I was up at Cagle's Dairy yesterday, the only cow dairy in Georgia to milk cows and bottle the milk all at the same place, and an absolute showplace for demonstrating how agritourism can deliver endless new revenue streams to working farms. The folks at Cagle's Dairy are pros.
What's more, the cows are rBHG-free and look like a happy gang, but I hit pay-dirt when I visited Clayton and Estelle's Country Market, the cute little gift shop on the property with the requisite cow paraphernalia. In the back, by the refrigerated cases loaded with Cagle's Dairy milk, I found an enormous selection of Cagle's Dairy-labeled Georgia-grown products. Turns out they are made by a company called Braswell's Southern Traditions in Statesboro, GA, which is the United States largest specialty food manufacturer and wholesaler. It was all here: Vidalia onion orange hot sauce, blackberry jam, corn chow chow (I'm still not quite sure what that is--please, I just figured out boiled peanuts!), and Vidalia onion honey mustard salad dressing, which I bought.
I came home, went straight out into my August jungle-of-a-garden and picked a salad of amaranth leaves, arugula, tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, and yes, the infamous lamb's quarters. Tossed in some toasted pumpkin seeds, poured the dressing, sat down with my little round plastic container of Cagle's Dairy chocolate milk and had myself a Georgia-grown, One Local Summer lunch.
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Pattie you have missed Friday!. Our Hills and Plains Seedsavers blog members look forward to your daily posts.
They appear here in Aussie land either late evening or are read with my morning pot of lemon verbena tea.Its still winter here so its good to hear about your sunhine and plan for our spring, summer vegetable vegetable plantings.
Hi Pattie. We here in Australia are mystified by this lamb's quarters. Could you put up a photo of it and a bit of a description. Maybe we know it by another name !
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Yikes! Sorry, Maggie! My Internet connection was down! Sorry to let you down! So glad to know that I am connected to folks halfway around the world, however. The Friday post is up, now. I made it just in the nick of time.
Kate: I'm going to get out in the garden tomorrow and see if I can get a photo for you! I can't tell you how much of this I have, how delicious it is, and how I can't believe more people aren't eating this edible weed!
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