News From The Grange!

The Organic Growing classes  taught by the Tilth instructors were a powerhouse of knowledge. There is so much to learn about growing things on Whidbey, especially if you’ve lived in the Mid West where they have proper soil and you can grow Beef steak tomatoes. So now we return to the Food classes.

 

GROWING SPROUTS  - extreme fast food gardening

 

TUESDAY  April 13^th  7 pm at Deer Lagoon Grange, Bayview Rd, Langley.

 

Susan Knapp has been growing sprouts for 20 years. She will share how she grows tasty, nutritious sprouts “bursting with enzymes” in as little as two days. Producing sprouts from pantry stored seeds is very economical and as a side benefit, fits well into an emergency preparedness food plan. She will be bringing samples grown from a variety of seeds  such as alfalfa, radish. lentils, peas and mung beans and will explain successful  techniques for each seed type. Sprouting  makes a great family project because children are fascinated by the  new growth  and enjoy the rapid time-to-harvest. Everybody welcome, FREE!  This is part of the Grange’s community education program. More info  321-4027.

 

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TUNA FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS

 

High Seas Tuna is a family owned fishing business, based in Bayview on Crawford Rd,. They use their own boats to line catch  young albacore tuna which are  then  blast frozen at sea .When the boat returns to land, the whole fish are processed while still frozen (didn’t know you could do that)  and the fillets are vacuum packed in 1.2-1.3 lb packets. This yields a premium quality product, it’s actually sashimi grade and sells for $8 /lb  which is a tremendous value. A friend of mine has been buying this tuna and said it was so good that I should send out information in the next Grange Food News. So support your local fisher folks,  Michael and Paulette Brown, by  buying direct. www.highseastuna.com

Their main product is canned tuna, again processed to yield a premium product. They have natural and smoked tuna packs. If you like a very light smoked flavor, use a can of each. Call 321-2084

 

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TUESDAY   April 27^th   7 pm  Vickie Brown , owner of Little Brown Goat Dairy in Freeland will be talking about “SO YOU WANT TO GET A GOAT”

Whether you are contemplating goats or had them longer than you care to remember, come and listen to Vickie’s goat stories and things you need to think about before you dive in. Trust me, life will never be the same if you do get a goat.

 

TUESDAY  May 11th     ISLAND MASALA    Grange member Meena Prochaska, a native of Bangalore India, will be talking about Indian food. Rumor is that she is bringing the components for Chicken Tika, which will be cooking while she is talking. 

 

TUESDAY   May 25th  Still working on this one.

 

Send me a note if there is a topic or a speaker you would like to hear. Maybe you’d even volunteer yourself. These aren’t lectures. Somebody who knows how to do something  well and has been doing it for a long time, tells us what they are doing and the tricks of the trade they use to make it successful.  - submitted by Chris Williams of the Deer Lagoon Grange.