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Welcome to Fair Shares Week 2
Happy Easter and Happy Passover!
Nourishing Traditions. What are your favorite things about the holidays? Is it getting together with family? Watching parades or sports? Wearing fancy clothes and uncomfortable shoes? Or is it the food? For me, it's always the food. There are certain foods that mean certain holidays, sure, but anymore, the whole point is about enjoying a good meal with the people I love. And with family, it's about preparing it together as well.
We've all come to appreciate the importance of knowing where our food came from (that's one advantage of recruiting the whole family into working or volunteering at Fair Shares!), so we've gone from preparing the traditional foods of our childhood to preparing a variation based on what's available locally. It's brought us a new appreciation for the food we eat and allowed us the opportunity to experiment and add in new traditions. For returning members, we'd love to hear how Fair Shares has changed your approach to the holidays. Share your stories on the forum!
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It's Easy Being Green!
Make every day Earth Day. We reuse and recycle and need your help! Not only are we helping the earth by recycling, we're helping our farmers and producers save money on packaging materials. Please note, we are not offering to do your recycling, and ask that you bring back only these returnables from Fair Shares: egg cartons you got from Fair Shares, half pint, pint and quart jars from Fair Shares. As we get into the produce season, there will be items that are bunched rather than bagged, so we encourage you to bring along some of your produce bags from previous weeks to help keep everything fresh.
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Extras Available
Email Trades and Special Orders by noon on the day of your pickup to orders@fairshares.org
Please list trades (what you don't want) first, followed by what you want instead. Keep in mind that items may be in limited quantities, so please give a second choice, or be prepared to choose something at your pickup site. Feel free to order extra, but remember that trade credits don't carry over from week to week.
Kale: $4 /.5 lb. bag. Hooray for kale! Try kale chips in the oven
Lettuce: $4 /.5 lb. bag
Spinach: $4 / .75 lb. bag. Try making a spinach pesto for a change!
Parsnips: $4 / 1 lb. bag
Eggs: $4 / doz. It's Easter week! You don't even have to dye brown eggs before hiding them for the kiddies...but you probably ought to hard boil them.
From Asparagus to Zucchini
We offer a wonderful cookbook from the Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC). From Asparagus to Zucchini, A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh Seasonal Produce will inspire and excite you to explore new methods of preparing all your local produce. $15
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Kitchen Tips
We apologize for not getting this helpful information into last week’s newsletter. If any items in your share have you baffled, just ask! Plus remember that we have an excellent resource in our fellow members! Share your recipes and kitchen tips with each other on the discussion forum.
Ozark Forest Mushrooms In the cooler months we’ll see more oyster mushrooms with just a few shiitakes (in the bottom of the bag, because they’re much sturdier than the oysters). To prep your oyster mushrooms, just trim the tiny bit of dirty, tough stem at the base and chop or tear up the rest. In the summer, it will be strictly shiitakes, which have a fairly tough stem. Pull off the stems, rinse and use for stocks, or compost. For all mushrooms, give a quick rinse and shake under cold water, don’t waterlog them! Sauteed in butter and garlic is as divine as it gets.
Mangia Pasta – Fresh pasta doesn’t take as long to cook as dry pasta. Test each shape to determine the proper cooking times. Separate the long pasta before adding it to boiling water unless you’re partial to the resulting big-blob single serving. This pasta enjoys romantic dinners with Ozark Forest Mushrooms, and they enjoy the company of Claverach shoots and Heartland Methuselah, or any cheese.
We've got lots of tips in the previous seasons' newsletters, and would love help putting together a comprehensive list for the website, so if you have time and an interest in perusing Season 3 Newsletters for good kitchen tip info, email sara@fairshares.org!
In the meantime, you can read more tips here!
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Salad with edible violets
Food Lists Clarification
We said that you would be able to tell what you will be getting in the next several weeks by looking at the next food lists, meaning that if your pickup group is getting food list 2 this week, you could look at food list 3 to see what's coming next week. Generally, this will be true, but we're switching a lot around these first few weeks due to our bison shortage. So by weeks 4 and 5, you'll really be able to follow that rule of thumb. Sorry to confuse something that's already confusing. The one certain thing is that it's all good food, and we're keeping track of who has gotten what!
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Food List 2
Geisert Pork Sausage
Ozark Forest Fresh Mushrooms
Schroetter Farms Spinach
Berger Bluff or Show Me Produce Arugula
St. Isidore Parsnips or sweet potatoes
Mangia Pasta Ravioli
Kaldi's Coffee ($10)
Hilty Peaches or Applesauce
Relish Choice
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Food List 1
American Grassfed Beef - Ground
Claverach Shoots
Yellow Dog Lettuce
del Carmen Black Beans
San Luis Large Tortillas
Ropp Cheese Choice
River Hills Poultry Alliance Eggs
Hagemann Sweet Potatoes
San Luis Tortilla Chips
Gringo's or Mel's Salsa
Hilty Butternut Squash
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Food List 7
Houston's Homegrown Chicken ($14.35)
Yellow Dog Lettuce
Schroetter Farms Spinach
Marble Creek Green Onions
del Carmen Black Beans
Trillium Farm Goat Mozzarella
Hagemann Sweet Potatoes
Hilty Egg Noodles
Black Bear Bakery Bagels
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Food List 3
American Grassfed Beef
Ozark Forest Fresh Mushrooms
Schroetter Farms Spinach
Berger Bluff Lettuce
Berger Bluff Arugula
Sappington Market Peanut Butter
Salume Beddu White Bean Dip
San Luis Small Tortillas
Greenwood Farms Cheese
River Hills Poultry Alliance Eggs
Billy Goat Potato Chips
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Food List 5
Hinkebein Hills Beef Bratwurst
Claverach Shoots
Schroetter Farms Spinach
Show Me Produce Arugula
Marcoot Farms Cheese
Yellow Wood Farms Eggs
Hilty Pickles or Beets
Jailhouse Jalapeño Brew
Companion Pretzels
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We're not in love with how these lists lay out in this narrow column format, but we'll work on making it easier to read, so just bear with us for a bit!
Thanks.
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Food List 4
Hinkebein Hills Breakfast Sausage
Ozark Forest Fresh Mushrooms
Schroetter Farms Spinach
Berger Bluff Lettuce
Nolte Farms Tomatoes
Kakao Chocolate ($4)
Trillium Farm Goat Mozzarella
River Hills Poultry Alliance Eggs
Black Bear Bakery Granola
Companion Croissants
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Food List 6
Troutdale Farm Trout
Yellow Dog Lettuce
Schroetter Farms Spinach
Nolte Farms Cucumbers
Missouri Grain Project Wheat Berries
Mangia Pasta Whole Wheat Cresta Rigate
Hagemann Sweet Potatoes
Hilty Honey
Kreta Reserve Olive Oil
Companion Baguette
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You're Invited!
You should already have received the invitation to our Member / Producer Potluck. If you haven't received the invitation, please let us know by emailing sara@fairshares.org
Happy cooking everyone!
sara, Jamie, Lindy, Kevin and Arianna
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