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Mashed Potatoes and Celeriac

November 21, 2013 By marketeditor

One of the newest vegetable farms selling produce at Saratoga Farmers’ Market is Quincy Farm, which raises certified naturally-grown vegetables with no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides on 40 acres of prime farmland in Easton, in Washington County.

The farm has 1500 feet of Hudson River frontage, looks across the river to the Saratoga Battlefield, and has a significant history dating back a few centuries, with ownership mostly by successive generations of the Wright family.

Originally pursuing careers in New York City, farmers Luke Deikis (formerly an electrician in the television industry) and his wife, Cara Fraver (previously with the non-profit Just Food, which focuses on farm-to-consumer distribution), purchased the farm in the spring of 2011 after several years of apprenticing for other growers.

The couple is quick to note the tremendous help they received in making the purchase from the Open Space Institute and the Agricultural Stewardship Association, which holds an agricultural easement on the property, ensuring it will remain farmland forever.

In just a few years, Quincy Farm has grown enough to sell at several different farmers’ markets in the region, and offer three CSA (farm subscription) drop-off points in Warren and Saratoga counties.

The farm produces a wide range of vegetables, including sweet potatoes, root vegetables and winter squash that store well through the winter. In the warmer months, the farm’s golden tomatoes, summer squash, and baby salad mixes are customer favorites. One of the more unusual vegetables the farm grew this past season was pea shoots, which are the clipped young shoots of the pea plant, with a distinctive fresh sugar snap pea flavor—an offering that proved so popular that Quincy Farm will continue to produce them right through the winter.

The farm’s website at www.quincyfarm.net has a full crop of information about everything from farming practices to the farmland’s earliest owners.

Asked about their passion to sell directly to the community through their CSA and market booth, Deikis and Fraver note, “We love it when someone comes back and says, ‘I bought this or that last week because you insisted it was the best, and it was, and I want more!’ That kind of thing, and the farmer-joy of growing really good cover crops that result in your soil getting healthier and stronger, yielding produce that’s even more tasty and nutritious each season…that’s what keeps us going.”

At the winter market at the Lincoln Baths, Quincy Farm has been outside for a few weeks, but will soon be located midway to the back of the building on the first floor.

Luke Deikis is happy to share preparation ideas for the items he sells, including his favorite recipe for mashed potatoes with celeriac.  “What’s important here, whether you make a lot or just a little, is to maintain the proportions of roughly 2/3 potatoes and 1/3 celeriac,” notes Deikis. “The celeriac just doesn’t have enough starch to mash well on its own.”

 

Mashed Potatoes and Celeriac

Celeriac is one of the oddest looking vegetables at the market, but lends a delicious celery-like flavor to soups, stews, and vegetable combinations, like this recipe for mashed potatoes.

To trim celeriac, slice away the outer rough surface of the root, to reveal a crisp creamy-colored interior.

 

Ingredients

4 cups peeled, cut white potatoes

2 cups peeled, cut celeriac

Milk or cream

Butter (optional)

Salt and pepper

Boil potatoes and celeriac until fork tender. Drain cooking liquid (or reserve, if you like to use it for the mash) and then add milk or cream (or other liquid), butter, and salt and pepper in desired proportions as you mash the cooked vegetables.

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Happy National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day! Here a Happy National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day! Here are a few of our favorite peanut butter products from around the market:

🥜Assorted Peanut Butters- Saratoga Peanut Butter Company
🥜Roasted Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies- The Chocolate Spoon 
🥜PB Cookie Cups Organic Dog Treats- Mugzy’s Barkery 
 
Online preordering for curbside pickup this Saturday opens tonight at 9 pm, be sure to stock up on these tasty treats and more! Just click the “Shop Now” button on our page.
 
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We are honored to be nominated as one of the Best We are honored to be nominated as one of the Best Farmers’ Markets in the Capital Region for the Times Union’s Best of 2021! Thank you to all of our amazing customers and community for your continued support! You can vote for us daily under the category “Goods & Services” using this link: https://www.timesunion.com/bestof2021/ 
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Starting off the week with another MCM (Market Cru Starting off the week with another MCM (Market Crush Monday!) This week we talked to Kim from Mugzy’s Barkery who brings healthy, locally made dog treats to the market. 
 
1. How did Mugzy’s Barkery get started? 
My sister Jaime started the business just over 5 years ago to have a healthier treat option to give her beloved Olde English Bulldog, Mugzy. Our treats are all natural and organic, providing a healthy alternative to mass-produced treats for caring dog parents. 
 
 2. What’s your favorite part about vending at the market?
Definitely getting to see all the dogs! The funny thing is I know all our regular customer’s dogs by name, not the owners. 
 
3. What are your most popular treat flavors?
Pumpkin paws (grain-free biscuits) and the pupcakes (a bite-sized treat) are really popular with the dogs but we also have flavors like PB cookie cups, apple cheddar training treats, banana buddies and more, so something to fit any pup’s tastes!
 
The PB cookie cups have been tried and approved by our market assistant’s dog, Lacey! 
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