Avenues to the market.  They will have Herbal teas with spice, mint, and fruit choices, as well as teas for cold/flu.  They will also have  Balms, Creams, Lotions, scented bath items;  herbal seasoning blends to add to soups, dips, roasting meats.  Everything you need to get through a cold/dry winter season.  What a great addition to our winter market!

And now on a more serious note, we will have students from Woodgrove and Loudoun Valley HIgh Schools right at the market this week doing a  good deed for the community. Here’s how YOU can help with that good deed!

There’s a problem out there with teen homelessness.  Their club, Loudoun Do Something Now!, a teen volunteer andleadership network is collecting gently used jeans for homeless teens in the area.  This is a national project that the club does each  year with Aeropostale, a fun clothing store for middle and high schoolers.  Aeropostale actually distributes the collected jeansto shelters and organizations that have asked for this assistance.  Our goal is to collect 100 pairs of jeans from now until Feb. 12th.

So, the more the merrier! Bring your unwanted jeans in any size at all—kids, adult, teen—to the market and add them to this club’s collection. You’ll be doing a lot of good for a lot of thankful people. Make sure they are clean and only gently used…..style doesn’t matter. For more info, email: loudoundsnow@aol.com.

And don’t forget Old Town Live tomorrow…no need to stray too far from home…hang around in good old P’ville on Friday Night and walk around to the new shops, taste wine, and listen to music.  I’m kinda proud that we’re going to have our own Friday event…I love Leesburg First Fridays..  I know It’s Bazaar and Shamrock Music Shoppe will have bands that evening and the band at It’s Bazaar will also play at the market on Saturday.

Check out the Loudoun Grown Expo at http://loudoungrownexpo.blogspot.com/.  The Town of Purcellville is working to bring Loudoun’s wineries, CSAs, producers and local restaurants that utilize local foods under one roof for all to enjoy! The event will run from 2 to 6pm on February19th at the Bush Tabernacle (skating rink).

Like I said last week, we hope you stop by in all kinds of weather now.  If you’re coming from the east, it’s just the first right past the town hall and then up the block on your left.  Look for the signs.  Don’t forget, there is parking in the town lot down the street and also behind It’s Bazaar.  Don’t park in the little parking lot between Nichol’s Hardware and It’s Bazaar.  We want to be good neighbors to our favorite hardware store!!!  We’ll see you there from 10-1.

Here’s who’s at the market this week:

North Gate Vineyard. Check out their facebook page to see the progress on the construction of their new, Leed Certified tasting room.  They will be at the market with their selection of great Virginia wines.

Here’s a message from the Matich’s of Liberty Hill Farm:

We will be selling pasture-raised chicken, free range eggs and whole wheat products. Our chicken is offered as a  whole, skinless boneless breasts and in parts.   We also provide chicken livers, necks and feet.   Our organic whole wheat products include: freshly ground whole wheat bread, pizza crusts, apple cinnamon bread, cinnamon raisin bread and  delicious chocolate chip cookies.    Stop by Liberty Hill Farm’s table to buy your chicken and whole wheat products or just to visit.    We do enjoy the conversations.   You may visit our website at www.LibertyHillFarmVA.com to get more information about our products or to place orders for market pickup.   See you at the market.

The Matich Family

Ken, Andrea, Samuel, Treasure

The Stifler Family of What’s for Dinner Now? will be at market with their humanely raised, grass fed, grain finished Angus beef from the lush pastures of the Shenanoah Valley.  Stop by and say hello to Mitch and Joyce…

Liz Soaps will be at the market…they are replenishing after the holidays but will still have a great selection.  Stop by and say hi to Ken.

Hondo Coffee and Pickled Goods - He said he will be here this week…he had employee issues last week and couldn’t make it.

Lothar, of course – Best Butcher in the universe.  Here’s what he has to say this week:

Dear Valued Customers and Friends of Good Taste,

We hope you enjoyed shopping indoor last week and what a difference it makes not to shiver in 30 some degree weather! This weekend we will be at the same spot as last Saturday, in the back on the 1st level.

We will have all of our Sausage varieties. For fine meat cuts, we will have Steaks, Pork Chops, Chuck stew meat cuts (excellent with potatoes), Roasts and many more… We hope you liked our new Non-Nitrate Ham Paninis :) .  On Saturday,we will have Goulasch Hungarian Style, and Paninis again.

We love to see you on Saturday !

Lothar, June and Jack-Henry

Two market cuties!

Joey, of Cornerstone Bakery says:

It was great to see a lot of familiar faces at our first indoor market.  I think we all appreciated being warm.  Last week Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel and Pancakes & Bacon were the big sellers.  It is so great to see people try new things.

This week the flavors will be the same as last week.   I will have Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel (inspired by my son’s love of peanut butter filled pretzels!) which is a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and crushed pretzels on top, German Chocolate Cake which is a chocolate cake with a nut and toffee topping, Vanilla Vanilla, Espresso (IT’S BACK!), Chocolate Covered Banana which is a banana cake with chocolate buttercream and Pancakes & Bacon (yes, it’s true) which is a buttermilk cake with a maple buttercream and crumbled bacon on top.  It is sweet, savory and salty.

I will have donuts so be sure to stop by and grab some to bring home or to enjoy while browsing around.

I will have Pupcakes & Doggie Delicious Cookies.  We are back to the regular yogurt colors on the cookies.  Don’t forget to treat your dog as well as yourself.

Everona Dairy (www.evaronadairy.com), from Rapidan Virginia, makes several aged, unpasteurized, sheep’s milk cheeses in the Piedmont of Virginia.  Their website says, “The Piedmont  region of Virginia is the foothills of the ancient and beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.  Everona is atop a limestone ridge with its delicious sweet water, and is covered by the rich red Piedmont soil that grows lush and tender grasses.  Stop by and say hi to Rick…

Chef Christopher Carey’s HARVEST MARKET uses local, all natural ingredients to prepare healthy and delicious meals.   This week’s menu includes:

Cream of tomato soup

Bacon wrapped pate de campagne with cognac prunes

Country pate (limited supply)

Herb gravlax (limited supply)

Bordelaise sauce

Winter spinach with roasted chestnuts and garlic

Macaroni and cheese

Saffron and date rice pudding

Sunchoke veloute

Wild rice with savoy cabbage and roasted garlic

Parsnip salad with walnuts and dates Pecan tart(1 available 9″ round $25)

Micaela Keene, of Millstone Bakers will be at the market this week with her artisan breads:  baguettes, ciabatta, foccacia, whole wheat country loaf, scones ,and challah.

Hi Sam!

Samantha, of Holy Cow Delivery, will be selling her cousin’s (South Mountain Creamery) whole, cream top, 2%, skim, and chocolate milk, fantastic yogurt and yogurt drinks, to die-for cream cheeses, regular butter and honey butter.

Here’s a message from Samantha:

Tired of turkey and ham from the holidays!! Why not try some lamb from Holy Cow Delivery! In addition to great dairy products, we also have lamb that is pasture raised.  In addition to grass the lambs were fed some grain over the summer during the drought.  We have lamb burger, lamb sausage, stew meat, chops, and leg roasts.  I will also be bringing some homemade apple butter.  Quarts are $8.00.  We made it at our house with our family’s homegrown apples.  If you have any special meat or dairy requests be sure to email me with what you would like for me to bring at holycowdelivery@gmail.com

Magnolia Girls – Erica won’t be back at the market until February because she will be having her gall bladder removed!  Say a prayer for our dear friend….

Community Gardens will not be here this week.  With the cold weather and low light, the greens are growing very slowly.  Rob will be back next week.

1st Ave Bakery will not be at the market this week but Bob and Violet might drop by to say hello…

Oak Spring Dairy…how we miss their whole milk, unpasteurized cow cheeses!!  They are so popular, they have to wait for more to ripen before they come back…probably in the spring.

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Check out our website at www.purcellvillecommunitymarket.com, our info on www.loudounfarms.org and on facebook, where we post pictures of happy customers and vendors each week! Check the market table for all kinds of info, cookbooks, recipes, community events, local businesses, health information, and my favorite magazine, Flavor!

Don’t forget to try and use your Purcellville Green shopping bags… So come out on Saturday, try all of our samples, purchase some GREAT, HEALTHY, LOCAL foods, have a chat with your faithful vendors, happy neighbors, and enlightened folks from other communities and sip some fresh coffee and have a bite to eat. We will be there from 10 am to 1 pm inside It’s Bazaar at 143 N. 21st Street in beautiful, old town Purcellville, VA.

Enjoy!

Juanita Tool

yours truly!

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