News for the Palmy FM on 9 May 2010

Last Sunday there was no tomato sauce but Bill will have more of that this week. It is so popular that neither of the Sunday markets that we go to had any as we sold out completely on Saturday. We use some of our own tomatoes, though these are almost finished, but otherwise we use local tomatoes from the Warburtons in Greytown. It will still be on special at $5.00 a bottle.

It is not too late to buy a Mother's Day present. Buy a gift pack of three jars of jam or chutney on special for $19.50.

Looking for fruit - Bill will have feijoas as well as 2010 Spicy Feijoa Sauce - yummy with fish, especially fishcakes.

At Palmy FM, you can buy meat, veges, fruit, bread, jams, chutneys etc, and plants for the garden. All of us should be buying and consuming food grown and produced locally. Martinborough Manner is having a competition to encourage consumers to regard the market as the place to do the majority of your fresh shopping for the week. Email (info@martinboroughmanner.co.nz) or drop off at the Martinborough Manner stall your recipe for anything that includes at least two things that you can buy at the market. It doesn't have to be totally original but must include two ingredients from the market. For example:

Lamb or beef casserole

Into a casserole dish place chopped onions (one of the veg stalls), lamb (or beef if you prefer) (from Ron at Superior Meats), a small jar of Sweet and Spicy Tomato Relish (from you know who), about a third of a cup of flour mixed to a paste with a little water, add enough water to cover the meat, salt and pepper, cover and place in the oven at 175 deg C for about 3 hours. Serve with green veg (from Hensons), potatoes or bread to mop up the gravy.

Best recipe each week until the end of May wins a small jar of your choice from Martinborough Manner