How to Preserve a Husband

When searching for some new jam recipes recently, I stumbled upon an old leaflet that left me in stitches when, unsuspectingly glancing thru the pages, the title “How to Preserve a Husband” of course caught my attention. It was listed among the Corn Cob Jelly and Apple Mint Jelly, as unassuming as you please – and I was totally unprepared to find such a gem among Mrs. Nobbia Ownby’s Smoky Mountain favorites!

Apparently no introduction, warning, or explanation thought necessary, as it was for the Sweet Tater Butter, Pear Honey, and Apricot Conserve ;-)

How to Preserve a Husband

Be careful in your selection,
Do not choose too young
It is better to have none than not learn how to cook them properly.
Some women keep them in a stew;
And some keep them constantly in hot water.
Others prefer to freeze them.
And oh, how some just insist on keeping them in a pickle, but this makes them sour, hard and bitter.
A great many of them are entirely spoiled by mismanagement in cooking.
They are so tender and good, even poor varieties of husbands may be made sweet by garnishing with patience.
Sweeten well with love, and season with kisses.
A little spice will improve a husband – but it must be used with judgment.
If thus treated you will find him digestible and will keep indefinitely. (!!!)

Time yet to grab the last of the EGGS!!

We’ll close shortly, but J & S Buehler have a few dozen eggs available if you need!!

And Thank You for an incredible start to our New Year :-)

Davidson's Romaine is Back!

Whew, have we been waiting for Davidson Family Growers to return with their famous lettuces!! Romaine and Green Butter are both on the Market!

Plus Michael’s Pastured Poultry has Organic Chicken Wings to offer for the first time, as well as a SALE on his Chorizo Chicken Sausage!

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year, everyone! :-)

Christmas Wreaths, German Choc Cake, oh wow and yum!

Homemade jams, assorted biscotti and cookie varieties, and even decorative wooden Christmas goodies! I swear that woman does it all!! ;-)

And both the Roastery and the Pottery Studio over at Innisfree on the Stillwater Farm teamed up to offer fantastic Gift Sets – your choice of a Mug, a woven Mug Rug, and package of custom-roasted Coffee!

Plus have you SEEN the latest offering from The Farmhouse Bakery? Even the picture of their German Chocolate Cake is delicious!! :-)

LAST MARKET OF 2018?!?!

Michael’s Pastured Poultry has his organic Chorizo Chicken Sausage on Special this week!! Only a few left!!

The Farmhouse Bakery added a TON of new product to the Market – everything from German Chocolate Cake and Coffee Cakes to Quick Breads and Rum Cake – the Triple Chocolate Brownie Bread is calling my name! And after a wonderfully long day at Market, EVERYTHING is calling my name ;-)

Rachel Lusk and 6635 StudeBaker have brought back some of their Most-Beloved Breads, including the Pumpkin Cranberry Loaf, English Muffin Bread, and StudeBaker Sourdough!!

And Becky’s Buckeye Naturals added her lovely Rosemary-scented Bath Salts (colored only with Pink Himalayan Salt!)

We’re OPEN til 8pm Sunday – hope to see you at Pick-up next Tuesday!! :-)

6635 StudeBaker is now back!!!

Gingerbread

Barbara’s Special Bread

Butter or Lard Biscuits

Scottish Scones

Pastas

Jams

Einkorn and Honey Bread

To take advantage of the late additions, the Market will be open til 9pm tonight ;-)

Dish Cloths for the Food Pantry and Market!!

That night simply solidified my appreciation for the FUMC community – every group and member with whom I’ve come into contact since our partnership began at the founding of this Market has been nothing but friendly, helpful, and supportive. Their generosity and all of the many ongoing outreach programs are truly inspiring!

One of the ladies, Janet Wright, approached me that night with yet another idea – she had been making dish cloths and wash cloths for a mission in Honduras. Being unable now to send the cloths to Honduras for one political reason or another, Janet wanted to continue making more cloths and offer them to the Virtual Market!

So with a heartfelt THANK YOU to both Janet and the FUMC community, we are now able to offer these beautiful dish/wash cloths on the Market, and the proceeds will be split evenly between the First Place Food Pantry and the Virtual Market :-)

100% cotton and hand-knitted, these cloths are approximately 10 inches square, and come in an incredible array of colors – both solid and variegated! And they can conveniently be tossed in both the washer and dryer!

What a Night!!

Isn’t it wonderful how great local products bring great people together?! No one can deny it – EVERYONE eats! And fresh local eating not only is delicious – it makes sense! ;-)

I feel so lucky to be part of such a vibrant, vital community… THANK YOU!!!

Brand new vendors and Honey!!!

More vendors than ever before at tonight’s Holiday Farmer’s Market!

The newest vendors to the Virtual Market, Mucci’s Sweet Treats and The Farmhouse Bakery, will be here with their incredible sweets and baked goods as well as plenty of Samples!!

Plus new addition, the Grumpy Goat Experiment, with an Awesome variety from their small family farm, including HONEY!!! Woohoo!!!