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Dear Market Goers

I know this is starting to sound old, but WHAT A GREAT MARKET AGAIN LAST WEEK!  Thank you, “Customers of Good Taste” (term coined by Lothar) for your patronage to our humble little market.  OK, humble may be stretching it!  We are pretty awesome…

The first peaches of the year are here!!!  Kilmer Orchards will have peaches, raspberries, and more!  There’s always samples so ask to try one before you buy and they’ll oblige you!

Everona Dairy is back!!! Hallelujah!!!   Nuff said!… Music this week is by the beautiful Ellen James on the Celtic Harp from 9-10; it’s so nice to open the market with Ellen’s gentle, beautiful vocals and her harp. Don’t forget to tip our musicians as they make our most excellent market even more excellent.

Unfortunately, Mike the Smoothie Guy, has decided not to do the market due to life complications…We wish him the best! So many customers missed him last week…sorry folks…

Favorite thought from Hazleden this week:

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
—Rachel Carson

Beauty is everywhere. It is in the daisies, in the lavender wildflowers, in the new green grass of spring. As we walk through life, noticing such beauty strengthens us. It reminds us of the spiritual creative force alive in this world. On better days, we can feel our own creativity gaining power from such beauty. On harder days, nature’s sunset can help us step out of our suffering for a moment to be comforted and inspired by its splendor.

Even storms, in their wild and angry way, show us a power greater than ourselves. Such awesome beauty is beyond our understanding, and yet it is part of the earth we live on.

One of our faithful market goers, Monica Deaver, sent in these recipes last year for 4th of July..  Can’t wait to try these again!RED, HOT & BLUE POTATO SALAD

(Su Carlson) I usually double or triple this recipe

5 potatoes (red & white) – boiled with skin on, cut into pieces

3 hardboiled eggs, chopped

1/2 bunch scallions chopped including green part

1 c. mayo

1 t. salt

1 T. celery seed

Mix together and chill. Serve at room temp.

This shrimp & grits recipe is great. I have been making it for a couple of years. We went to Chapel Hill,

NC recently, & our friend recommended a place to go for the best shrimp & grits in town. We got it, and

I was like this is just like how I make them. I came back & looked at the recipe, & it is from that restaurant!!

  Best if 1 person can work on shrimp & another on the grits. Enjoy!

SHRIMP & GRITS

(Crooks Corner Restaurant)

4-6 servings

SHRIMP PART

2 bacon slices

1 lb. unpeeled, med. shrimp

1/8 t. salt

1/4 t. pepper

1/4 c. all-purpose flour

1 c. sliced fresh mushrooms

2 t. canola oil

1/2 c. chopped green onions

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 c. chicken broth

2 T. lemon juice

1/4 t. hot sauce

Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp. Remove bacon and crumble to sprinkle over dish at the end.

  Keep some drippings in pan. Peel shrimp and mix with salt, pepper & flour. Add oil to skillet and

saute mushrooms until tender (about 5 mins). Add green onions (2 mins). Add shrimp & garlic

(2 mins or lightly browned). Stir in broth, lemon & hot sauce (2 mins, stirring & scraping bottom of skillet).

  Spoon over hot grits with bacon sprinkled on top.

CHEESE GRITS

14 oz. chicken broth

1 c. milk

1/2 t. salt

1 c. uncooked quick-cooking grits

3/4 c. (3 oz) shredded sharp cheddar

1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 t. hot sauce

1/4 t. ground white pepper

Bring first 3 ingreds. plus 1 1/3 c. water to a boil in med. saucepan over med-high heat; gradually whisk in

grits. Reduce heat to low & simmer, stirring occasionally (10 mins or until thick). Stir in cheddar cheese &

next 3 ingreds.

We love bikers

Finally, here’s the vendors that are comin’ to market!

What’s for Dinner Now? – Tasty grass-fed, grain- finished, Black Angus beef from the Shenandoah Valley. Please don’t buy the skirt steak as it is my favorite!!! The best flavor… Stop by for some of those excellent samples and chat with the Stifler family…They are so sweet!

1st AVE Bakery - 1ST AVE Bakery will be at the Purcellville Community Market this week on Saturday the 2nd. In addition to our Nationally recognized Champion Peanut Supreme Pie we plan to have a patriotic offering of Red White & Blue Pies. We’ll have our classic Apple Pie, Fresh Blueberry Pie, Coconut Cream Pie, and Strawberry Pies. Check out our Pie Page for more information and pictures of our Pies. This week we will also have some of our Petite 5″ Pies for our customers.

Look for our tent and sign for “HOME MADE PIES” at the market this week. Sweet cherries from Kilmer Orchards – photo by Alicia Bruce

Kilmer Orchards – TONS O’BERRIES….cherries, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, and broccoli. Visit Gus to get your berry fix..

Herban Avenues - Herban Avenues is bringingteas, LOTIONS & CREAMS in chamomile, mint, lavender and we also have all our Bug Bite and Poison Ivy Remedies.

Local Fare: Local Fare is a family owned food vendor whose mission is to introduce innovative cuisine concepts of California to Western Loudoun. Local Fare accomplishes this by using a variety of local ingredients that gives traditional market foods a healthy and fresh twist. As a result, all of our menu items are one of a kind for this area.

Brothers Old Fashioned Bakery - This week we’ll be offering two different types of cherry pie. One is the tart cherry pie like last week and the other is a sweet cherry pie using cherries from Kilmer Orchards.

We also invite you to come give a big ol’ American welcome to two foreign exchange students we’re hosting this week, Metin and Toni. Metin is from Turkey and Toni is from Spain.

We look forward to seeing you at the Purcellville Community Market this weekend!

Rob Young of Community Gardens

Community Gardens - Come and say hi to Rob, the cutie farmer and his beautiful assistant Kelly and get some of those tasty carrots and greens and dressing and…

Gonzales Produce - Beautiful produce from the Northern Neck of VA…

Holy Cow Delivery – We have a flavored cream cheese special this week. Buy 1 for $4.75 or 2 for $8.50. We have Cajun Crab, Horseradish Cheddar and Gourmet Vegetable, Apple Raisin and Cinnamon and smoked cinnamon.

Liberty Hill Farms - Liberty Hill Farm provides pasture-raised chicken, free-range eggs, and freshly ground whole wheat products. Our meat chickens live on fresh pasture and are supplemented with non GMO feed. We process the chickens here at the farm. Our eggs are from chickens living on fresh pasture and are fed non-GMO feed. For our whole wheat products, we use organic wheat and grind it ourselves! For more information about us, visit our website: www.LibertyHillFarmva.com.   We look forward to seeing you at the Market.

Betty’s Salsa and Chips - Betty’s will have fresh guacamole along with the normal chips and salsa

Cornerstone Bakery - Joey will come back, well rested, with the best cupcakes, whoopie pies and dog treats around!

Lothar’s Gourmet Sausages – Dear valued customers and friends of good taste,

Specials for July 4th weekend…

Thick cut Babyback ribs, Marinated chuckeye steaks, Schewenck steaks, partysize sausages and veal schinitzel cuts will be offered along with all our sausages, bacons and fine meat cuts on Saturday market. Please stop by to select your favorites for this special weekend. Thank you.

Your local Artisan Butcher… Lothar and family

The Magnolia Girls - The Magnolia Girls will be back this weekend with delicious products that you can take to your 4th of July celebrations Pecan Bars, Key Lime Pound Cake, and More! We will have a variety of cookies and Scones this week, too! Banana Coconut Pecan Bread and Pumpkin Bread will be available, too! These are just a few of the products we will have to offer this week. Stop by and see us! Have a happy and safe holiday!~Erica

Harvest Market DC - Don’t forget to check out Chris’ blog… http://www.harvestmarketdc.blogspot.com/

North Gate Vineyard - fantastic wines from Purcellville.

Meredith of Singing Frog Farms

Liz Handcrafted Soaps - Liz Handcrafted Soaps has two new scents to present to you on Saturday–Lavender & Cedar and Coconut, Lime & Verbena. Very nice! We’ll also have a fresh supply of Orange Clove for those of you who have inquired about it. Egyptian Musk is now ready for those sultry summer evenings! Finally, we also have a new supply of Scruffy’s Bath Bar for your favorite dog!

  Wildwood Hickory Syrup - Try Hickory syrup on your cakes and more…Wildwood has lots of ideas on how to use your syrup. Ask for some of their unique recipes…

Singing Frog Farms - Our annual field flowers are starting to come in. We’ll have lots of beautiful bouquets and herbs
this week.

NOT Here This Week

Fabbioli Cellars   ~ Our Raspberry Merlot is a customer favorite, but try our Aperitif Pear Wine, our light and delightful rose, the Rosa Luna, Cabernet Franc, Chamborcin, and our all new refreshing white, the Something White. Come on out the the winery–see www.fabbioliwines.com for info! You can find us every other Saturday, next on July 2nd. Tel: 703-771-1197 E-mail: vinofab@aol.com mailto:vinofab@aol.com

Woodgrove Lavender Farm - will not be at the market this week-end, July 2nd. we will be out of town but will return next week with fresh French lavender, wreaths and sachets. HAPPY 4TH. JULY

Millstone Bakers – They will be back on July 9th.

Linna the Locavore

Whether you like a neat garden, hate weeding, or struggle with keeping your plants watered, mulching offers you a way to have a productive garden that requires less maintenance. Check out these tips to get started!

Happy gardening!

‘Linna the Locavore’

Motivational Garden Speaker & Teacher

www.foodscaper.com

www.linnasgarden.blogspot.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Loudoun_locavores

A Look Around Purcellville Community Market on You Tube!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKiKwOq6oTs.

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 www.loudounfarms.org and on our facebook page, where we post pictures of happy customers and vendors almost every week! Check the market table for all kinds of info, cookbooks, recipes, community events, local businesses, and health information.

Don’t forget to try to remember to bring your Purcellville Green and Buy Fresh, Buy Local 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 9 am to 1 pm at the Town Hall parking lot in beautiful, downtown Purcellville. Just look for the Howitzer on the Purcellville Gunshop’s lawn..on the cornor of Hatcher and Main…it’s pointin’ right at us!

Enjoy!

Juanita Tool

703.967.0431

Dolly Stevens (What a Woman!) and Yours Truly…

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