World Cabbage Day!: The Beet, Weaver Street's E-Newsletter

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Today is World Cabbage Day!
By Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer
Cabbage doesn't often get the spotlight. It's not elegant like asparagus, or earthy like potatoes, or brilliantly dark green like chard. It gets some annual attention as the sidekick of corned beef on St. Patrick's Day, and it serves as the workhorse of side dishes at fast food restaurants in the form of juicy white coleslaw. Otherwise you're likely to find cabbages loitering outside a hardware store in a wheelbarrow, with no hope of being turned into a plain soup, much less an exciting stir fry. Well, all that's about to change, because now cabbage has a day to shine: World Cabbage Day! Celebrate with some Napa cabbage salad, delicious cabbage-filled spring rolls, pre-packed ready-to-go coleslaw, or even a hunk of tart sauerkraut on top of your hotdog of choice. But first, read about the Star of the Day below. More

Walk Carrboro Maps
Hillsborough Yoga
Carrboro Community Dinner
Sustainable Food Seminars

Board Meeting

Open Mic in Hillsborough
New Classified Fee
New CCCC Class

Envirobits
Farm Tour Coming!

Special Promos!
Art Show

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Tastings: WSM's Sausage
Every Day Low Price items



World Cabbage Day! continued
The cultivated cabbage started as a leafy plant in the Mediterranean region. Selection changed it into the head-shaped vegetable we know, although leafy forms like collards and kale still exist. The Greeks and Romans ate cabbage and used it in medicine. In fact, Roman statesman, soldier, and farmer Cato the Elder, praised cabbage for its medicinal properties, declaring, "It is the cabbage which surpasses all other vegetables." (Of course, he was also quoted as saying, "This corn is well grown and Carthage must be destroyed," and judging from the bust pictured in Wikipedia, his head looked much like a cabbage, so he might be biased.) Cabbage is an excellent source of Vitamin C and dietary fiber. It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties, and is a source of indole-3-carbinol, a compound used in treating certain respiratory diseases. In European folk medicine, cabbage leaves are used to treat acute inflammation. A paste of raw cabbage may be placed in a cabbage leaf and wrapped around the affected area to reduce discomfort. Some claim it is effective in relieving painfully engorged breasts in breastfeeding women. Boiling cabbage tenderizes the leaves and releases sugars, which leads to the characteristic "cabbage" aroma. Boiled cabbage has become stigmatized because of this strong cooking odor and the belief that it causes flatulence. The odor has been found to develop with prolonged cooking; for best results, slice cabbage thinly and cook for only four minutes. As for the flatulence, this occurs because the fiber-full cabbage moves on from the stomach to the intestines before it's fully digested. The continued digestion in the intestine produces the extra gas. Thwart gas production with herbs and spices that aid digestion or contain gas-relieving chemicals: ginger, cumin, caraway, dill, fennel, peppermint, sage and thyme. If a dense head of cabbage is too much for you, opt for a frilly bunch of Napa cabbage instead. Sliced thinly, it makes a great simple salad when tossed with salt, pepper, olive oil, a drop of vinegar, cilantro, and a crumbly goat or feta cheese. Or invest in a jar of sauerkraut and serve easy hotdogs or veggie dogs. (Look for Bubbies Sauerkraut in the refrigerator case or Eden Organics Kraut by the other condiments.) And if cooking at all is too much for you, look for ready-made cabbage-containing foods: Ling Ling spring rolls and potstickers, available in the freezer section, and Weaver Street Market's Classic Coleslaw and tangy Abuelita's Slaw, available on the salad bar and in 8 or 16 ounce containers in the Grab 'N Go case. Of course, you can eat cabbage all year long, but why not start today — World Cabbage Day!

Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, February 17 through Monday, February 23.


	Organic Jumbo Navel Oranges	10 lb. bag $9.99 each	While they last! product of USA
	Organic Pink Lady Apples	3 lb. bags 3/$9.99	While they last! product of Washington
	Organic Broccoli	$1.59 lb	super low price product of USA

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	USDA Choice Beef Ground Chuck	$4.49 lb	All Natural save $1.00 lb
	Farm Raised Tilapia Fillets	$7.99 lb	All natural save $1.00 lb
	USDA Choice Beef Boneless Chuck Roasts	$4.99 lb	All Natural save $1.00 lb

Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.


Tastings: WSM's Sausage

Yum! WSM Fresh-made Polish Sausage paired with Caraway Cheddar Cheese! Friday, February 20, 4:00-6:30 pm in Southern Village Saturday, February 21, 11:00-1:30 pm in Carrboro Saturday, February 21, 3:00-5:30 pm in Hillsborough Next week - Italian Sausage!

Every Day Low Price

To help you with your budget, Weaver Street Market has added many items to a selection of Every Day Low Price values. To see the list of these items, please click here. Look for these items throughout the store. Local and delicious! Maple View Farms Milk Products are Every Day Low Prices at Weaver Street Market.



Walk Carrboro Maps

Pick up your free 'Walk Carrboro' map at our Carrboro Store. These bright, colorful depictions of downtown Carrboro give a fun view of our eccentric little town. Check out the Walk Carrboro website for more fun information here. Note #11!

Hillsborough Yoga

Flow into Spring with Hillsborough Yoga & Healing Arts, where the drop-in rate is only $6! for the Month of March! Start tonight! 7:15-8:30pm 1812 Becketts Ridge Drive, Hillsborough 919.732.3051 A Family and community oriented place! Hillsborough Yoga has just opened in November and is owned and operated by a mom and daughter — Paula and Judith Huffman. Inside there is also a store called Local Visions that sells NC artists' work. There is massage therapy, meditation classes and lots of other insightful practices that you and your body will love!
Read more about Hillsborough Yoga here.

Community Dinner

The Twelfth Annual Community Dinner Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 1 PM McDougle School Cafetorium 900 Old Fayetteville Rd. in Carrboro The Community Dinner is a community building event, crossing economic, racial, religious and ethnic barriers and presenting a wealth of wonderful, culturally diverse food and entertainment. Because there is limited seating for this event, tickets are only available in advance, so be sure to get your tickets before we sell out.
Read more about Carrboro Community Dinner here.

Sustainable Food Seminars

Next seminars: Producers to Consumers February 18, 2009, 7 pm Duke University, Sanford Institute of Public Policy Learning how to bring consumers in contact with local producers for a meaningful relationship with those who grow and produce our food. Speakers include representatives from the Carrboro Farmer's Market, Chatham Marketplace, and SEEDS. Food Security March 4, 2009, 7 pm UNC-Chapel Hill, Murphey Hall 116 Learn how food providers can be made more accountable and food systems more resilient to external shock and change. Speakers include Andrew Kennedy from FoodLogiQ, and UNC-CH professor Dr. Steven Wing. FoodLogiQ is a company devoted to helping "producers, processors and retailers to ensure they are providing safe food products to the consumer" through traceability, auditing and testing, supplier verification, and quality management. Dr. Wing, from UNC-CH's Gillings School of Global Public Health, is an expert on rural health, nutrition, and food security. Seminar locations and speakers are subject to change; the conference organizers ask that you please RSVP here to ensure you are notified of any changes. Please email them with questions, comments or concerns.
Learn more here.

Board Meeting

WSM Board meeting
Wednesday, February 18, 6:30-9:30pm
The Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month in the Community Realty building on the northwest corner of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro. Meetings run from 6:30-9:30pm and all owners of the Co-op are welcome to attend as observers. To confirm an upcoming meeting, please contact the board here.



Open Mic in Hillsborough Now - Thursday nights

Hillsborough store Acoustic Open-Mic Every Thursday 6:30-8:30 Here's your update from the wilds of Northern Orange County... we were trying to get Garrison Keillor to narrate this, but he had a prior commitment. Audience: The Lounge is cosy and the crowd is nice... a lot like your house, but with live music. Our casa is your casa. Don't be a stranger! We've had a thrilling diversity of artists so far and are very excited about the treats we have in store for you in the next few weeks. Musicians: Come early! Come often! Don't think your distinct style is not for us... we're very polite and respectful and we want to include all of you in our big Lilac hug. Perhaps most persuasively for all you musician-types: There is beer in the store... you can buy it and drink it while you play. It's a win-win proposition. Also, while we're on the subject, the Lilac Lounge needs your help: Donations of old floor lamps or rugs for the beautification of the space are welcomed. Eclectic decor is our bag, so don't be afraid of clashing. Contact Pete at the Hillsborough store: 919 245 5050. Lilac Lounge at Weaver Street Market, Hillsborough every Thursday night 6:30-8:30 Our esteemed guests in the Lounge for the next few weeks: February 19th: Tim Stambaugh (Carrboro's friendly uncle, gracing the Lounge for the first time) February 26th: Charles Pettee (Dextrous master of the strings, now beesting-free for six months) March 5th: Doctor Oakroot (The good Doctor brings his medicine-show blues and homemade guitars) March 12th: Red Rover (Tim and Susan Wells, Orange County's Tammy and George without the domestic turmoil) March 19th: The Whompers (Stormingly loud harmonica and fiddle assault with a brash take on the traditional) March 26th: Mark Cool ("Pie" album launch from Durham-based songwriter Mr. Cool)
View more Weaver Street Market events here.

New Classified Fee

Cost of a classified ad in the Weaver Street Market monthly newsletter is going up. The new rate will be $15/month for owners and $20/month for non-owners. Please limit your ad to 50 words or fewer. The next deadline for April Newsletter dated April 1 - April 28 is Sunday, March 8, by 9 pm.
View the current list of classified ads here.

New CCCC Class

Introduction to Sustainable Communities CCCC Pittsboro February 25 - April 29 A hands-on and participatory public policy course taught by Jeffrey Starkweather. Class meets Wednesday evenings, Pittsboro Campus, 6-9pm Course costs: $55. Required textbook: Toward Sustainable Communities, by Mark Roseland, New Society Publishers (ISBN #0-86571-535-1) (2005) $22.95 new at CCCC bookstore. These Sustainable Farming Classes at CCCC Pittsboro Are Starting Soon! Call 919-542-6495 ext. 223 to register. 1. Biointensive Gardening (Intro)- NEW! Using methods made popular by John Jeavons, students will gain a basic understanding of biointensive and biodynamic gardening principles and sustainable home gardening practices. The course will include a combination of lectures and hands-on learning. Tuesday, 2/24/09 to 4/28/09, 6 - 8 pm, Bob Armantrout, $56.25 2. NEW START DATE: Wildcrafting with Local Flora Learn more about the natural plant world around you. This class and field study will teach you to identify common wild plants that are useful for food, fiber and medicine and to know the specifics of their preparation. Monday, 3/2/09 - 4/6/09, 5:30-7:30 pm, Weekend field trip TBD, Tony Mayer, $56.25. 3. Growing Organic Vegetables This course will present the fundamentals of organic vegetable growing and offer hands-on training in the most important skills involved. Grow, harvest, and utilize a variety of vegetables organically, learn about irrigation installation and season extension structures. Wednesday, 3/4/09 to 4/29/09, 6 - 9 pm, Doug Jones, $56.25 4. Touring Sustainable Farms Visits to local farms will form the basis for this course. Students will have the opportunity to participate in planned group activities on different farms. Individual farmers will share the particulars of their farming operation with the visiting students. Emphasis will be on vegetable production, but tours will also include fruits, cut flowers, herbs and livestock. Monday, 3/9/09 to 4/27/09, 1-5 pm. Doug Jones, $61.25 See the CCCC website for information on green building and biofuels courses. Registration: Call 542-6495, ext 223
Learn more about CCCC here.

Envirobits

Trashing Cardboard — Don't Do It!

Two weeks ago, I finally broke down the cardboard boxes littering my living room since the holidays. I used to have a good excuse — I had no car to get them to a recycling drop-off site — but with Orange County's recent addition of curbside recycling for cardboard, I now know I'm just lazy.

I had a nice big, flat box from a porch gate, so I used it to hold all the other flattened cardboard. That afternoon, I went to retrieve my blue recycling bin and found the cardboard still there. My initial reactions of confusion and mild indignation quickly turned to embarrassment when I remembered the rules:

-There is a ten-piece limit per week.
-All boxes must be emptied and completely flattened.
-No pieces may be larger than three feet by three feet.
-Larger boxes or loads may be dropped off at recycling sites or the Orange County Landfill on Eubanks Road.
-Boxes should be placed inside, under or between recycling bins. Do not stack them near garbage carts (which are picked up by the big, automated grippy claw).
-Empty pizza boxes, free of cheese, may be recycled; place them in the garbage cart if they contain excessive food contamination.

Now recycling corrugated cardboard will be more important than ever, because, in an effort to preserve landfill space and conserve resources, residential and household corrugated cardboard is now banned from landfill disposal (unless it is coated with cheese). And starting March 1, Orange County will begin enforcing the ban! (Commercially-generated recyclable corrugated cardboard had previously been banned.) This extension of the ban to curbside residential waste will shift an estimated 500 tons of material annually out of the landfill.

Farm Tour Coming!

The Fourteenth Annual Peidmont Farm Tour
will take place on Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26.

Maps and buttons will be available April 2 at all Weaver Street Market locations.


Special Promos

Starting this week, we're introducing 3 delicious, healthy ways to live well during an economic downturn. At Panzanella, we're going to keep making great food from the best ingredients. So, here's our 3-part strategy for eating well and feeling good: Fresh, Fast $5 Lunch: Fast food that's good for you! Monday - Thursday, 11:30 am - 2 pm • A Cup of Soup, made fresh daily • Weaver Street House Salad • Slice of handcrafted bread from Weaver Street Market's bakery $20 Family & Friends Dinner Special Sundays & Wednesdays 5:30 - 9 pm Price includes: • 1 cheese pizza • A second pizza of your choice, from the menu • A large Weaver Street House Salad, served family style Extra pizza toppings available for $2 each. "Family & Friends" offer available on Sunday and Wednesday evenings, 5:30 - 9:00 pm only $10 Wines! Enjoy extravagance at your mid-week meal with excellent wines at an incredible price. Available Tuesdays & Thursdays, during both Lunch and Dinner, beginning tomorrow. Enjoy your choice of these 3 selected wines for only $10 a bottle: Bricco dei Tati Cortese 2007 (white) Villa Sorono Pinot Noir delle Venezie 2006 (red) Vallevo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2007 (red)
Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).
Sign up for Panzanella's Enewsletter here.

New Art Show

"Weaver Street Market in Carrboro: 20 Years of Community Partnership" Now - April 5, 2009 Starting out with goals that focused on authentic food, environmental concerns and supporting the local economy, Weaver Street Market has always been more than a grocery store, and has influenced, and been influenced by owner interests, local producers and farmers, and area non-profits. This exhibit contains images created by our neighbors and inspired by the people, places, and events that continue to make our little town so extraordinary.