In the morning all the water buckets are topped with crusts of ice so solid, the goats holler at the kitchen door and refuse to get on with their day till I wake up. They know if they bleat loud and long enough I will bring them fresh buckets filled with steaming water so they can have their morning drink. They need a hot beverage to start off their day just like I do, especially when all of nature seems to be one gigantic freezer.
Freezer...hmm, wait a moment....Freezer! Now is the perfect time to toddle over to my freezer and haul out some of the local products I squirrelled away for these lean months. That would definitely cheer up me and my table.
There are two farmers markets I visit regularly in season, mainly because they are within a 12-mile radius of my farmette-the Purcellville Farmers Market and the Clarke County (Berryville) one. Often I will buy extra, especially of livestock products, to freeze for later use. So, when I when I dug through my freezer, I found several wonderful products from local producers that I can now use in hearty winter meals from breakfast, to lunch, to dinner!
In upcoming posts, I’ll explore some of the products I have stored away from the vendors in Purcellville, talk about some of the goodies from Berryville in Clarke County, and discuss some of the winter outlets for many local foods.
