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Pumpkin
Muffins
thanks to Kathleen Marsh From William Sonoma’s Muffins
and Quick Breads Book
2 1⁄2 cups whole wheat flour
1⁄2 cup yellow
or white cornmeal
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground ginger
1 1⁄2 tsp ground cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp ground
cloves
1⁄2 tsp ground nutmeg
1⁄2 tsp salt
2/3 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups mashed cooked pumpkin or canned pumpkin
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
1 cup raisins
1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2 medium (8 1⁄2
inch) loaf pans.
In a medium bowl stir and toss together the flour, cornmeal,
baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt. In
a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until blended;
a hand-held mixer is useful for this step. Beat in the pumpkin,
eggs and water. Add the combined dry ingredients and beat
just until blended. Stir in the raisins and walnuts. Pour
into the 2 prepared pans and bake until a thin wooded skewer
inserted in the center of loaf comes out clean, about 60-65
minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn onto wire
rack to cool.
Makes 2 loaves. And it is good good good!!
Easy Pumpkin Pie
2 cups pumpkin puree
3/4 cup granulated
sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
(can use pumpkin pie spice in place of the three spices above)
2 eggs
1 can evaporated
milk*
1 unbaked 9 inch pie crust
Beat the two eggs. Blend all the other ingredients together
with the eggs. Put into an unbaked 9-inch pie shell. Bake
at 425 degrees for the first 15 minutes. Then reduce the heat
to 350 and bake for another 45 to 50 minutes until knife is
mostly (but not totally) clean when put into the middle of
the pie. If you don't want a crust you can bake the custard
in a greased casserole dish. If the crust is getting too dark
too fast, put a "shield" around it with aluminum
foil.
Weekly Boxes Continue until December 20. Monthly Boxes start
the 2nd Week in January. Please let me know if you are interested
in the Winter Boxes.
Gift Certificates/ Other Gifts: We will have
Gift Certificates available for both the Farm Stand and CSA
if you are interested for all
your gift-giving needs. We also have gorgeous wool scarves
and blankets as well as beautiful chile vinegar to name a
few items.
Wool Products: We have some gorgeous hand woven scarves
and blankets/ throws from the WE Tierra Shetland Sheep. Stop
in the Farm Stand for a look-see.
VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED: We could really use some help with
winnowing the beans. It is a low key, rather relaxing experience
consisting of helping to clean the beans as they are pushed
over the “wind” of a fan. If
you’d like to check it out, call or come by the Farm
Stand and we’ll show you how it’s done.
Come visit: Please all of you who pick up at drop off locations,
come visit. We are open Saturdays from 11 to 6 and you are
all more than welcome to come take a walk in the field and
visit with your vegetables/ fruits.
HONEY: We’ve got honey from the field: Tierra Vegetables
Estate Honey. It is really sweet and flavorful. Scott, our
beekeeper at Nelson Family Apiary, is using it for his honey
of the month! We can put it in your box. We’ve got two
sizes: 10 oz for $8.50 and 20 oz for $12.00. Let me know.
PLASTIC BAGS; We need lots of CLEAN plastic bags, please.
We go through a lot and are not ordering any more until we
can get the non-GMO biodegradable ones.
PICKLE NEWS: PICKLES! We have pickles! For
those of you who remember from last year, we have great old
fashioned dill pickles. They are fermented in a crock the
old fashioned way and are crisp and slightly sour. Come have
a taste and get a few pickles.
PICK UP POLICY NOTE: We are experiencing
an issue with boxes not being picked up at various locations,
including the Farm Stand, on a timely manner. We understand
that sometimes you forget or something comes up that you can’t
get your box of vegetables. If this happens, please call me
at 696-8148 and we will bag it up for those
picking up at the farm or hold it at the drop off locations.
Otherwise, boxes left over 24 hours will be donated or used
by our hosts. Thank you.
Reminder: The Farm
Stand is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from
11 to 6:00.
VISIT THE
FARM: Please come on in for a visit whenever you can and bring
the kids!
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EGGS---Our chickens are starting to lay their
eggs! Hooray. These beautiful and delicious eggs are available
at the Farm Stand. Better watch out, though: the customers
at the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market would take them all if
we'd let them. You all get priority! Come check them out and
see what a really fresh egg looks and tastes like.
Calling all loyal CSA members. We would love
to put your recipes in the Menu. If you have anything that
you'd like to share, please e-mail me at evie@tierravegetables.com
and most likely your recipe (or comment) will make its way
to this little Menu.
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