Wild Turkey Farms News- August 13, 2010
It's late & it's been a long week. Here it is 10:15pm on Thursday night & I've been going at it since the alarm clock went off at 5:20 this morning and it's been this way all week. That wouldn't be all that bad if we could get caught up but that's part of the joys of farming. To say that this past week has been a whirlwind for us may be an understatement, perhaps it was more of a tornado.
Last Friday we were invited by Chef Dave Hummelberger (Dave I hoped I got the spelling right) to attend a Slow Food Dinner at Noble's Restaurant in Charlotte. This was quite an invite for us since fine Friday night dining for us usually means picking up a pizza from the Stag & Doe somewhere between leaving the China Grove Market @ 7pm & getting ready for the morning markets until midnight so we worked hard to make it work out to go. Dave had gotten some bone in chops from us to prepare for the dinner & let me tell you he did them up right. I can say without hesitation that was the best damn pork chop ever fixed in North Carolina. Dave did an excellent job with not only that but all of the courses of the meal. It was a real treat to get to dine like that- thanks. We got home about midnight.
Saturday morning's plans went to pieces quickly with the passing of my grandfather about 6am but we regrouped and improvised to make the most of the day. Sorry to leave all of you at Salisbury without your WTF fix for the week. Domisty ended up going to the Davidson Farmers Market while Rosty & I participated in the Gluten Free expo at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte and got to meet and talk with a lot of great people.
By the time we got home about 4pm a quick nap was in order. As I laid down on the bed I heard my cell phone ring & somehow I got a sinking feeling that it wasn't going to be good news. It was our neighbor at the farm letting me know that for the 2nd Saturday in a row we had a few pigs coming to visit him. For those of you without pigs I can let you know that neighbors generally don't like visiting pigs unless they are cooked. So at 4:30 we rounded up the kids and head to the farm for a pig round up. We got the last of the wild pigs on the trailer about 9pm and decided to call it a night. As I lay there in bed, too tired to go to sleep (not a problem for Domisty) I kept thinking "why the hell do I keep doing this?" then I'd remember that pork chop grilled to perfection at Noble's a meer 24hours earlier- oh yeah. Rosty summed it up best at 3 years old when he told me at ! supper one night "Daddy, we raise a dang good pig". That's what we're after, to raise a dang good pig (and other stuff too).
We will be at the China Grove Farmers Market at the Mill Friday from 4-7pm (or maybe until about 6:15) so come see us for all of your meat needs.
Davidson Farmer's Market (8am-noon). We're in the Town Hall parking lot working out of our big white trailer just up hill of our friends at Correll Farms. Come pick up something to throw on the grill or get a couple packs of sausage & a dz eggs and treat yourself to a fresh local breakfast Sunday morning.
We'll be at the Salisbury Farmers Market tomorrow so come find us under the big green tent (once again just up hill from our friends at Correll Farms) 7am-noon so come on out and load up.
We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM
Chef Charles To Go- Davidson
Hippie Kitchen Bakery- Huntersville / DFM
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Weaver St Market- Hillsborough/ Carborro/ Chapel Hill
Whirling Whisk Bakery- Mooresville
Watts Grocery- Durham
Sage & Swift Catering- Durham
It's late & it's been a long week. Here it is 10:15pm on Thursday night & I've been going at it since the alarm clock went off at 5:20 this morning and it's been this way all week. That wouldn't be all that bad if we could get caught up but that's part of the joys of farming. To say that this past week has been a whirlwind for us may be an understatement, perhaps it was more of a tornado.
Last Friday we were invited by Chef Dave Hummelberger (Dave I hoped I got the spelling right) to attend a Slow Food Dinner at Noble's Restaurant in Charlotte. This was quite an invite for us since fine Friday night dining for us usually means picking up a pizza from the Stag & Doe somewhere between leaving the China Grove Market @ 7pm & getting ready for the morning markets until midnight so we worked hard to make it work out to go. Dave had gotten some bone in chops from us to prepare for the dinner & let me tell you he did them up right. I can say without hesitation that was the best damn pork chop ever fixed in North Carolina. Dave did an excellent job with not only that but all of the courses of the meal. It was a real treat to get to dine like that- thanks. We got home about midnight.
Saturday morning's plans went to pieces quickly with the passing of my grandfather about 6am but we regrouped and improvised to make the most of the day. Sorry to leave all of you at Salisbury without your WTF fix for the week. Domisty ended up going to the Davidson Farmers Market while Rosty & I participated in the Gluten Free expo at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte and got to meet and talk with a lot of great people.
By the time we got home about 4pm a quick nap was in order. As I laid down on the bed I heard my cell phone ring & somehow I got a sinking feeling that it wasn't going to be good news. It was our neighbor at the farm letting me know that for the 2nd Saturday in a row we had a few pigs coming to visit him. For those of you without pigs I can let you know that neighbors generally don't like visiting pigs unless they are cooked. So at 4:30 we rounded up the kids and head to the farm for a pig round up. We got the last of the wild pigs on the trailer about 9pm and decided to call it a night. As I lay there in bed, too tired to go to sleep (not a problem for Domisty) I kept thinking "why the hell do I keep doing this?" then I'd remember that pork chop grilled to perfection at Noble's a meer 24hours earlier- oh yeah. Rosty summed it up best at 3 years old when he told me at ! supper one night "Daddy, we raise a dang good pig". That's what we're after, to raise a dang good pig (and other stuff too).
We will be at the China Grove Farmers Market at the Mill Friday from 4-7pm (or maybe until about 6:15) so come see us for all of your meat needs.
Davidson Farmer's Market (8am-noon). We're in the Town Hall parking lot working out of our big white trailer just up hill of our friends at Correll Farms. Come pick up something to throw on the grill or get a couple packs of sausage & a dz eggs and treat yourself to a fresh local breakfast Sunday morning.
We'll be at the Salisbury Farmers Market tomorrow so come find us under the big green tent (once again just up hill from our friends at Correll Farms) 7am-noon so come on out and load up.
We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM
Chef Charles To Go- Davidson
Hippie Kitchen Bakery- Huntersville / DFM
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Weaver St Market- Hillsborough/ Carborro/ Chapel Hill
Whirling Whisk Bakery- Mooresville
Watts Grocery- Durham
Sage & Swift Catering- Durham
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