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MARKET WATCH
County Journal - Thursday, May 16, 2019
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MaY is a busy and crazy time for farmers. We are still getting
plants in the ground for the sea-
son and now also have to make time for
harvesting for the farmers market, too.
While the unseasonably hot weather was
a treat last week and had folks breaking
made work in the fields a bit too hot
farmers. It meant getting an extra early
start for harvesting in the morning, so the
lettuce didn't wilt in the heat. I will be
thankful for more seasonable weather this
week and even for a little rain.
Rhubarb is still going strong in the fields
ByANDRFA
MILLER
Europe
despite
the heat. Rhubarb is technically, in the
horticultural world at least,a vegetable,
but we use it like a fruit in pies and jams,
often using quite a lot of sugar to offset the
sharp tartness. If you are watching your
sugar intake, an alternative is to substitute
honey for the sugar or just cut some of the
sugar from the recipe.
Wild rhubarb, a perennial member of the
knotweed family, originated in Asia and is
first recorded being used in traditional Chi-
nese medicine as early as 200 B.C.E. It was
used for its medicinal purpose throughout
in medieval times but doesn't appear in
cookbooks until the early 1800s. Most cultures use it
as a sweet treat, but in Poland it's traditionally use
in a cold soup, and in Iran it is used in a stew with
other vegetables. Want to try it in a savory recipe?
Make it into a compote with grated ginger and use
it as a topping for pork chops.
The stems are the only edible part of the rhubarl
plant. The leaves are too high in oxalic acid and
anthraquinone to be safe for consumption. My fa-
vorite way to prepare rhubarb is in a-rhubarb crisp
the way my mother taught me. For the filling use
any combination of 6 cups of rhubarb and berry of
choice. Mix the trimmed and chopped rhubarb and
berries with enough sugar to coat and a sprinkle of
flour to help thicken the filling while it cooks. Some
options for the filling are to add some spices like
nutmeg and cinnamon or add splash of lemon juice
and the zest from one lemon. For the topping, I use
1 cup flour of choice, 1 cup rolled oats, 1 cup of finel
chopped walnuts, 1 cup of brown sugar and one tea
spoon of satt. Mix the dry ingredients ina bowl and
pour 1 cup of melted butter or coconut oil and mix
until combined. Put the filling in a 9x13 baking par
and top with the topping. Bake at 350 degrees for 4
minutes or until filling is bubbling and the topping
is browned. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped
cream for a tasty springtime treat!
If you don't have a rhubarb plant in your yard
there are several farmers at the market this year
with rhubarb. Need a rhubarb plant for your yard?
After you stop by the Shelton Farmers Market on
Saturday don't forget to head over to Kneeland Par
for the WSU Extension Mason County Master Garc
her's annual plant sale and get stocked up on plant
for your own garden. See you at the market!
Andrea Miller loves local, seasonal food and
the farmers who grow it. She is on the board of
the Shelton Farmers Market. She is farmer at
Skokomish Valley Farms and homeschooling
mother of four. She can be contacted at ,farmer@
Skokomish ValleyFarms.
ROUNDUP continued from page A-
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Judge Amber Finlay found probable cause Mon-
day to charge David Michael Arnett with first-de-
gree burglary during the 46-year-old Port Orchard
man's identification hearing in Mason County Su-
perior Court.
Following Arnett's arrest May 11 at his home in
Port Orchard, Arnett posted $10,000 bond to secur,
his release from Mason County
Jail in Shelton and appeared out
of custody at his court hearing.
Arnett is accused of bursting
into a cabin in the 7900 block of
East state Route 106 in Union,
bed with a woman reportedly
married to, but separated from
Arnett Arnett. The victim reportedly toh
investigators Arnett entered the
cabin unannounced and unin-
vited, yelled something such as, "caught you," and
began punching the victim repeatedly. The Sheriff.
Office report notes the victim appeared to have ob-
vious swelling above his left eye, a laceration on th,
left side of his nose, which the victim believed was
broken.
Arnett's estranged wife reportedly told investi-
gators she believed that Arnett was tracking her
through her cellphone, which went missing follow-
ing the alleged incident.
Arnett is scheduled for a May 28 arraignment
hearing.
Compiled by reporter Michael Heinbach
OCCU N first Get yourthenfaCts
you can distort
them as you
please.
-- Mark Twain
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