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What’s local in December in the Miami Valley?
Please post additional local goods as comments or email them to lucille.beachdell@metroparks.org and I will add them to this post!
Local Foods/Goods Map (draft):
Meat, Eggs & etc.
Aullwood Farm currently has all-natural beef, lamb, and pork, and organic chicken, eggs, and turkeys for sale. For more information regarding cuts and pricing, our phone number is (937) 890-2968. Our farm store is open Mondays through Saturdays 9-5 and Sundays 1-5 (call ahead to be sure a staff member will be available to assist you, and not out feeding the animals). We are located at 9101 Frederick Pike, Dayton, OH 45414.
Eat Food For Life. We have /*local, organic, grassfed */meats (turkey, chicken, beef, pork, lamb), eggs, raw milk cheeses, raw honey, sourdough bread/pizza crusts, fresh jam, fresh pies at the 2nd Street Public Market every Sat from 8am to 3pm,( see www.eatfoodforlife.com ) Also, please note we have /*fresh*/ beef every Sat at the Dayton market. Also, we offer raw dairy products (milk, cream, butter) via a herdshare program. These products are available in Dayton on Saturdays but are not directly offered at the Dayton Market. /_*WE DO NOT OFFER PRIVATE HERDSHARE PRODUCTS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS. We do not distribute raw dairy products at the 2nd St. Public Market. Contact: Dan Kremer
Honey
Smith Farm Pure Honey has local raw honey available. Hives are located in Greene County, OH. Terry Smith can be contacted through my e-mail address: smithfarmpurehoney@woh.rr.com
Aubury Longenecker has pure, raw honey harvested at an Arcanum farm. For more information, contact him at (513) 315-7426.
Baked Goods
My name is Mike Clark and I produce baked goods out of my house. Right now my emphasis is on Fruit cakes but I also do European baked goods, quick breads and pies. If anyone is interested (come on, admit it, you love fruit cake), they can reach me on my home phone at (937) 884-7339 or at my email mikeclark3579@hotmail.com On the baked goods, I have an array of other baked goods on my product list such as Potica bread, Kiefle, Noel Nut Balls, Sugar cookies, Kolachi. I am also up to special requests even for items where you have the recipe you want me to make. I offer a charitable donation program giving to charities of your choice for product sales that come from the recipes you allow me to use. Ask me about the details.
Cheese
Blue Jacket Dairy produces farmstead and artisan cheeses, all made the old-fashioned way, by hand. We make a halloumi-style cheese, Gretna Grilling; quark (plain, garlic, lemon, and cranberry nut); chevre (plain, chive and garlic, herb-blend, and fig); cheddar curds (plain, dill, and ranch-flavored), and feta. Also available are gift boxes and party trays. Blue Jacket cheeses are available at Jungle Jim’s, Whole Foods; other venues are listed on our website: www.bluejacketdairy.com.
Vegetables
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm, Eaton, OH http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com We have right now leeks, various winter squashes (butternut, carnival, buttercup), yellow and red onions, carrots, parsnips, catnip, garlic, garlic powder, catnip dried herbs (basil, sage, dill, tarragon, savory), celeriac, potatoes rutabagas and red turnips. If it gets warm enough to get at the greens we should also have arugula, spring mix, lettuce medley (a mix of 3 to 6 different heirloom lettuces), mizuna, napa cabbage and spinach (right now leafy greens are a day by day affair). Folks can check the farm store page of our website http://www.boulderbeltfarm.com for the complete list and prices. We are open by appointment for the winter months. Simply go to our farm store page, make an order of what you want, email that to us and we will get that order together the next day. We also are now taking membership for our 2009 farm Share program (like a CSA only more so…) details at http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/boulderbeltcsa/csa.html or go to the website and click on the Farm Share Page link. Contact is Lucy Goodman.
Christmas Trees
Christmas Trees! A very renewable and sustainable form of agriculture. Laura and Dave Rench at Country Pines Christmas Tree Farm are currently growing and selling beautiful trees at 8280 West Third Street, New Lebanon, Ohio 45345. Our phone is 937-835-3464. We are open 7 days a week until Christmas eve, 9-5. You can also reach us at DARENCH@aol.com or http://www.christmas-tree.com/real/oh/countrypines/ All trees you harvest yourself are $29 any size. We also have beautiful handmade wreaths, garlands, swags and fresh greenery. Our old barn will get you in the spirit with its incredible stone fireplace. And I cannot forget to mention our 3 donkeys, Rosa, Eeeyore and Jack. So please come for a visit.
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By Mike Clark
December 16, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this
The fruit cake recipe is at elast 5 generations old, in my family. It is a dark cake with almost all fruit and nuts. They come ‘raw’ (not soaked), soaked in bourbon, brandy, rum, apricot brandy or blackberry brandy or double soaked (fruit is soaked before going into the cake) in bourbon, brandy and rum. If you don’t thoroughly enjoy it, I’ll give your money back.
By Mike Clark
December 16, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this
I love baking from old family recipes. Help me to bring back some of those long lost recipes from our relatives. Let the tradition live on. I would be proud to carry on your family tradition (no pun intended but that is where the company name, Family Traditions Baked Goods, came from).