THE MOST AWESOME ROASTETD GARLIC RECIPE EVER! (& MARKET REMINDER)

This email is a gentle reminder that ordering through Gwinnett Locally Grown will close tomorrow (Monday) 9.a.m.

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

FEATURE FOCUS: GARLIC
We have three vendors (as of this writing) who have garlic listed, and all the listings are different!

GARLIC BRAIDS: Sylvan Falls Mill. Mike dropped on off last week so you all could see the size and beauty of a braid. This is something I’ve always wanted to do, is learn how to make garlic braids! Made from a combination of hard and soft neck varieties, hung to air dry, and braided together, these will last six months to a year. If you have foodie friends, this is an awesome Christmas present!!!

RED TORCH, or an offering of ASSORTED VARIETIES: Leah Lakes Farm. Red Torch is freshly dug. I have only had dried garlic (to my knowledge) so I intend to buy some this week to see if there’s a detectable difference.

The above three offerings are found under Fresh & Local: Vegetables.

BULK GARLIC: Bo & Lisa’s Lil Patch: Lisa is offering a bulk buy of garlic and is the farmer who found the Pioneer Woman recipe (link listed below.) Her garlic is found under Fresh & Local: Featured Special Sales (first listing), 10-12 heads of garlic for a special price for a limited time.

THE BEST GARLIC RECIPE. EVER!
I don’t know why, but when I was growing up, we never raised garlic. I started growing it in my own garden when my kids were little, but it was used strictly for flavoring, mostly in Italian dishes.

Then a few summers ago, a group I was traveling with stopped at a hole-in-the-wall dive out in the middle of nowhere, Texas (which, judging by the number of cars in the parking lot, was going to mean excellent results.) We ALL ordered Roasted Garlic, served as a vegetable-appetizer.

Oh. My. Gosh. We did indeed, sweat it out of our pores for three days but it was sooooooo worth it!

Here is the recipe for Roasted Garlic Lisa from Bo & Lisa’s found. I am an avid fan of Pioneer Woman, a tv show on one of the cable cooking channels, in n0 small part because she lives on a working ranch, which is well-integrated into her show.

ONE FINAL NOTE, MOTHER EARTH MEATS: Ordering for this cycle (Tracy is moving to six-week drops rather than one a month), officially ended Saturday, but you can probably still get in on the August 9 delivery if you call him by tomorrow (Monday) evening. I shared a link on our FaceBook page about an announcement Tracy recently made. Due to how FaceBook has changed who you see in your newsfeed, you may not have received that post. Please check it out.

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk and can pick up any day but Tuesday, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. Goats have to be milked every day and a week-end pick-up would be lovely. For right now, we generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please call Nik first to verify. Please contact him first though, we can’t accommodate walk-ins due to hosting private events almost every week-end!