Saturday 18th September

Hello,
Next week will see the equinox, which must mean that Christmas is getting closer. So my advise this week is .... beat the Christmas rush, buy lots of lovely gifts at the market, and order your mince pies soon.

This week we have ...

Gammon ~ Bacon

Beef and Vegetable Lasagnes ~ Cottage Pies ~ Fish Pies ~ Pork Pies ~ Quiches (including Chargrilled pepper, salmon and chive) ~ Scotch Eggs.

Lime Curd ~ Home grown figs in Vanilla and Star anise syrup.

White chocolate cups ~ Bakewell tarts ~ Mini jam tarts - made with home grown blackberry jam ~ Coffee and walnut cakes and buns ~ Victoria sponge with Passionfruit curd ~ Vanilla cupcakes ~ The Usual Bread and pastries ~ Crunchy top lemon cakes ~ Butter shortbread ~ Double chocolate cakes ~ Chocolate fudge cakes

Tracy's usual goodies ~ Cushions ~ Lavender bags ~ Tote bags

This week David will have the first of the celery crop for sale. This is very exciting. Much of the tasteless imported kind has a high peasticide residue. Don't forget the leaves can be eaten too !

We also begin the season of soups. Kicking off with Carrot and coriander.

This weeks recipe helps to make the most of the last of the season's waxy potatoes, 'Indian Summer Potatoes'. A gently spiced potatoe salad using coconut milk.

Enjoy.

Jenny

Saturday 11th September 2010

Hello everyone,

Pat found this very interesting website this week, it's basically a challenge to only eat food from within a range of 30 miles from your home for 30 days  http://transitionvalley.ning.com/events/30-miles-for-30-days-over

You can be sure that everything sold at Orford Country Market is grown or produced well within 30 miles.

Food within 30 miles can be easily achieved in a village like Orford.  Staples at the village store, anything fishy or smoked from Richardson's, Pinney's or Brinkley's Fish Shed, as well as all the local, fresh produce from Orford Country Market.  Everything from bread, vegetables, fresh meat, cakes, pastries, preserves and eggs.  At the right time of year there's also honey from Gedgrave.  Slightly further afield (about a couple of miles) fruit juice from High House Farm.  And I'm bound to have missed someone out so my apologies.

To help start you off let me tempt you with .......

Sponges (Plain/chocolate/coffee and walnut) ~ Buns (Plain/chocolate/coffee and walnut) ~ Cherry and almond cakes ~ Bramble cakes ~ Jam tarts ~ Iced marmalade cakes ~ Chocolate brownies ~ Usual awesome selection of absolutely lovely fresh breads and pastry ~ Brownies & Blondies (sounds intriguing) ~ Cheese & olive scones ~ White choc fudge ~ Spicy fruit loaf  ~ Pear and almond cake ~ Cheese, courgette tomato muffins ~ Breakfast muffins ~ Honey cake ~ Orange Madeira cake ~ Crunchy top lemon cakes ~ Coconut & lime cake ~ Apple & walnut cake ~ Plum, lemon and almond cake ~ Butter shortbread ~ Double chocolate cake

Various quiches ~ Scotch eggs ~ Sausage & onion pies ~ Lasagnes (Beef/Vegetable) ~ Cottage pies ~ Black olive tapanade ~ Hummus

Leg of pork joints ~ Sausages ~ Gammon steaks

Wild plum jam ~ Lemon curd

From Marlene:
This weeks recipe is for using round courgettes ~ 'Courgette Wedges with Anchovy Mayonnaise'.

Summer squash tastes good sliced and fried.   Courgettes are best eaten raw or dry fried to combat the soft texture. They lighten up a plate sliced thinnly with a potatoe peeler and sprinkled with lemon zest. The combination of both green and yellow looks lovely.

Our french bean colours are also very seasonal now with the mix of pale yellow, mottled green and deep purple. Unfortunately the purple will turn green on cooking unless you fry or steam with the lid off the pan. If you are preparing a bean salad, plunging into cold water as soon as al dente will help. They look glorious on a bed of spinach and sprinkled with an oil based dressing !!


Also craft items from Tracy's woolly wonders ~ Cushions ~ Lavender bags
See you tomorrow
Jenny

Saturday 4th September

Is it really September already?  The children have gone back to school and the mornings are definitely turning autumnal.

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At Orford Flower show last weekend, Ali, one of our talented cooks, won the Best Cookery Exhibit for her gingerbread and she has been busy making more for market tomorrow, so get there early or it will be gone.  In fact, I lost count of how many prizes Ali won for her cooking, she must have had a prize in each category.  Well done Ali, also to Roger and Pat who both won prizes at the Flower Show.

Tomorrow there will be amongst other things ....

Lamb

Back by popular demand: Sausage rolls and cheese lattice

Ceese & olive scones ~ White choc fudge ~ Spicy fruit loaf ~ Orange Madeira cake ~ Pear and almond cake ~ Honey cake ~ Cheese, courgette & tomatoe muffins ~ Breakfast muffins ~ Crunchy top lemon cake ~ Double chocolate cake ~ Usual bread ~ Doughnuts ~ Gibassiers ~ Cannele’s ~ And a new and wonderful Canadian Butter tart.. butter, syrup eggs and raisins in a pastry shell (sounds good to me) ~ Butter shortbread ~ Apple and wlanut cake.

This week our recipe No 3 is 'Betroot and walnut dip'.  These recipes are proving very popular.

Winter squash are now arriving as are french beans.

This is a really interesting time of year for veg. We still have a flavour of summer with the last weeks of tomatoes and salad potatoes, but meanwhile the first sense of colder weather is in the air as winter squash begin to ripen, bigger whiter potatoes start to be dug out of the ground and beetroot and chard are swelling.

David and Marlene are often asked about the differences between summer and winter squash ~ here's their answer:

• Summer squash are surprisingly easy to cook. Either boiled in a little water or baked whole in the oven for just twenty minutes, they are firm in texture with a creamy flavour. I even slice mine and fry for a few minutes as part of a cooked breakfast. They hold their shape well. If they are bought as larger squash, the skin will be tough and seeds will have formed in the centre. They are then a welcome addition to the tin of roasted veg and can be prepared into chunks before cooking with seeds removed.
• Meanwhile, now we are later in the season, the grander winter squash start to appear. These take longer roasting and usually the seeds and skin are removed before cooking. The more unusual shapes are roasted whole or halved. This group have a different texture to the summer varieties. They are of more substance with a distinct range of flavours and varied sweetness.
• Winter squash store for months, looks beautiful around the kitchen and can be used in dozens of recipes. From soup to curry to salads to pie they marry well with strong spices and flavours. Coriander, rocket and cumin to name a few.

Cushions ~ Lavender bags

See you tomorrow
Jenny

Saturday 28th August

I hope you're enjoying the great British weather.   The bank holiday will soon be here, I think the rain is probably just rehearsing for Monday.  The next bank holiday will be Christmas, now that's a scary thought.

This week we have lots of goods including ...

Cheese & olive scones ~ Fudge ~Spicy fruit loaf ~ Orange Madeira cake ~ Pear and almond cake ~ Scones
Sponges (plain/coffee & walnut/chocolate) ~ Buns/cupcakes (plain/coffee & walnut/chocolate/carrot) ~ Carrot cake with cream cheese icing ~ Elderflower Crunch Cake ~ Lemon and Poppyseed loaf ~ Rocky Road ~ Cream Teas ~ Crunchy top lemon cake ~ Double chocolate cake ~ Butter shortbread

Black olive tapanade ~ Hummus ~ Cheese, courgette & tomato muffins ~ Breakfast muffins ~ Quiches ~ Scotch Eggs ~ Beef Lasagnes ~ Vegetable lasagnes ~ Cottage Pies ~ Sausage & Onion Pies ~ Fish pies ~ Onion & Goats Cheese Tarts

Lavender bags ~ Cushions

Gammon ~ Bacon

Breads ~ Pastry ~ Doughnuts

And don't forget the recipe this week (No 2) is free with a 1Kg bag of courgettes ~ 'Courgette Pie' ~ A filo pastry pie using courgettes and feta cheese. Great eaten hot or cold.

Lots to see and buy
See you tomorrow
Jenny

Saturday 21st August

Hello,

This week we are holding the market in the beautiful St. Bartholomew's Church, opposite the Town Hall.

We have a new-look newsletter which includes a Recipe page at the top which will give you ideas on how to use all those wonderful vegetables and produce available at market.  Do you have a favourite way of preparing anything you buy at market, let me know and I can include it.  If you like (or don't like) the newsletter, please leave a comment, or if there's any information you wish to see, let me know and I'll try and include it.

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New this week 'Coleslaw Mix'.

A seasonal mix of root veg, cleaned and shredded ready to add mayonaise before serving.

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Bread ~ Pastries ~ Doughnuts

Pork

Cheese and olive scones ~ White chocolate fudge ~ Spicy fruit loaf ~ Orange Madeira cake ~ Pear and almond cake ~ Black olive tapanade ~ Hummus ~ Cheese, courgette and tomato muffins ~ Breakfast muffins ~ Sponges (plain, coffee & walnut) ~ Buns (plain, coffee & walnut) ~ Rocky Road ~ Cherry & Almond cakes ~ Elderflower crunch cake ~ Chocolate brownies ~ Lemon bars ~ Caramel shortbread ~ Cream teas ~ Crunchy Top Lemon Cakes ~ Butter shortbread ~ Butter flapjacks ~ Double chocolate cakes ~ Cheese straws ~ Chocolate fudge cake ~ Gingerbread

Coconut ice ~ Turkish delight ~ Fresh raspberry marshmallows

Various quiches ~ Scotch eggs ~ Lasagnes (Beef/Vegetable) ~ Cottage pies ~ Sausage & onion pies ~ Venison and steak pies

A wide selection of seasonal vegetables including Chard and Kale.  For all of you who buy chard, you will be offered a recipe sheet for 'Chard and nutmeg pasta' - sounds delicious to me.

Lavender bags ~ Cushions

See you Saturday
Jenny

Saturday 14th August

Hello,

NEWSFLASH  ..... there will also be

Lots of Pastry ~ Sourdough ~ Baguettes ~ Eccles ~ Gibassiers

Gammon ~ Sausages ~ Bacon

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We will be open as usual between 9.30-12.30 with all our goodies waiting for you including ...

Crunchy top lemon cakes ~ Chocolate fudge cake ~ Chocolate fudge cupcakes ~ Coffee and walnut cakes ~ Coffee and walnut cupcakes ~ Butter shortbread ~ Butter flapjacks ~ Gingerbread ~ Ginger cookies (these are definitely for grown-ups) and lots, lots more .....

Cushions ~ Tea cosies ~ Lavender bags ~ More cushions ~ Wonderful wool from the Gedgrave Wensleydale flock

Kale

Did you know ... David is offereing a vegetable delivery service during the week, pop in and speak to him to find out more.

Jenny is offering a cushion making service ... do you have the fabrics but not the time?  Come and talk to Jenny who will be happy to make your cushions for you.

See you tomorrow
Jenny

Please use the links below to forward this to anyone who may be interested in Orford Country Market produce.  Thank you

Saturday 7th August

Hello,

Well, the summer holidays are well underway and the weather has been a little mixed over the last week.  Tomorrow is not forecast as particularly sunny, so come to the market and you will be welcomed with a smile.

We have lots on offer tomorrow including:
Fresh pork and sausages

Strawberry jam

Cakes and buns (plain/chocolate/coffee) ~ Elderflower crunch cake ~ Cherry and almond cake ~ Cream teas ~ Summer puddings ~ Cheese & olive scones ~ White choc fudge ~ Spicy fruit loaf  ~ Orange Madeira cake ~ Pear and almond cake ~ Black olive tapanade ~ Hummus ~ Cheese, courgette & tomato muffins ~ Breakfast muffins ~ Crunchy top lemon cakes (which have been described as 'a little taste of heaven') ~ Butter flapjacks ~ Butter shortbread ~ Coffee & walnut cake ~ Chocolate fudge cake ~ Double Chocolate cake



Beef lasagnes ~ Cottage pies ~ Quiches ~ Scotch eggs ~ Sausage and onion pies ~ Pork, sage and onion pies

Fresh bread, pastry and doughnuts .. hopefully jam and custard ones

Kale (be sure to ask Roger why Kale is a 'superfood')


Tracy's woolly wonders ~ Lavender bags ~ Cushions

Lots to see and buy ... make sure you bring a big bag.

Jenny