We Have Wings!

Are you ready for Super Bowl Sunday?  Do you need quality wings to serve for your Super Bowl Sunday guests?  Then stop by the farm store and pick up a few packages to prepare with your favorite recipe.  If you don’t have that perfect recipe to help you enjoy this festive event, check out our recipes on our webpage or visit our facebook page and look for the naked wing post.

Chuck’s Corner

Did you receive our customer satisfaction survey?  If you missed it and would like to participate, please request a survey by writing me at Customer Relations@GriggstownQuailFarm.com

The word “tomato” may refer to the plant (Solanum lycopersicum) or the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following theSpanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler climates. The tomato fruit is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes and sauces, and in drinks. While it is botanically a fruit, it is considered a vegetable for culinary purposes (as well as by the United States Supreme Court, see Nix v. Hedden), which has caused some confusion. The fruit is rich in lycopene, which may have beneficial health effects.

Featured Recipe

Tomato Soup

Courtesy of  Chef Cristin, www.BeMyGuestPersonalChef.com

This is a great recipe, however, if you don’t have time to make soup yourself, stop by the store and purchase a quart of Chef Mike’s delicious tomato soup.

Did you receive our customer satisfaction survey?  If you missed it and would like to participate, please request a survey by writing me at Customer Relations@GriggstownQuailFarm.com

Look for our email with details regarding taking our customer satisfaction survey.  You will receive this shortly.

Please take the time to let us know how we can better serve you and be eligible for a gift from us.

Chuck’s Corner

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so you should start thinking about how you’re going to surprise the special person in your life.  I have a suggestion that just might do the trick.  Chef Judy, a Griggstown Farm supporter, has teamed up with The Spa at Robert Woods Johnson to offer a memorable experience for both you and your special someone.

Food of the Week: Chicken Wings (Buffalo Wings)

A Buffalo wing, hot wing or wing is a chicken wing section (drumette or flat) that is traditionally deep-fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce. Classic Buffalo-style chicken wing sauce is composed of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter. Buffalo wings are traditionally served with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing.

Buffalo wings were created in Buffalo, New York. The residents of Buffalo generally refer to them as “wings” or “chicken wings” rather than “Buffalo wings.”

Featured Recipe

Chicken Wings in Peanut Sauce

Courtesy of  Chef Tiffany, www.SimplyNutritiousMeals.com

Try these savory wings with such unique and exciting flavoring.  Everyone will rave about them.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so you should start thinking about how you’re going to surprise the special person in your life.  I have a suggestion that just might do the trick.  Chef Judy, a Griggstown Farm supporter, has teamed up with The Spa at Robert Woods Johnson to offer a memorable experience for both you and your special someone.

There are dinner options with a massage plus an add-on wine or beer pairing, something to suit everyone’s taste.  There are limited time slots available, and they will go fast! So call now for menu options and to reserve your special date.

Wait! There is more good news.  I have arranged for you to receive a 10% discount on any of the below packages if you mention Griggstown Quail Farm.

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Everyone knows that football goes best with WINGS, prepared how you like them.  In recognition of this, we are offering naked wings for you to prepare.  Look for the NAKED WING post on our facebook page to provide your favorite wing recipe.

Chuck’s Corner

This month, we are featuring turkey chili made by Chef Mike, to provide a comfort food that is tasty and goes well with watching football.

Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world and is prepared as food in a wide variety of ways, varying by region and culture.

The modern chicken is a descendant of Red Jungle fowl hybrids along with the Grey Jungle fowl first raised thousands of years ago in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent.

Featured Recipe

Lemon Chicken Recipe

Courtesy of  Chef Cristin, www.BeMyGuestPersonalChef.com

Overheard at the market, “I’m a breast girl.” “Really? I’m definitely a thigh girl,” pause…”dark meat, so much more flavor.” Had to laugh, I’m so so so much a thigh girl myself. Here is the secret to fabulous lemon chicken – use bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (or legs, but thighs are easier to eat). Lemon is acidic and greatly benefits from the balance of the stronger flavor of the dark meat in thighs and legs, and the fat from the chicken skin. You don’t have to eat the skin (my father doesn’t, he gives them to me, score!), but cook with them on for the flavor.

This month, we are featuring turkey chili made by Chef Mike, to provide a comfort food that is tasty and goes well with watching football.  Print the G-Buck below and bring to the farm Market to redeem.

It’s time to get your piece of the farm.

I know you would agree that last year’s CSA harvest was phenomenal, with an abundant weekly harvest, pick your own flowers and vegetables.   We have also received many compliments on our $6 Picnic specials which made coming to the farm to pick up the weekly harvest more enjoyable.

The 2012 CSA season is kicking off, and we want you to be the first to register.  Please follow this link to the CSA page on the Griggstown website. http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/csa There you will find the links to growing practices that we will be instituting this year.

Chuck’s Corner

Finally… we’ve stopped scurrying around in preparation for the holidays, but now we’re all in the midst of putting everything away and cleaning up from the festivities.

The tree, the lights, the presents, the boxes, the bags and bows, the piles of Christmas cards!

WHAT to do now? Well, let me help…

Here is a very simple list of things you can do to curb the waste, make the most of the season and keep it green!:

A pork chop is a cut of pork (a meat chop) cut perpendicularly to the spine of the pig and usually containing a rib or part of a vertebra, served as an individual portion.

Featured Recipe

Smothered Pork Chops

Courtesy of Tyler Florence

I love this recipe. I made it for my in-laws when they were up visiting, and it was a hit. I’ve made this recipe about 4 times now, and it never disappoints. I love the gravy. I use milk instead of buttermilk, since I never seem to have buttermilk on hand.

Finally… we’ve stopped scurrying around in preparation for the holidays, but now we’re all in the midst of putting everything away and cleaning up from the festivities.

The tree, the lights, the presents, the boxes, the bags and bows, the piles of Christmas cards!

WHAT to do now? Well, let me help…

Here is a very simple list of things you can do to curb the waste, make the most of the season and keep it green!:

• The Christmas tree – if you had a live-cut Christmas tree, check out Earth911 to find a drop-off site so it can be turned into mulch or composted (if your community doesn’t offer the service).  If you have a wooded area near your house, give it back to nature for a wonderful winter habitat for animals.  If your tree is artificial and you’ve considered a replacement, donate your old tree.  Many organizations and needy families would love them for next year.
• Packaging and boxes – everything from gift packaging to the shipping boxes the gifts arrived in… either recycle them (if they aren’t usable again) or save them (along with the reusable packing materials) for when you need to ship something.  If you have more than you can handle, list and sell them through Box Cycle.
• Gift bags, ribbons, bows and tissue – simply fold, flatten and store them.  They can all likely be used again (and again!).
• Lights – if you have strands that have permanently gone out, take advantage of clearance sales and stock up on new LEDs for next year’s energy-efficient decorating.  You can also check out HolidayLEDs.com… they’ll accept old incandescent and give you a 25% discount on a new LED purchase.
• Clear it out! – make way for new gifts by cleaning out what is no longer needed and donate them to charity.  Clothes, toys, books, household items… everything is useful for someone, or an entire family, in need!
• E-cycle electronics – if you got something new, take your old electronics to your local Best Buy so they can be properly e-cycled, repaired or repurposed (or donate them, if they still work!).
• Christmas cards – save them and cut them up to become gift tags for next year.
• Christmas cards alternative – ever heard of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children?  Well, they’d love to receive your Christmas cards!  This non-profit organization cares for abused, abandoned and/or neglected children.  They accept used greeting cards (including Christmas, birthday and even “Thank You” cards), the children remove the fronts and attach them to a recycled paper backing.  They turn them into new greeting cards… and then sell them!  Bundle them up and mail them to:

St. Jude’s Ranch for Children
Card Recycling Program
100 St. Jude’s Street
Boulder City, NV 89005

As you get your post-holiday life back in order there is some work to be done but, rest assured, there are plenty of wise, green choices that can be made as we bid the year farewell…

On behalf of the Griggstown Quail Farm Team, we would like to wish all of our customers and supporters of Field To Table Agriculture a healthy and prosperous New Year.  We look forward to providing you quality products and services in the new year.

Chuck’s Corner

The start of a new year provides the opportunity to explore new ideas so stay tuned for a questionnaire to solicit your opinions and desires.  At the end of the day, our purpose for being here is to bring you the quality product and services you want.

Until then, I have provided a G-Buck good for turkey chili.  Just print it out and bring it to the farm store to redeem it.

Soup is a generally warm food that is made by combining ingredients such as meat and vegetables with stock, juice, water, or another liquid. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ingredients in liquids in a pot until the flavors are extracted, forming abroth.

Featured Recipe

Chicken and Dumpling Soup Recipe

Courtesy of  www.chickensouprecipes.org

Most chicken noodle soup recipies are long on nutrition and short on flavor. This unique recipe combines the zing of lemon zest and cilantro, along with warmer flavors of cumin and cinnamon. These hearty dumplings are from a Polish family recipe. Adding the right amount of baking soda is crucial to achieving the right texture and consistency. Busy cooks can easily double the recipe, divide it into individual containers, and freeze for a quick lunch or dinner.

The start of a new year provides the opportunity to explore new ideas so stay tuned for a questionnaire to solicit your opinions and desires.  At the end of the day, our purpose for being here is to bring you the quality product and services you want.

Until then, I have provided a G-Buck good for turkey chili.  Just print it out and bring it to the farm store to redeem it.