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Page A-12 - Shelton-Mason MARKET WATCH County Journal - Thursday, May 16, 2019 L L 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- Port Orchard man charge SUltrY, JUNE 2 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM CAR SHOW=OFF Supporting the Shelton NJROTC Olympic Highway N SATURDAY, JUNE 1 @ 1:00 PM |HL T|M PORTS M,E 'S & WOMEN,S WESTERN PROFESSIONAL QUALIFIER FREE LOGGING SHOW Loop Field, 1020W. Franklin St All DAY enjoy FOOD/I/ENI)OR$ 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 4-