I never did catch a usable shot of the front of the restaurant or the sign with Cape Cod lined in behind the name, The Cape Codder Restaurant featuring a light house and a sail boat. But I mentioned it. So that’s good. I’ll have to go back!
I took several great things home with me from a recent jaunt out to the Space Coast including a skate board and a book on particle physics (because √-1 ♥ math). More impressive than that was what I learned at a little restaurant the locals were talking about.
Bob called the other day and said in the way he says things, “Dana’s having a potluck and I think we should go.” It’s Dana’s annual Low Country Boil Potluck. Later, I was given a pumpkin. ¶ A “Peanut Pumpkin.” I discovered three things: I can make 10 cups of Chicken Broth easily; I can make French Pumpkin Soup in a pinch, and; French Pumpkin Soup is not what to bring to a Low Country Boil Potluck.
I wanted a quiet weekend. Friday, Bob told me we should head back to Dana’s farm for a potluck. “What are you bringing,” I asked. My eyes got wide. Bob had game. I had 36 hours for thinking, shopping and making something fit for folks in the country. This wasn’t a suburban, let’s sit around watching True Blood kind of potluck where cream cheese and Triscuits would make the grade. We were going to Moose Manor Farms.
If there’s one thing needed in Petworth besides after school programs and some outward nieghborhood pride, it’s a farmer’s market to get the rest of us coming in to visit and spend our money there. The share farming trend is strong but rent is cheap, college kids without money litter the streets – so will the Petworth Market, while noble, be around for the long haul?
You can’t have too many farmers markets. Petworth’s large college community is already at the forefront of share farming where houses receive a bag of random farm goodies – will a farmers market beat or meet the trend?
It’s going to be tough going for those of us with rather angry ex-girlfriends who live in Petworth, but I’m willing to brave the chance of an encounter to sniff out just how local this new local market will be. Based on the list of Farmers & Producers, not too many look too local or even small scale…
As the World gets smaller, we, the people, really get to know more about our neighbors. For now, let’s talk agriculture. The newly created AgDesk at Food Newsie jumped to life with the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food campaign started by the USDA. We sent Bob to do the heavy lifting and taped a phone to Bryan’s head to gather information about the human factor and what KYF2 implications might be all around. Then it turned out, KYF2 wasn’t actually the story….
Wagon Wheel Ranch in Mt. Airy, MD where WholeFoods Market gets some of their pork and lamb. They won’t need to consider Mobile Slaughter Units as much as some other meat farmers will.
We all know that local produce is the “it” thing these days in grocery stores. Premium prices for premium meats and veggies may seem a touch ‘scammy,’ but with the USDA’s KYF2 initiative, a true benefit to local meat producers is that they are finally getting the publicity they deserve.
