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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Pork sausage ideas.......

Seasoned Ground Pork (Pork Sausage in 1# packs) – so many ways to use it………

Patty it up for breakfast sausage patties.

Make your own Castle Burgers – (is the Camelot Bar and Grill still there?  This was their signature burger 30 years ago.  One beef patty and one pork sausage patty.  They were great)

Fry up crumbled for making your own pizza or breakfast burritos.  Also great in gravy for Sausage and gravy over biscuits.  Add to stuffing mix for the larger chickens.

Use a pound with ground beef to make a zipped up meatloaf.

The list goes on for the uses of Seasoned Ground Pork, (comes in one pound packs).


See our special page for free Season Ground Pork this weekend.

Special Thanks

We want to thank every one who made our Anniversary month so special and have been supporting our family farm these 12 years that we have been direct marketing.  We gave away some great gifts and door prizes this month. 

The farmers market in Appleton has been great so far this summer and we are looking forward to it continuing to be great right through the winter season.

We will be at the Farmers Market this weekend, but if you are not, Have a great Labor Day Weekend.

Beth & Rodney Rogers

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Chevon - Goat Meat

Coming soon.

I will be adding a section for the list of Chevon - goat meat cuts we will carry at the Appleton Farmers Market.  It will also be available by the half or whole and can be delivered to you at the farm market.
We will butcher the first goats the first week of October and have the individual packages at the market that Saturday.

We will also have some larger chickens, still young and tender, just a larger breed that you can use for stuffing and roasting for Thanksgiving or Christmas (or any time you want a larger bird).  Our last butchering dates for chickens is only about 6 weeks away so if you are interested in the larger birds, please let me know so we can plan accordingly.  We plan to butcher enough to last us until spring so you have chicken all winter at the indoor winter farm market.

click on our contacts page.

Have a great week.

Beth 

Thursday, August 23, 2012

New at the Farm Market

New things coming up  -  Chevon  !!

My cousin Cathy has a dairy farm outside of New London.  She raises a little of everything on her farm.  Cathy and I are teaming up and working together with the help of my sister Sarah for the direct marketing and sales of our meat.  She is raising goats for butchering.  They will be ready in a month or so.  If you or any one you know is interested, give me a call or email.  We would like to know if people are interested in halves, or individual cuts of the goat meat.  We need a little imput to know how to supply it at the farm market.

Here is some interesting information I found on goat meat.

Goat Meat from younger animals is called "kid" or cabrito (Spanish), and from older animals is simply known as "goat" or sometimes called chevon (French).

Chevon (or goat meat) is rapidly gaining popularity as a low-fat, nutritionally dense meat.  It does not taste strong or "gamey" but has a flavor similar to well-prepared venison.  Some people have mistaken it for beef before knowing what it is.

Goat meat has many advantages.  It ranks right up with chicken and fish in the low fat department and is being recommended for a heart-healthy diet.  "The inspection of congealed fat drippings is a visual index as to the degree of saturated fats present.  This is noticeably absent in goat meat." * Goat meat is very low in saturated fat.  It supplies high quality protein along with healthy fat.*
Since the molecular structure of goat meat is different than that of beef or chicken, it is easier to digest.

70% of the world's population is very familiar with goat meat, and prefer it to all other red meats. It is only here in our Western culture that we are slow to catch on to what the rest of the world already knew about.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Just butchered - Now re-stocked for Farm Market

Hello, and WOW will I be re-stocked for the Farm Market this weekend.

The butcher was cutting and wrapping our beef and pork this week.  They are also making brats, bacon, etc. for us.  Some of the things I was out of and will have again will be:

Beef:
Tenderloin
Porterhouse Steaks
Kansas City Strip Steaks
Flank Steak
Skirt Steak
Swiss Steak
Round Steak
Tip Steak
Stir Fry Strips
Ground Chuck

Beef Brats - Plain
Beef Polish Sausage Brats

Pork:
Sirloin Chops
Center cut Chops
Bacon
Shoulder Bacon
Ham Steak

Things they will be working on for the next week:
Summer Sausage - sliced and stick, plain and garlic
                  (I do still have some left, just not a lot)
Braunschweiger

I hope I did not forget anything.  Some of these items have a limited supply.  For example:  there are only 2 flank steaks on one animal.  So, I you want to be sure to get the cuts you want on Saturday, don't be afraid to call or email ahead and reserve something.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Saturday Farm Market

Thank you every one for stopping by the Downtown Appleton Farm Market on Saturday.
It was a great day fall around and an awesome day for us.

I am sorry we ran out of so many things (steaks, bacon, beer brats, etc.)
I wish I knew of an easy way of knowing ahead of time what were going to be popular items for the day.

This coming weekend, the 18th, I will bring extra of the steaks that I have.
If you like to get your frozen meat on your way out of the market at the end of the morning, please call or email by Thursday 6pm to reserve what you want.  That way you will know it is waiting for you and we have not run out by the time you get to our booth.  It also saves you time, you don't have to wait for us to dig through the freezers to find things.

We will be restocked on most items including Pork this weekend.

But, there are some things we will not have until the 25th:
Reg Bacon
Shoulder Bacon
the following we will have on the 25th but it will be a limited supply -
Tenderloin
Swiss steak
Round steak
Tip steak
Flank steak - only 2 on a steer
Skirt steak - only 2 on a steer


Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Cooler temps - time to grill

Now that we will have some cooler weather it will not be so hot standing next to a grill.
Now's a great time to grill out !!

Try our Pork Spare Ribs with Jimmy J's Razor Back Rib Sauce.  A great combination.

Bacon infused New York Strip
this is something you have to try.

Use Venneford Farms New York Strip steaks.  Cut criss cross slits in one side.
Use Venneford Farm Bacon chuncks and ends, cut into thin strips.
insert the Bacon strips into the slits in the New York Strip steaks, and place on the grill.

This is just wonderful.......

I recommend using the bacon ends because there is no need to use up your good full slice bacon and you can use the meatiest parts.

This weekend (8-11-2012), get 50% of Bacon ends / chunks when you also purchase New York Strip steaks. 
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If you know of anyone who likes Chevon (goat meat) my cousin Cathy will be butchering young goats in a few months.  She would like to know how many to hold for local customers before sending them out.  You can purchase by the whole, half or if there is enough interest, we will also have select cuts available by the package.

please check out my contacts page and call or email your interest.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Recipe

We have added some low fat cheeses to our selection at the farm market.

Low Fat  Cheeses”

We have more selection of Low Fat cheese than we had before:
We now have Low Fat Farmers, cheddar and Pepper Jack.


I have also added a great recipe for you to try.