what a wonderful world

what a wonderful world

14th December 2017

Hi there

Santa Claus is coming to town! Or so someone in my house believes anyway! Certainly the town is pumping with festive fervour, graduations and cruise boat patrons. Loving it.

The market is a veritable oasis awash with flowers, berries, cherries, stone fruit and new season’s vegetables. Check out the photo of one happy shopper’s haul from last weekend. Pssssst The Big Fat Cherry Co will be at the market on Saturday.

Cadburys carpark will not be available to us on 23^rd December. They are having a big staff party the night before and the carpark will be used for packing out kit on Saturday. Fortunately we aren’t short of car parking around the market. The St Andrews St carpark over the railway lines is a huge space if you haven’t checked it out all ready.

Many of you didn’t receive the newsletter last week. For this we apologise. We are settling in the new technology and, fingers crossed, hopeful that this week there will be no gremlins in the system.

See you Saturday

Kate

This Week in the kitchen

Its a great week to experiment with some of the tasty fresh produce in the kitchen this week with everything ripening and arriving at the market.

Sandra is in the kitchen this week taking a spin at some fabulous Zucchini, Basil, Apricots and more!

Pick a recipe or two get inspired come to the market and give it a try.

If you would like a hard copy of the recipes this week click here

Zucchini flowers stuffed with crab and fish

Produce from Harbour Fish Evansdale Cheese

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Zucchini and broad bean salad on Hussey & Laredo bagels

Produce from Ettrick Gardens Evansdale Cheese Bagelo's

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Courgette, basil and Caerphilly tart

Produce from Evansdale Cheese

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Brown-butter apricots on brioche with basil ice-cream

Produce from Rosedale Orchard

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Kombucha Jellies

Produce from

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Carrot and Apricot Sabzi

Produce from Ettrick Gardens Rosedale Orchard

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The best and freshest produce for your Christmas table.

Strawberries, raspberries, cherries, stonefruit, new potatoes, peas, broad beans, zucchinis, spring carrots, honey comb ....

And if you're getting desperate there are some fabulous gift ideas for the foodies in your life.

Vendors will be arriving till 6:30am so no keen customers in the market till after 6:30am

Ettrick Gardens

“New This Saturday”

Dawson Cherries, Kale, Cavolo Nero, Cucumbers, Golden Beetroot, Spring Onions

“Fresh This Week”

Raspberries & Blueberries - Super Sweet And Tasty

Spring Carrots, Courgettes, Broad Beans, New Potatoes - Jersey Benne Or Maris Anchor. Broccoli & Beetroot, Spring Cabbage, Lettuce, Potatoes, Gooseberries and Paeonies

Frozen Raspberries

Super Special On

New Potoatoes 2 Kg @ $8

Spring Cabbage Only $3.50 Each

Lettuce Only $2 Each

Please Recycle “Our” Pottles And Punnets Each Week.

There Will Be A Crate Under The Apple Table To Put Them In. Bring You Reusable Shopping Bags. Thankyou “Love Our Planet”

Ettrick Gardens On Your Right At The Main Gate, Or Rapid 5104, State Highway 8, Ettrick. Central Otago. 03 446 6863

La Crepe Specials

Dear Customer,

We will be at market until the Saturday 6th January inclusive.

Then we will be away and back for the 1ts February market.

For your Christmas goodies, if you would like to buy packet of crepes, galettes or filling

you can reserve them just by calling Marie 03 471 21 81.

Wishing you all lovely time,

La Crepe team

JAM OF THE DAY : RHUBARB & PEACH $5.50

SWEET CREPE : NECTARINE & APRICOT DREAM
Nectarine & apricot Jam
Poached nectarine & apricot

with confectioner’s custard $10
Or with whipped cream $9.50

SAVOURY CREPE : AVOCADO GUACAMOLE (VEGAN)

OR ORGANIC RED & PINTO BEANS WITH ROOTS VEGE, HERBS AND SPICE WITH TOMATO SAUCE (VEGAN), CHILLI?

OR WILD VENISON WITH ROASTED YAMS & CRANBERRIES

With Cheese OR Hummus
And with Salad & Dressing OR Egg $10

Otago Organics

As we have done every year, from now until 23 December we will be offering freshly cut Christmas Trees harvested from our property . Come and see what we have this week or tell us what you want and place an order for next week. All sizes can be catered for from big Atrium size to little petite ones. The smell of fresh cut pine will definitely get you in the Christmas mood.

See you on Saturday,

Alice Baird

Dunford Grove

Here’s a piece of antiquity, in the museum of Spain’s equivalent to Crop & Food- Olive division!
This is a horse drawn crusher, the first step in oil olive extraction. There’s three of these conical stones coming in at 1.4 tonnes each, maybe there were 2 horses!

Selwyn Shanks

Time to get the pruning tools and firewood cutting stuff sharpened, as well as the scissors, knives and other everyday tools.

I will be having my final autumn visit to the market 5 May before taking a break till August, so make the most of my next three visits!!!!

Cheers,

Sel

Produce Bags

Remember to pick up your recycled net curtain produce bags from the site office. At this time of year with so many tasty fruit at the market there are too many reasons not to have some. We are asking for $2 for these so that we can continue to make more.

Also please remember to drop off your clean, undamaged super market bags to the site office. We re-cycle these throughout the market.