Market news for 8 May 2010

I'll have more tomato sauce this week. It is so popular that neither of the Sunday markets Bill and I 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 theWarburtons in Greytown. It will still be on special at $5.00 a bottle. We will have feijoas for sale too $4 a bag.

At Wairarapa FM, you can buy fish, meat, veges, fruit, bread, olive oil, jams, chutneys etc, juices, cheese, fudges and other sweet treats, baking, salad dressings, fruit, veges, food to eat at the market (or take home) and great coffee. 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 Sandy 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 the veg people, Te Manaia, Wee Red Barn or Warburtons), potatoes or bread from Bolly to mop up the gravy.

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