What Maine foods are you (still) eating?

[Eat Local Foods Coalition of Maine]

We still have squash, garlic, bags of mixed vegetables (frozen), sauerkraut and some Maine sausage in our chest freezer.

[Sally]

We have a lot of meat in our freezer-- lamb from my grandmother's farm, pork from Thirty acres, chicken from Sumner Farm, and some turkey we traded with a friend for lamb.

Also I have canned tomatoes, frozen pumpkin puree, etc. and we have been buying alot of winter/storage produce from Thirty Acre Farm/Freedom Farm. Last week we broke out some frozen peas which were a big hit. yum! Recently I joined the Portland food coop and ordered from Crown of Maine, which was awesome-frozen blueberries from Stoneset Farm in Brooklin.

And of course lots of cheese! Even now, I feel like most of our meals are a high percentage of local foods. It's always satisfying to sit down to a meal and realize its all local, and not only that, that I know all the folks who produced it!

[Sandra Thompson]

Hi Sally,

Wonder if we get our chickens from the same farm in Sumner? We haven't bought chicken in a grocery store in many years!

As well as chicken we still have strawberries, blackberries and blueberries in the freezer.

[Emily]

Hi Jessica-
You can find out more about the Portland Food Co-op at http://www.portlandfoodcoop.org or http://www.myspace.com/portlandfoodcoop
We also will be participating in the Stew n' Crew Saturday night at Space Gallery. It opens at 8pm.
And we also have an open potluck on Sunday at 5pm at 92 Congress Street.
We hope you can join us and find out more about our progress toward a storefront food cooperative market and our buying club!
-Emily Graham
Steering Committee

[Jessica Esch]

Hi Sally. Could you share info about the Portland food co-op? Thanks.

[Tim]

Tonight dinner was from three Maine farms:
mashed potatoes, garlic, yellow beans (frozen), and tomatoes (canned) from Beech Hill Farm
Smoked Turkey Calbassa from Turkey Farm
and Kale from.... - A&B Naturals, (they tend to buy from local farms but don't always label it as such so i'm not sure).

We just ate the last of the Deer, didn't get a lamb this year and we're missing it.
Still have root veggies, a few squashes that haven't gone bad.
Lots of canned tomatoes, and some frozen yellow beans, chard and a few other things.
Have to do some digging in that chest freezer.

Here's what's exciting:
FRESH SPINACH sprouting up in the greenhouse!

[andrews.sb]

We are eating our own home grown oysters and we still have heads of escarole in the cold frame. Spinach and rappa are sprouting in an unheated greenhouse.

[Alison]

We still have King Harry potatoes, frozen zucchini, frozen pumpkin puree, frozen tomato sauce, and frozen raspberries. This week I used the last of the frozen green beans and also made pumpkin bars from some of the pumpkin puree. I'm starting to see visions of green growing things under the mountains of snow. It must be almost time to start some seeds.

[Robin]

Potatoes, garlic and frozen blueberries!

[Emily]

Thanks to Crown o'Maine, this city dweller is eating sauerkraut, kimchi, potatoes, carrots, beets, all sorts of dry beans, cider, squash, onions, oats, and whole wheat flour- nice additions to the blueberries, tomatoes, corn, raspberries, strawberries, cranberries, and garlic I was able to put up myself.
My Maine goodies also got a boost this weekend at the Bath Winter Farmers' Market. There I bought cabbage, mushrooms and baby greens! Yum! Spring is not so very far off after all!

[Merry Hall]

Hi, whoever you are. I would like to interview you (unless this is Allison, whom I've already spoken to) for my book, Mainely Local Foods. I need a stronger "consumer" section, and you sound like just the enthusiastic person to talk to. Merry [e-mail] or 522-2606.

[Kathleen Haigh-Trodden]

We have in stock, and for sale, certified organic pork chops, country style ribs, pork roasts, smoked hams, smoked shoulder, organic ground veal, ground beef, all types of pork sausage, and some beef cuts. In my personal freezer, we are still eating brussel sprouts, carrots, green beans, beets, blueberries, strawberries, rhubarb, and the above mentioned meats. Kathy Also, lots of canned tomato sauce, and did I forget to add our farmstead cheeses?? We have aged, raw milk cheddar, gouda, tomme & bleu!@!

[Amy Chamberlain]

My husband and I are eating the many vegetables (squash, onions, garlic, parsnips, carrots, potatoes, rutabegas, cabbage...) and eggs from our winter CSA (Goranson's Farm, Durham). We're also eating Post Farm and Chase Farm raw milk and cream (incl. homemade yogurt and butter); Kate's butter; Smiling Hill cheddar curds; Jacob's cattle and black beans (co-purchased w/ a friend from The Beanery in Exeter); rye and wheat flour; oats (incl. homemade granola); honey and maple syrup; frozen blueberries (co-ordered direct); frozen broccoli; and home-canned cannellini, black, and Jacob's cattle beans, green beans, cider, applesauce, and soup stock from our Thanksgiving turkey. Also there's Mother Oven bread. Less than two weeks ago we went to an ice-cutting party on my friend's farm (Two Sisters, Woolwich), and he let me steal some sweet, tender kale from his greenhouse. Mmm. Thanks, Craig! Bath has a WINTER FARMERS MARKET now, 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 9-noon, at the UCC church on Congress, and at the last one I got my first fresh apple in months. They also have mushrooms, veggies, dairy, meat, and cheap Bartlett's yarn.