Purcellville Community Market
Dear Market Goers,
Evarona Dairy Customers
I’ve just got to this off my chest…it’s been bothering me for a long time! It’s about a dear old true friend of mine that has been so good to me over the years that I feel the need to defend from the onslaught of bad press and naysayers…yes, that would be my friend, the egg.
The debate over the years is whether the egg is your friend or foe. I assure you that fresh eggs are your friend! And factory eggs ain’t.
Eggs from hens raised on pasture, as compared to commercially raised factory farm eggs, contain more of the GOOD stuff and less of the BAD stuff:
Fresh Eggs contain less “Bad Stuff”
Fresh Eggs contain more “Good Stuff”
Eggs are one of the few natural food sources of Vitamin D, which many of us do not get enough of because we don’t spend much time outdoors, and even when we do we slather on sunscreen that blocks the production of vitamin D. Pastured eggs have anywhere between 4 to 6 times as much vitamin D as your average supermarket egg.
And personally, I eat fresh eggs ALL THE TIME…along with pastured meats from Lothar, What’s for Dinner Now, Chicama Run, and Liberty Hill. So what has that done for my cholesterol? I just got my results back and this year, my HDL (good) Cholesterol has actually climbed above my LDL (bad) cholesterol! “Impossible!” you say, “She must be a freak of nature”. Well, that point is debatable, but I attribute my amazing cholesterol to the good, pure food I put in my body: I eat very little processed food. I do recognize that genetics have something to do with my low cholesterol (as well as my low blood pressure), but you can screw up your genetics by abusing your body with bad fuel and inactivity!
So buy your fresh eggs at our market! Liberty Hill has plenty of fresh eggs as their hens are laying like mad. And they purchased even more layers that will start laying in the Spring.
The Matich Family of Liberty Hill Farms
We’ve got more great news for our customers! As I mentioned last week, we are 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 you’ll never guess who is back…Betty’s Salsa! She changed jobs and has moved twice but she’s back and raring to go. This week she will have the best chips ever made, delectable salsas and those to-die-for chicken enchiladas!!! I CAN’T WAIT!!!!
And Boy, do we have some great music on Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…Ellen James on Celtic Harp, Janet and Julia from 10-11, Mucho Gusto starts at 11 and the Samuel and Treasure Matich will be playing their violins for us too! Music upstairs and downstairs this week…
The kids from Woodgrove and Loudoun Valley High Schools will be at the market again this week collecting gently used jeans for homeless teens …so support the Teens for Jeans drive!
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 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 free range chickens, in addition to the grass they forage for, eat non-GMO (Genetically modified) feed. GMO grains are polluting our food supply. Not many places offer this kind of feed–we travel 2 hours to obtain it in order to produce the best products we can. Free range eggs are very healthy for you as they create the “perfect food”, providing a perfect balance of Omega 3s and 6s. Confined chickens mess up this perfect balance of Omegas and actually produce eggs that are not as healthy for you.
Our organic whole wheat products includes: freshly ground whole wheat bread, pizza crusts, apple cinnamon bread, cinnamon raisin bread and delicious chocolate chip cookies. We also just introduced apple cinnamon and cinnamon rolls. Stop by Liberty Hill Farm’s table to buy your eggs, chicken and whole wheat products or just to visit (isn’t it great to be inside during these cold days). 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
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.
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.
Lothar welcomes you to the Market!
Lothar, of course – Best Butcher in the universe, has this to say:
Dear Valued Customers and Friends of Good Taste,
We hope you enjoy coming inside for Saturday shopping. It certainly is nicer not to stand in cold temperature. Come and join us for nice coffee, paninis, Goulasch, and great music!
Sausages: You’d like to have them, we have them. New: Veal Sausages (limited quantity)
Meat: Prime steak cuts, Spiessbraten (Pork Loin Roasts), PorkChops, Schwencksteaks, Marinated Chuck Eye Steaks, Sirloin Cuts for Stew (these are so tender that you can cut’em with butter knife), Prime Rib Roast and many more.
Bacons: It is Bacons Galore!
We appreciate your business and see you on Saturday
Lothar, June and Jack-Henry
Joey, of Cornerstone Bakery, says:
I am getting a lot of positive feedback on my current cupcake flavors. I am glad everyone is enjoying my cupcakes. 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, 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. Don’t forget to treat your dog as well as yourself.
If you have any party needs please let me know by e-mailing me at joey@cornerstonebakedgoods.com. I deliver to you during the week or you can pick up your order at the farmers market which I will have packaged in beautiful natural bakery boxes.
Chris Carey of HarvestMarket will have the following incredible prepared foods made with fresh, local ingredients whenever possible. This week’s menu:
Sunchoke soup
Wild rice, savoy cabbage, roasted garlic soup in a chicken broth
Parsnip salad with dates, walnuts and a yogurt-herb dressing
Shaved brussel sprout – Manchego cheese salad with a lemon-bacon viniagrette
Red wine sauce
Macaroni and cheese
Braised chicken in a spicy tomato sauce
Country pate with prune
Thai shrimp and pomello salad with cilantro, bean sprouts, and chilis
Chef Chris just started a blog! www.harvestmarketdc.blogspot.com and is on Facebook: HarvestMarketDC, and Twitter: HarvestMarketDC/Twitter.
He will also be doing a special Superbowl Menu for preorder. Details will be on the blog and on facebook.
Micaela Keene, of Millstone Bakers will be at the market this week with her artisan breads! She passed out some spiffy looking Buy Fresh, Buy Local market bags, compliments of Armfield, Miller and Ripley last week.
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. We sure have missed them since the Wednesday market ended. I’m hooked on their milk and butter and Gus and Frank are hooked on the chocolate milk. It is the best chocolate milk in the entire world…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.
Everona Dairy, (www.everonadairy.com), from Rapidan Virginia, makes unpasteurized, sheep’s milk cheeses in the Piedmont of Virginia, as well as a killer olive tampenade, samb summer sausage, and crackers. 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.
If you’re jonesin’ for one of The Smoothie Guy’s (Mike Schreiber) fresh fruit smoothies, don’t forget he’s at the Purcellville Sports Pavilion in his Smoothie Hut. Just walk in, even if you’re not a member, and order one of those fantastic smoothies…he’ll be back at the Best Little Market in Loudoun when the weather gets warmer..
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 just are growing very slowly…Rob said he will have greens next week. Hey, I’m bummed out too…
Planning on where you are going to buy your food garden seedlings? Check out my recommendations for buying plants locally and online! http://www.examiner.com/food-gardening-in-washington-dc/top-choices-for-buying-seedlings-locally-and-online
Check out that smile!
Linna
Be vocal. Eat, think, and buy local!
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Loudoun_locavores
We really appreciate your support and hope that we have been a positive influence in your lives beyond providing great, healthy food for you and your families. Check out our website at www.purcellvillecommunitymarket.com, our info on We 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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HOORAY FOR EGGS!!! I get hungry every time I read your newsletters!
hey! The Purcellville Community Market is a friend to all! We so applaud Juanita, who has graciously let our teens set up a table for our important Teens for Jeans drive. I have a new budgeting idea and mantra in my life…….Instead of going to the outlet mall and buying things that I really don’t need, I bring my money every Saturday to the market and buy wonderful food, made with love and other natural, healthy ingredients…..!! Not only am I enjoying the market vendors, but I am seeing lots of friends from the community and tapping my foot to the fabulous musicians. Is there a better place to be on a Saturday? I don’t think so….Thanks for all the fun, food and fun…..and the food.