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Join us this Saturday for music by Tater, Mater, & Squarsh! Listen to great music while shopping or bring a blanket or chair and grab a snack from one of our bakers, or pecans and blueberries from our farmers. Chickadees is close by and offers amazing, fresh food options as well as smoothies.

Tintos and Tapas downtown is now open on Saturday mornings for breakfast and the chorizo and egg empanadas are soooo good!

When you shop at the market stop by and get your Farm to Table discount punch card. Our annual Farm to Table dinner is September 8th. 3 punches on your card = $10 off up to two tickets! Our dinner will be held the amazing Red Oaks Barn just a few miles east of town. It’s a beautiful farm setting that you will enjoy! Visit the Market Welcome Station to pick up your punch card and to to get the card punched each week.

Hope you are all enjoying our new location in Memorial Park! With everything there is to do at the park it makes it a fun, family experience!

Have a great week and see you Saturday!

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Thank you to Chef Kurt from 28 Springs for demonstrating how to make Bacon wrapped Chopped Pork Steak with Onion Gravy, Smashed Purple Potatoes, sauteed Swiss Chard and Brandied Blueberries over Ice Cream. The pork, onion, garlic, swiss chard, purple potatoes and blueberries are all available at the market! Recipes will be included at the bottom of this newsletter.

We will have a cooking demo the third Saturday of July, August, and September as well. Join us at 10 a.m. in front of the concession kitchen. SNAP recipients receive $10 in Double Your Dollars if they attend. Sign in at the Market Welcome Station before 10 a.m.

Place your order by 10 p.m. Thursday for pick up at the market in Memorial Park on Saturday between 9-noon.

Here are the recipes Chef Kurt shared with us Saturday:

Bacon Wrapped Chopped Pork Steak & Onion Gravy

Pork Steak Onion Gravy
½ Cup Small Diced Onion 1 Cup Julienned (sliced)
1 T. Granulated Garlic 1 T. AP Flour
1 T. Smoked Paprika 1 Cup Chicken Stock
1 tsp. Cumin 1 tsp. Black Pepper
1 tsp. Kosher Salt ¼ tsp. Kosher Salt
1 tsp. Ground Black Pepper
1 LB. Fresh Ground Pork
4 Strips Bacon
4 Tooth Picks

M.O.P (Method of Production)

1. Finely dice onion and put in bowl
2. Add all seasonings and mix
3. Add ground pork and fold in
Do Not Over Mix if you do it turns to pork loaf
4. Portion into 4 each 4oz balls
5. Wrap with bacon
6. Use the toothpick to secure the bacon
7. Heat a cast iron add bacon wrapped pork
8. Reduce heat and cover cook for 6 minutes then turn and cook for 6 more minutes
9. Allow resting for 5 to 10 minutes

For the Gravy

1. Add onions to cast iron pan and sauté till onions are soft or translucent
2. Add AP Flour and cook for a few minutes
3. Add Chicken stock and stir till thickens
4. Serve over toothpick less pork steak.

Brandied Blueberries & Ice Cream

¼ Cup Butter
¾ Cup Light Brown Sugar
½ tsp. Cinnamon
3 each Orange Slices
Juice of the rest of the orange
1 qt. Blueberries
¼ Cup Brandy

Ice Cream Pretty much whatever your favorite is.

M.O.P.

1. Melt butter over medium heat
2. Add light brown sugar
3. Add cinnamon and orange slices
4. Allow to cook till nice and bubbly
5. Add half of the blueberries and cook for 2 minutes
6. Remove pan from heat add brandy and replace on burner make sure to catch on fire.
7. Allow alcohol to burn out
8. Add the rest of the blueberries
9. Scoop ice cream and serve over ice cream

ENJOY!!!!!!

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Our first day in Memorial Park couldn’t have been more beautiful! Thank you for coming to see us!

This weekend is Kids Day! Lots of free activities and the water feature(splash pad) for the kids to enjoy.

Place an order by Thursday at 10 pm and pick up Saturday morning between 9-noon.

See you Saturday!

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Join us for the first Kids Day of 2019 this Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Check out our Facebook page @SiloamSpringsFarmersMarket to get all the details about what to expect for that day. It’s going to be fun!

Place an order online today through Thursday and pick it up Saturday at the Market Welcome Station between 9 and noon.

Have a great week and see you Saturday!

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This coming Saturday Emily Rowland will be our guest musician from 10-noon. It’s also NWA Lemonade Day and we will have 2 lemonade stands at the market this year. While you’re at market picking up your favorite foods be sure to support the kids hosting the stands.

Have a great week and see you Saturday!

The farmers market will be moving to Twin Springs Park by Hoffmann Chiropractic Saturday April 27th which is Dogwood Festival Weekend. Our hours will be the same – 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The online market will be closed this week but will re-open April 29th for pick up at the outdoor market on May 4th.

Have a great week and make time for all the great things going on in Historic Downtown Siloam Springs this weekend – the Dogwood Festival and all the great musicians, our downtown merchants and restaurants, the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, and the farmers market!!