Order sheep and goat milk cheeses by Sunday 9/21 and all other products by Monday 9/22 for delivery on Thursday 9/25. Place your order here.
New products:
3-Corner Field Farm: is now offering a bleu cheese. This 100% raw sheep’s milk bleu has a crumbly, moist interior and a moderate bleu flavor.
Cowbella: Kefir is back! We had a special, and ran out of this delicious, pro-biotic drink made from cow’s milk. Available in maple, strawberry, vanilla and plain, try them all.
Lewis Waite Farm: received pork last week. It is going fast, but there is still some bacon available!
Mariaville Mushroom Men: try some Mushroom tea on these chilly fall nights. Enjoy the warmth of tea and the healthy benefits of mushrooms. Each tin contains a two supply of tea, to be taken as a health supplement. Check out what mushrooms can do for you here.
Manx Station Farm: has updated their listing with more inventory. Try the sandwich steaks; quick cooking and great for Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches or Stir-Fried with your favorite fall time veggies.
Teeny Tiny Spice Company: add a little spice to your meals. Teeny Tiny has a spice for everyone. These spices are full of certified organic ingredients and range in spiciness. ***I love their Perfection Spice Blend–it’s so good as a rub for slow-cooked meats. Their Shepherd’s Blend tastes lovely in this recipe for salmon cakes.
Specials – We are using the ‘specials’ category in the ‘Shop by Product’ part of our website to put different items on specials. Check there!
The last Lewis Waite delivery of the winter season is coming up on Tuesday, May 13th. Order your Lewis Waite products by 11:59 pm on Thursday 5/8 for delivery next Tuesday 5/13. Raw milk cheese products must be ordered by Tuesday 5/6, so if you want those, be sure to submit your order early!
Strafford Organic Creamery has added Smooth Maple to their roster of ice cream flavors.
3 Corner Field Farm has fresh sheep milk cheeses available again now that lambing season is over.
Teeny Tiny Spice Company wants to remind you that their spices come in gift packs and would be lovely for Father’s Day, for end of year teacher gifts or a hostess gift. As the weather warms, you might want to pick up some grilling spices for yourself.
Speaking of grilling, Lewis Waite is having a sale on hot dogs and Mack Brin Farms has a sale on pasture raised chicken livers.
Planning your menu for Passover or Easter? Check out Lewis Waite’s myriad offerings to make your holiday–or everyday–table one to remember. Place your order by April 3 for pick up on Thursday, April 8.
Pork kielbasa is back in stock, and perhaps it brings with it better weather for grilling!
Strafford Organic Creamery has new flavors of ice cream in stock. In addition to vanilla, chocolate and coffee, they now have sweet guernsey cream, ginger, wintermint, coconut almond and strawberry.
Yoder Farm is offering another flavor of apple sauce and ‘live’ apple cider vinegar for sipping. (Did you know America’s Test Kitchen just put out a gluten-free cookbook? I bring it up mainly because the first recipe I tried was an applesauce cake that had all my gluten-loving friends licking the crumbs off their plates. I bet it would be even better with higher quality applesauce than the supermarket brand I used.)
On sale: horseradish chevre and maple walnut chevre from Nettle Meadow Dairy, which would taste delicious tossed with some roasted beets (if you have any leftover from the last share box of the season). And jazz up your scrambled eggs or nachos with lacto-fermented hot sauce from Hawthorne Valley Farm–you can feel the burn and heal your gut at the same time.
The Shepherd Herb Spice Blend from Teeny Tiny Spice Co. is also on sale this month and it would really pair well with lamb. I also love it in this recipe for grain-free salmon cakes. I use about a tablespoon. I also use leeks instead of chives, because they get nice and crispy while frying. These salmon cakes are good hot and even better cold, for easy lunch leftovers that travel well.
We have added a whole bunch of new special products for the 2014 season! I’m talking kombucha, fermented foods, wine, and eggs–plus, we’re bringing back the ever popular dairy, fish, beer, and herb shares.
In addition, Lewis Waite Farms has created share plans for all kinds of different products, including bread, organ meats, cheese, meat, and more. You can always order a la carte from Lewis Waite, but if you’d like them to do the work for you, sign up for a share plan.
All of the details and a link to the sign up form can be found on our new Special Products page. You may never need to go to the grocery store again!
Lewis Waite has added some new offerings! There’s still time to order for the March 11th Delivery. You do not need to have a winter CSA share to order meat, eggs, cheese, yogurt, grains, legumes, lacto-fermented goodies, and now mushrooms. Just visit the Lewis Waite website and follow the instructions to open an account with the Sunnyside CSA.
Order deadlines:
Cheese & Dairy Products: March 4, Midnight
Everything Else: March 6th, Midnight
Bring your checkbook to sign up for your 2014 share, bring some mad money for a raffle ticket to win a fruit share courtesy of Briermere Farms, and bring your taste buds to sample offerings from our expanded list of vendors–including beer, wine, kombucha, fish, milk, a la carte veggies, and, of course, our dearly beloved Lewis Waite and Golden Earthworm Farm.
And if you haven’t already, please fill out our annual survey by 1/31. We’ll be discussing the results at the Open House on Tuesday night.
Beets! Image via Golden Earthworm
Golden Earthworm Share
Watermelon Radish
White or Yellow Potatoes
Carrots
Rutabaga
Beets
Sweet Potatoes
Winter Sun Share
Sweet Corn
Blueberries
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Butternut Squash Puree
Pea Shoots
Tomato Puree
Village Fishmonger Fish Share
Porgy
Big aLICe Beer Share Bremiere Apple Share Bremiere Cider Share
In our continuing effort to bring good food to Sunnyside all year round, there are more things you can order, even if you missed out on the Winter Vegetable Shares. You don’t have to be a CSA member to enjoy these new food options! Just sign-up, order and pick-up your food on our delivery dates! Check it out:
Sign up for a simple, 5-delivery, Winter Fish Share. The deliveries will be the same as our winter vegetable delivery dates. You can also add extra seafood items such as scallops, oysters, and lobster to any or all of your deliveries!
You can choose a small share (1lb.) for $75 or a medium share (2 lbs.) for $150 with optional add-ons and a la carte items like shellfish. Low-mercury, allergy-sensitive, and Kosher options are available too for those with dietary needs.
Read more about the Fish Share of at Village Fishmonger. They deal with payment, so please note the following tips:
IMPORTANT, when you Sign Up, make sure to choose “CSA Location Members” under “payment plan,” which will give you the 5-week winter plan.
When you choose a payment option, it lists “weekly” or “bi-weekly” but ignore that—both choices are set for the same amount and both of them get you the 5-delivery plan. Just pick one.
If you miss the first pickup date, you can still join for the remaining four dates. And if you want the share but will be on vacation on one of those 5 dates, you can email them and they’ll credit you towards the next round of fish in the summer!
You can now order a la carte items from Winter Sun and pick them up on any (or all!) of our winter vegetable delivery dates. Choose from local meats, frozen veggies, maple syrup, applesauce, etc. Also available; goat cheese, goat fudge and goat soap. Read more and learn how to set up an account.
Winter deliveries of Lewis Waite items are on TUESDAYS. Chose from a huge variety of local goodies including, meat, eggs, beans, cheese, bread, and so much more! Please check the order deadlines on the Lewis Waite site. The variety of food available through here will keep your supermarket shopping at a minimum! If you’ve never done so, it’s easy- just follow these instructions.
LOCATION: Sunnyside Community Services (43-31 39th Street, Sunnyside)
Winter vegetable deliveries, including Fish Shares and Winter Sun deliveries:
DATES: December 19, January 9, January 30, February 20, March 13 (always Thursdays)
TIME: 5pm – 8pm
Lewis Waite deliveries:
DATES: December 17, January 7, February 4, March 11, April 8, May 13 (Tuesdays in the Winter)
TIME: 6pm – 8pm
We are posting this week’s Lewis Waite Farm CSA Extras newsletter so you can learn all about and ORDER your holiday turkey via Sunnyside CSA. As you may know, we work with Lewis Waite to provide you with fresh local products beyond veggies and LWF is proud to offer you locally raised, all natural turkeys again this year!
ORDER DEADLINES
Stonewood Farm
All Natural Turkeys DEADLINE: Thursday, November 14th
Coldwater Creek Farm & Homestead Farm
Pastured Turkeys DEADLINE: Monday, November 18th
In this Newsletter
-Thanksgiving Turkeys + FAQs
-How to Defrost Your Turkey
Thanksgiving Turkeys
Stonewood Farm: $4.39/lb Stonewood Farm specializes in premium quality turkeys with superior flavor and juiciness that can only be grown in Vermont. They grow their turkeys naturally; no antibiotics or growth hormones. Plenty of fresh Vermont air, cool nights, good feed and tender loving care on their family farm make for a wonderfully juicy turkey. They raise their turkeys for your family without any artificial ingredients inside large, open-sided barns. They are processed on the farm in their USDA facility without any preservatives. Paul Stone was the Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Vermont and now his son Peter is taking a leading role on the farm. Sample the flavor by ordering All Natural turkey parts before the big day!
Coldwater Creek Farm and Homestead Farm Turkeys: $6.39/lb
Both Farms allow the turkeys free-range to enjoy life in the pastures. Movable fencing allows them to bring their turkeys into areas that have a high insect or weed population. Many people enjoy the gregarious personalities of our turkeys. As with our other poultry, the turkeys receive antibiotic-free and hormone-free feed containing no animal byproducts. They thrive in their natural environment producing a turkey that they have been told “is the best we’ve ever had.” They will be processed by Garden of Spices Farm in Easton, NY. We are never sure of the quantities or weights until they arrive (they guess 13-26 lbs), so please give us an indication of your desired size when you order. We have a limited supply, so get your order in early.
FAQs
How much do I need? We recommend 1 lb. per person for the meal, but don’t forget to plan for turkey sandwiches, turkey tetrazzini, and turkey soup (usually 4-5 lbs)! Larger birds have a higher meat to bone ratio, so you may need slightly more per person for small birds than larger ones.
When will it come to Sunnyside CSA? It will be there on Thursday, November 21st
What other local products can I get? Our entire list of family farm and artisan products is available to help keep your holiday meal locally sourced. Putney Mountain Sparkling Ciders, lots of local cheeses, cranberry sauce, grains and beans for side dishes, bread, etc. After you’ve added your turkey to the shopping cart, you can keep shopping, or check out and return at a later date to EDIT your existing Turkey order. Be sure to pay attention to the DELIVERY DATE of your order.
Make sure you get an email confirmation of your order! If you didn’t get one, we didn’t get your order either!
Questions? Call: 518-692-3120 or Send an email
“The Big Thaw”
Turkeys must be kept at a safe temperature during “the big thaw.” While frozen, a turkey is safe indefinitely. However, as soon as it begins to thaw, any bacteria that may have been present before freezing can begin to grow again.
A package of frozen meat or poultry left thawing on the counter more than 2 hours is not at a safe temperature. Even though the center of the package may still be frozen, the outer layer of the food is in the “Danger Zone” between 40 and 140 °F — at a temperature where foodborne bacteria multiply rapidly.
There are two safe ways to thaw food: in the refrigerator and in cold water – we do not recommend Microwaves.
Safe Methods for Thawing
Frozen turkeys should not be left on the back porch, in the car trunk, in the basement, or any place else where temperatures cannot be constantly monitored. There is a danger that the outside will warm to above 40 while the interior is still frozen.
Refrigerator Thawing
When thawing a turkey in the refrigerator:
Plan ahead: allow approximately 24 hours for each 4 to 5 pounds in a refrigerator set at 40 °F or below.
Place the turkey in a container to prevent the juices from dripping on other foods.
Refrigerator Thawing Times
Whole turkey:
4 to 12 pounds — 1 to 3 days
12 to 16 pounds — 3 to 4 days
16 to 20 pounds — 4 to 5 days
20 to 24 pounds —5 to 6 days
A thawed turkey can remain in the refrigerator for 1 or 2 days before cooking. Foods thawed in the refrigerator can be refrozen without cooking but there may be some loss of quality.
Cold Water Thawing
Allow about 30 minutes per pound.
First be sure the turkey is in a leak-proof plastic bag to prevent cross-contamination and to prevent the turkey from absorbing water, resulting in a watery product.
Submerge the wrapped turkey in cold tap water. Change the water every 30 minutes until the turkey is thawed. Cook the turkey immediately after it is thawed.
Cold Water Thawing Times
4 to 12 pounds — 2 to 6 hours
12 to 16 pounds — 6 to 8 hours
16 to 20 pounds — 8 to 10 hours
20 to 24 pounds — 10 to 12 hours
A turkey thawed by the cold water method should be cooked immediately. After cooking, meat from the turkey can be refrozen.
Golden Earthworm Veggie Share*
Lettuce Mix – 1 bag
Spinach – 1 bag
Mustard Mix – 1 bunch
Radishes – 1 bunch
Collards – 1 bunch
Chive Blossoms – 1 bunch
Oregano – 1 bunch
Toscano Kale – 1 bunch
*Contents of the share may fluctuate over the week.
Milk Not Jails
-For those already signed up for a dairy share, pick up your dairy share!
-Everyone else, sample fresh local milk & yogurt products! Maybe even sign up for a dairy share… details below.
Welcome to Summer 2013!
Thanks for joining us! Great news abounds at the beginning of the season, so make sure to sign up for the Sunnyside CSA Yahoo Group—you’ll get only important info, never spam. Our website can answer lots of questions, especially the CSA Details and Volunteer sections. You can also Contact Us with questions, comments or suggestions!
