Farm Connect/Locavore Delivery - 11.20.2008

Here's this week's Farm Connect/Locavore delivery list. Courtesy of Summer @ Dee Creek Farm.

This is the last Thursday delivery before Thanksgiving! Be sure to prepare for your holiday feast sharing! We have a dairy inspection on Friday, and if all goes well *fingers crossed*, will have chevre (and other scrumptious things) and will post a *holiday special* delivery for early next week since we will not be doing Thursday's delivery next week.

This Saturday, from 10am-2pm, Rhonda Ryder of Blue Rose Dairy in Winlock will be having a hands on class on how to make Chevre and Mozzarella (with tips for yogurt and ricotta) for $35 per person. Lunch will be served, along with other cheeses from local farms, and a dairy tour afterwards, where you can buy cheese, if wanted. If you're interested, RSVP here. We'll plan a carpool from Woodland for those who want to drive up together in our 15 person van. Let me know if you're coming aboard! ~S

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Grassfed Beef,
We have some Belted Galloway grassfeed beef from Dee Creek Farm available for sale immediately. If you are interested, you will need to pay for your complete order on Thursday at deliveries, minus cut & wrap (you'll pay the butcher shop this). We are guesstimating the following prices: Cow, $400/quarter. Steer, $350/quarter. If you are interested, I will email you more details, and will need a check for full payment on Thursday, so let's get this show on the road!

Pastured Poultry
Turkey for Thanksgiving - SOLD OUT
For those who have ordered turkey and have made arrangements, this reminder to come to deliveries to pick up!
Stewing Hens - $3/lb, minimum order of 5
If you're looking for some stewing hens, we are selling them in fives. Estimating $30-$35 per order of 5 chickens.

Cheeses,
Aged Feta, $5.50/container retail, $5.00/container CSA - block or crumble
Creamy block or crumbles of unpasteurized aged feta from DCF. Try in rice dressing, warm pasta dishes, pear & hazelnut salad, deviled eggs, bowl of beans.

Eggs,
$4/dozen retail, $3.75/dozen CSA
We will fill DCF egg CSA's first (and will get everyone!). Please recycle your DCF egg cartons with us! Will have extra available through Angie's usual deliciousness & Nature's Choice this week, too - who feeds certified organic feed and kitchen scraps! First come, first served!

Apple Butter, $5/half-pint (spiced, or rum-spiced)
This yummy apple butter was made at DCF with apples from our nearby families spray-free trees.

Pepper Jelly, $6/half-pint
Made with peppers from Dee Creek Farm and from Red Basket Farm in Battle Ground, this jelly is delicious with cream cheese atop crackers!

Raw Honey,
Gallon/$32, Half-gallon/$18, Quart/$12, Pint/$7
Raw honey in glass (sometimes plastic) jars form Honey House Farm in Brush Prairie - super local! Great for allergies!

Produce,
NW Organic Farms (certified organic) in Ridgefield will bring:
Salad Greens, $6/lb
Kale, $1.50/bunch
Butternut & Cabasa Squash, $.75/lb
Garlic, $2.50/lb
Apples, $1.50/lb

Wild & Naturally Preserved Eats,
Mushrooms, Fresh - 1/4 lb bags
Organic Shitake, $3/bag beautiful med-large size (not buttons)
Cultivated Maitake, $4.00/bag
Mushrooms, Dried –
Porcini ½ pint 5.00
Chanterelle ½ pint 5.00
Mushrooms, Vacuum packed Frozen – 1/4 lb packs
Porcini 4.50
Chanterelle 4.00
Berries, Vacuum packed Frozen – 1 lb packs
Elderberries 5.00
Wild Himalayan Blackberries 3.50
Wild Huckleberries 9.00
Dried Snack and Meal Helpers -
(Already chopped, diced, sliced, portioned, and packaged just right for 1-2 meals)
Org. Walla Walla Onions (great for snacks, sandwiches, salad toppings...) $1.25
Org Red Onions (great for stir-fry, burgers, sandwiches, macaroni & potato salads...) $1.25
Org. Green Garlic (a spring culinary treat - more delicate mild flavor than raw garlic...) $2.00
Org. Heirloom Tomatoes (snacks, great for pasta or rice dishes, saute` w/vegs...) $2.00
Wild Elderberries 2.00
Just in time for Holiday meal planning . . . don’t forget mushrooms for your dressing, or huckleberry pie, or berry topped cheesecake (yum!!), the above comes from Nature's Choice, a Vancouver business, operated by a couple who collects & sells wild eats, and prepares naturally preserved foods.

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Remember that in an effort to be more efficient, and less wasteful, we're going to stop writing individual receipts, and instead keep a book. If you specifically want a receipt, please let us know when you place your order, if possible.

Anyone and everyone can order from our deliveries, not just "subscribers"! To any newcomers on the e-list, welcome! Also rest assured that all farms contributing to our deliveries all meet several standards: chemical-free, sustainable, natural, family farming... If you have questions about any of them, don't hesitate to ask, or check them out yourself! ~S

To order, click here and specify what you would like.
All checks go to "Dee Creek Farm", or bring cash.

**BRING YOUR OWN BAG**

We fill pre-orders first, then it’s first come, first served!
We do mostly pre-orders at deliveries, rather than Farmers Market style.
Please help us in this by pre-ordering what you can!

Summer
Email: summer@deecreekfarm.com
Farm Phone: 360-225-9711
Cell Phone: 360-903-6956 (no service at the Farm)