Spring is coming we swear. Can you feel it? The longer days and slowly setting sun…even though we still get snow, it melts. When I am baking early in the morning I am actually seeing the sunrise through the trees now, streaking in light all over my floury surfaces. It has been still dark when I turned off the ovens these last few months so this early light is pure joy. Better than eating a scone! Almost.
In anticipation of spring and those of you who winter elsewhere coming back home to us, we are gearing up. We are bringing in new products, fine tuning our kitchen activity and preparing for our next phase of business. Stay tuned…
What’s new this week…
Special orders.
Some of you have been brave enough to make requests for food just the way you like it. Like Brian’s turkey and roast beef wrap with no mayo and only plain mustard. Like Joyce’s Fig, cheese and doo-dads pizza, frozen please. And Jen’s group that she is sharing our baking with in abundance. And the dinner gatherings upstairs and lunch groups pre-ordering before they arrive… we welcome it all even though we have not made a big splash about it.
Now, Spring Board dive, BIG SPLASH…
…see our weekly menu by CLICKING HERE so you know what we make if you want to special order something and see our newest list of special order baked goods by CLICKING HERE. Specials of this coming week include GF meals, jazzy chicken burritos, pie and special order pesto chicken pizza tonight.
Cooking with Essential Oils. Huh?
We all hear & read about, and use, plant Essential Oils for health and wellness in our soaps and skincare—and even in our house care—but many of us don’t know that you can use them in your cooking. Not all of them, but those that come from plants we might eat are fair game. Those oils are simply distilled concentrates of their essential flavors.
The most common to use are citrus. Citrus essential oils are made by distilling their peels so instead of using grated zest, use a dab of oil. The fancy essence kits sold by high-end kitchen retailers are simply essential oils. Lavender, Black Pepper, Cinnamon and Cardamon are a few others that are fun to work with. Use caution when buying on line; buy from a reputable dealers and avoid those sold in craft stores…the quality is compromised and often not what they say they are.
We sell lemon and orange.
Try adding lemon or orange to your soups and stews, trying 1/4 tsp at a time until it tastes just right. When flavors seem “heavy” citrus “brightens” them to lift the flavor profile. Try it in your own recipes for fun!
Friday night pizza, February 23 . Order ahead 12” organic sour dough pizzas to take out or sit down and eat here. $15.95. Call ahead to order and choose a pick-up time slot. 603-783-9933
Choose:
- Pepperoni on red sauce.
- Vegetable choice of mushrooms, green peppers, onions and pepperoncini on red sauce
- Fig with gorgonzola and a honey drizzle over olive oil (no garlic)
- Cheese only on red sauce always by request
- SPECIAL: Chicken pesto with provolone cheese.
We hope you have a really great week,
Jane and Dave
Canterbury Country Store 