Flat Rock Tailgate Market News - June 2, 2011

THE FLAT ROCK TAILGATE MARKET

Thursday, June 2 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Forest Creek Farm & Nursery - We'll have lots and lots of collards and kale! We'll also have head lettuce, some cut flowers, and hopefully some mushrooms to boot! Mollie

Deep Woods Mushroom - Hopefully I will have some wild mushrooms but I will have plenty of fresh shiitake. I will also have a limited quantity of my "Mushroom - Jerky-Cracker-Thingy's." Come try a sample and help me name these delicious things! Greg

Good Things Grow Here - I will harvest spinach, salad turnips, butter crunch and red leaf lettuce, radishes, exquisite colored eggs. The summer heat is coming on strong, so get your tender greens while you can! Richard

Laurel Springs Nursery - We will have delicious fruiting plants for the landscape including figs, serviceberry, blueberries, strawberries and pawpaws! Beautiful summer flowering trees and shrubs and plants for streambanks. Courtney Leigh

The Sweet Monkey - This week we will have the blue cheese stuffed bagels topped with caramelized onions and 4 blend Italian cheeses. They make a great burger bun for Highlander Farms ground lamb burgers with Papou's Greek dressing!! We tried it and it was incredible! Also Parmesan and rosemary stuffed bagels topped with olive oil and sea salt.
We will also bring a cold beverage of an herbal variety but I'm just not sure what yet. Hollie

Three Arrows Farm and Cattle Company - This week we will have NY strip steak, sirloin steak, stew beef, cube steak, rump round chuck shoulder and sirloin tip roast, brisket, soup bones, short ribs, ground beef and patties. Wells

Holly Spring Farm and Nursery - We'll have a new crop of lettuce this week, including green and red varieties of butter crunch, oak leaf, and summer crisp lettuces. Plus, carrots, Swiss chard, sugar snap and English peas, green onions, collards and kale. We'll also have some heirloom tomato plants. Paul and Simone

Kay Farm - Plenty of huge romaine and red leaf lettuces, raspberries.
Heat threatens fava beans. Bill

Papou's Greek - We'll have pans of Pastichio and Roasted potato and summer corn soup. Back by request our Tomato and Bean with Fresh Herb soup. We will also have Spanikopita, Tiropita and our Greek salad dressing/marinade. Lori

Old Rose Treasures Farm - I'll have roses, baby beets, bak choi and arugula. Frank

And what else? - Freshly baked breads and cookies, scads of herbs and plants, spring lamb and chickens, fresh farm eggs, decedent desserts, yummy goat and cow cheese for those salad greens, fresh-from-the-ocean shrimp and seafood, and fragrant cut flowers.

Bring a basket. Bring a friend

Eat fresh. Eat local

See you at the Market!

Flat Rock Merchants Association News - Buy a Cookbook, Support the Community

Looking for an easy way to support the Flat Rock Community? Buy a cookbook! The Flat Rock Merchants Association compiled recipes from member businesses to create a fun cookbook. Proceeds are used to fund association projects. Here's a great article with more details.
BlueRidgeNow.com article 11/17/2010

"Flat Rock Favorites" Cookbook Debuts

Members of the Flat Rock Merchants Association have contributed and compiled recipes for the 2010 "Flat Rock Favorites" cookbook. The cookbook was created in order to raise money for the various community projects and charitable organizations that the merchants association promotes. 100% of the profits from the sale of the cookbook will go towards these endeavors. Cookbooks are being distributed to our area merchants for sale to the public so be sure to look for it the next time you visit your favorite merchant. Each cookbook sells for $12.95 with payment by cash or check.

Every year it has been the mission of the Flat Rock Merchants Association to give back to the community that supports us. We began by donating money to the Flat Rock area schools Principal's Fund, as well as helping needy families during Christmas. Upon the death in 2008 of Flat Rock Playhouse executive director, Robin Farquar, the merchants started a scholarship in his name so that talented local children with limited means could participate in the Flat Rock Playhouse's YouTheatre. Association members are also responsible for supporting local farmers by organizing the Flat Rock Tailgate Market as well as showcasing great talent at the Summer Concert Music Series, held on the first Saturday of each month from June - October.