Welcome to Week 31

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Thanksgiving Week Schedule

Tuesday... Tuesday... Tuesday... ALL MEMBERS PICK UP WEEK 32 NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, regular time, regular place. Next week, business as usual.
There will be nobody here on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving if you miss your pickup! Have you marked your calendar?
Have a delicious holiday and be sure to give thanks to our farmers!

There is still time to order Companion bread for next week. Place your order by Thursday at midnight for your pickup next Tuesday. See the order form at the bottom of the page here.

If you didn't order other items, we may not have extras, but feel free to make a request.

Extras Available

Email your order by noon to orders@fairshares.org, and please include your pickup group in your email. If your name/email is not the one we have on the check-in sheet, please include that too. Remember that fresh produce IS NOT tradable. Some items may be in short supply, so please leave an alternative if you plan to make an even trade.

New Coffee Roaster! Stringbeans: $10/12 oz. We have his espresso roast that bold and smooth and really delicious. He also has a Swiss water-processed decaf coffee that is supposed to knock your socks off. Try them both! More info at http://www.stringbeans.net

NOTE: we're out of ground lamb.

SALMON IS BACK! $12.50/lb. in various sized fillets. Wild Alaskan Salmon is fished each summer by Captain Tony Wood of Carbondale, IL, which qualifies as local for us! Order by the pound and we'll do our best to get there exactly. Feel free to ask for a number of fillets and approximate weight. We do have a few larger fillets, and there are three varieties available. Sockeye is the reddest, richest, strongest flavor and highest fat. Coho is the mid-range variety, a little less red than the sockeye, and Keta is the lightest, mildest and lowest fat, and therefore requires shorter cooking time (so it won't dry out). If you don't specify, we'll choose for you.

Chestnuts: $2.95/.5 lb. The love affair continues. Carefully score an "x" in the flat side with a knife or good kitchen shears (did we mention "carefully"), and roast in the toaster oven at about 400F for about 20 minutes. The cut skin will curl back a little, and the white flesh will turn yellow. Pluck one out, toss it from hand to hand until you can give it a squeeze to crack the peel in both directions of the "x" you cut in it, remove the shell and pop it in your mouth to check for doneness. It should be firm, but not crunchy. Remove from the oven when done and wait just until cool enough to handle before peeling. Once they cool, the skin inside the peel will re-adhere to the flesh making it difficult to peel. Eat them up or add to a recipe. They are so good in pasta with greens and mushrooms and maybe sausage all sauteed together. Store uncooked and cooked, shelled chestnuts in the fridge.

From Fowl To Fabulous

- Houston's Homegrown Turkeys: Paul Houston has 10-14 pound turkeys available this week. Time to practice for Thanksgiving. There's nothing like a smoked turkey on the barby, baby. MmmmMmm! $4.50/lb.

ORDER YOUR THANKSGIVING TURKEYS NOW: Seriously procrastinators, don't miss your opportunity to get natural, free-range, local, happy Thanksgiving turkeys! In case that link doesn't work, go here: http://www.fairshares.org/content/fs4-week-23-newsletter-9-15-11#fowlstuff

Share your favorite Thanksgiving recipes on our Facebook Page!

Thrilled to the Grill
You're getting a local turkey, are you going to smoke it on anything but Missouri-made charcoal? Of course not.
Dragon Breath Charcoal: 20lb. bag/$16. This is high-end lump charcoal fresh from Missouri. Only the best for you. If nothing else, buy it for the name, but it's already a favorite of several of our members.

Brisket: $5.70/lb. Averaging about 2.5-3+ lb. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
Chuck Roast: $6.25/lb. It's getting to be that time of year. We don't keep lots in stock, so order ahead!

Salume Beddu Cannelini Dip: $6.50. The Italian answer to hummus. Great with crackers or veggies. Serve it up at your next family gathering.
Salume Beddu Mostarda: $7.50. So good on crackers with cheese or on a sandwich with meat--like turkey... Yum!
Salume Beddu Fig Tapenade: $9.00. A combination of kalamata olives and figs to send you over the moon. Great with chevre. Mmm hmm.

Back in Black...Bellews Creek Black Beans: $3.00/lb. These dry black turtle beans make a great soup, chili, or Mexican accompaniment.

  Butter!  $5.00/.5 lb. Holy cow, that's expensive, and worth every penny. It's a cheap addiction and you know it, and I'd bet that cow really is holy.

Apples: $2.80/6. Organic apples. They aren't beautiful, but they are delicious!
Schwartz Apple cider: $4.50/.5 gallon. It's frozen now, but it could be hot (with rum and a cinnamon stick for me)!

Cucumbers: $2/lb. Crunch crunch crunch. Pickling sizes.
Bell Peppers: $2/lb. Stuff it. Red and green.
Napa Cabbage: $3.00/hd.

Heirloom Tomatoes: $3.25/lb. bag. Roast these with bell peppers and cippolinis with a few cloves of garlic and a dash of balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. Serve over pasta or spaghetti squash, or mix with quark cheese (plain or herb) for a fantastic dip to serve on bread or crostini; you'll be amazed how fast it goes and you'll be making more soon.

Heirloom Eggplant: $2.30/lb.
Summer Squash: $2.25/lb. Zephyrs and zucchini. Eggplant and summer squash...BFF.
Mushrooms: $7.00. Shiitakes. Mmmm.

Winter Squash: $1.50/lb. Butternut, Acorn, Spaghetti, and Delicata. Pair winter squashes with their friends the apple and the pecan.
Missouri Pecans: $4.65/.5 lb. for pieces, $5.40/.5 lb. for organic halves for your pecan pie. Sweet Missouri pecans make the best pie ever!

Potatoes: $3.50/2 lb.
Sweet Potatoes: $3.50/2lb. bag.
Turnips: Red top $1.50/bu. Japanese turnips $2.00/bunch (only a few available)

Lettuce: $4/.5 lb. Remember how you missed lettuce in the summer, and how much you'll miss it when it's gone. Now go have a salad, you're about to pig out for Thanksgiving.
Sunchokes: $3.45/lb. No need to peel; just scrub and they're ready. Eat them sliced thin, raw in your salad, roasted, sauteed, stir-fried, boiled, pureed...you get the picture.

Edamame: $4/lb. They're frozen in the pods. Boil five minutes in a pot of salted water, drain and serve. Pop them out of the shells and store in the fridge for use in salads, soups or other recipes.
Garlic: $1.65/share (~3 heads--depends on the head size). Bellew Creek large head of garlic: $1.10 ea.

Onions: $2/lb. Red, white and yellow. Almost patriotic.
Cippolini Onions: $2.25/lb. These flat Italian variety onions are really wonderful roasted, or any way you like onions.