At The Old Town Farmers Market, February 23, 2008
On this damp and chilly morning it was a bit depressing to see only a handful of vendors at the Old Town Farmers Market. But, what lacks in quantity is made up for in quality, especially with the relatively new addition of farmers like Babes in the Wood. Babes raises rare breed pigs which are forest fed on their 75 acres, with no more than 2-3 pigs per acre. The pigs are grown slowly and treated humanely, and I support that.
Owner Bill Jones was at the market this morning, having traveled from his farm in Dillwyn, VA (that’s 3 hours away folks). Being a bit late to the market, I missed out on buying pork chops so instead I bought a package of nitrate and preservative free bacon and fresh ham steaks. I inquired about bone-in pork chops and was told that usually the pork chops are boneless, but I could give them a call to pre-order bone in chops. He would just need to know before his pigs were sent to the butcher.
On a sweeter note, I picked up some goodies from Maribeth’s Bakery. Heart shaped cheesecake-oreo cookies looked so good I bought one plain and one chocolate. I also got a mini loaf of raspberry pound cake.
Until the next At The Market-eat and buy local when you can.
Those cheesecake cookies look amazing. I may have to go this weekend and see if there are any for sale. Yum!
You can ask Frank how those were