October 1—Odie the Clown & Friends

Balloon Twisting

October 15—Last Chance Day

-Sweet Corn, Watermelon, Potatoes

-Tomatoes, Peppers, Ground Cherries

-Beans, Radishes, Onions, Leeks, Eggplant

-Summer Squash, Zucchini

-Cucumbers, Pickling Cucumbers

-Turnips, Beets

-Herbs, Cabbage

-Carrots, Cauliflower, Broccoli

-Pears, Apples, Raspberries

-Winter Squash, Melons

-100% Pure Maple Syrup

-Cut Flower Bouquets

-Baked Goods, Breads, Pretzels, Pastries

-Coffee Beans

-Farm Fresh Eggs

-Frozen Chicken, Beef & Duck

-Canned Goods, Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Mustards,

BBQ Sauce

-Lemonade, Snow Cones

-Popcorn, Caramel Corn, Caramel Puff Corn,

Cheddar Corn, Bacon Cheddar Popcorn

-Hand Crafted Items, Laundry Detergent

-Natural Lotions made with essential oils

-FREE Chair Massage -& MORE!

Issue 19 Sept. 24, 2015

Thursdays, 3:30-6:00pm Monticello Library Parking Lot

We accept SNAP EBT Cards

Short on cash? Want to use your EBT benefit or credit/debit card to purchase products at the market? Stop by the infor-mation booth to swipe your card in exchange for tokens which can be used to purchase goods from vendors.

Janice Shovelain Name a Polka or Waltz and Janice will play it! Her energy will make you want to dance through the market!

Today is the last day of the

Power of Produce Kids Club. Kids ages 4-12 can go to the infor-

mation booth for a $2 token to buy

fresh fruits and vegetables.

Tokens can be used through the end

of the season.

Beck’s has been a vendor at the Monti-cello market since 2007 and they have a rich history of farming. Orville and Dorothy Beck founded the farm in 1959 just west of Elk River on Highway 10. That year they put up one greenhouse. Today the farm as 33 greenhouses and they farm about 100 acres. They rent about a hundred more. You’ll see Barb at our market with tables full of fresh, locally grown produce. As third generation farmers they follow in the farming footsteps and as Barb says “that’s a lot of them!!”

An overhead view of the Beck’s farm today.

at the Market Today!

Join us today for our annual Oktoberfest Celebration! Rye Bread, Sauerkraut,

Pretzels, Mustard, Live Accordion, and a full harvest of produce & other local goods! Cornerstone Café

will offer Beer & Brats & Kraut ready to eat and drink at the market!

Farmers’ Market Coordinator: Sara Cahill sara.cahill@ci.monticello.mn.us 763-271-7124

Farmers’ Market Manager : Stephanie Ellingson stephellingson@hotmail.com

Recipe of the Week: Potato Gratin—German Kartoffelgratin

Courtesy of: Jennifer McGavin, German Food Expert, www.germanfood.about.com Ingredients:

6 lb. potatoes, Russet or Yukon Gold are fine

2-3 c. heavy cream

Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

1 - 2 c. (4-8 oz.) grated cheese such as Emmentaler or Gruyere

Marjoram or other herbs optional Onions - discouraged Instructions: For this amount of gratin, a 9 inch by 13 inch, buttered pan is a good choice. Peel the potatoes and slice by hand 1/8 inch thick. Do not do this in the food processor, since they slice too thin.

Line up the potatoes in rows across the back of the pan, not flat in the bottom. They should sit reclining and the rows should be staggered, like at a movie theater. Alternate slices from different potatoes in the same row, and make sure each slice has been separated from its sister slice (make sure all slices have broken contact with each other, otherwise they cannot absorb the cream).

When the pan is getting full, you can push the rows back to a vertical position and fit more potatoes into the pan.

Fill the pan one half to two thirds with cream, pouring over the potatoes. Salt (I start with one teaspoon) and pepper. You might want to sprinkle a little marjoram on it, fresh or dried, too.

Bake in a heated oven (375°F) for one hour, then sprinkle the cheese on top and bake until the potatoes are very tender when poked with a fork.

Notes: The baking time varies with the type of potato, elevation where you live and how hot your oven really is. It has always taken about 90 minutes for me, yet so many cookbooks say 45 minutes, it burns me up. This is not a low-fat food, but it does not work very well with milk, so maybe you will make it once or twice a year as a special treat. You may also leave off the cheese, if you want. You may cover the casserole with foil in the middle of baking time if it is becoming too brown. Remove it before you add the cheese.

Gardner’s Garden (canned goods, produce, hand sewn items and soft pretzels) Jeff Gardner-Monticello

JT’s Sweet BBQ Sauce (3 kinds of BBQ sauce, natural lotions) Jeremy & Sandie Teicher-Monticello

Hasty Woods Tree Farm (landscaping plants, trees & flowers) Grant Everson-Hasty

Barthel’s River Road Gold (maple syrup, maple glazed nuts) Heidi Barthel-St. Michael

Back 2 Health Chiropractic & Massage-Monticello

Mister Dister (BBQ sauce) Mark Christian-sen-Monticello

Popcorn Patty (Caramel corn, caramel puffed corn, cheddar popcorn) Patty & Dale Scott-St. Cloud

Katie’s Kitchen / R&R Farm (produce, canned goods, baked goods)-Big Lake

Schyma’s Pickles & Preserves (cucumber pickles, carrot pickles, fruit preserves) Chris Schyma-Monticello

Beck’s Elk River Greenhouse & Vegetable Farm (plants, fresh vegetables) Barb Beck-Elk River

Ivy Lane Garden Shop (plants, baked goods, jams, crafts) Rita McCooley-Clearwater

Greenbush Farms (produce and canned goods) Chuck Long-Milaca

Windy River Eco Farm, formerly Grandma’s Garden (plants, herbs, vegetables, baked good) Tamara Hanson-Big Lake

Diamond City Bread (artisan breads, cinna-mon rolls, scones) Garrett Jordahl-Elk River

Hunz Farmz (eggs, chicken, beef, pork) Dan Hunz-Clear Lake

Our Gang Concessions (lemonade & snow cones) Steve Tryggeseth-Big Lake

Kari Wise-Monticello (natural laundry de-tergent)

Somethings Wonderful (coffee beans, hand-crafted items) Crystal Anne Haws-St. Cloud

Fairhaven Farm (jams, fruits, apple pie, flower bouquets) Marnie Macgregor-Fairhaven

We do our best to portray an accurate map each week but vendor layout may change after print.

Greenbush Farms

Katie’s Kitchen

INFORMATION EBT/Credit/Debit

Gardner’s Garden

Schyma’s Pickles & Preserves

Beck’s Elk River Greenhouse & Vegetable Farm

Diamond City- Bread

JT’s Sweet BBQ sauce

Custom

er Parking

Popcorn Patty

Back 2 Health

Kari Wise- Detergent

Somethings Wonderful

Fairhaven Farm

Hunz Farms

Barthel’s River Road Gold

Monticello’s Cornerstone Café joins us for Oktoberfest today. Come hungry for brats & kraut! Vendors absent today: -Windy River Eco Farm -Ivy Lane Garden Shop

PoP Kids Club Check-in

WALKWAY

Hasty Wood Tree Farm & Nursery

Mister Dister BBQ Sauce

Cornerstone Cafe