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| Bringing Back the Classic | |||
 The classic Tomato Sandwichby Rob Nichols, Contributing Writer When I was a kid, my uncle Boyd used to ask me in a serious voice: "Robbi, do you know the only thing that's better than a fresh tomato sandwich?" Early on, I didn't know, probably because I'd forgotted from one July to the next; then in a booming voice came: "Another Tomato Sandwich!" I didn't know then, but I know now that those long ago sandwiches were the quintessential classic tomato sandwich: white sandwich bread, creamy mayonnaise; salt & pepper; and thick slices of a juicy tomato. Squashed slightly and eaten whole, this was one of the highlights of summer, along with the first plunge into Lake Michigan, for Uncle Boyd and anyone who had the great pleasure of knowing him. Now is the time. Carpe diem! And luckily you have the best ingredients readily available: Weaver Street Market's Wonderful Bread and local tomatoes. Don't wait! Before you know it, the sensuous summer will turn into the practical, and pumpkin-like fall. |
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| Weekly Owner Specials | |||
 • WSM Homemade Roasted Red Pepper Hummus up to $2.00 Off • FreeBird All Natural Split Chicken Breasts save $1.00/lb • Organic Red & Black Plums save $1.00/lb • WSM's Fresh Baked Coffee Cake Slice 25% Off • WSM's Fresh Baked Sourdough Stick 25% Off • Route 11 Potato Chips save 60¢/6 oz. • Elodie Farms Fresh Goat Cheese Spreads save $1.00/each • Organic Garbanzo Beans save 50¢/lb • Great Deal for all Shoppers: Carolina Brewery Growlers save $1.00/each |
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| View this week's owner specials here. | |||
| Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, July 20 through Monday, July 26. |
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| Local Cantaloupes |
$2.99/each |
from North Carolina |
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| Local, Organic Watermelon | $4.99/each |
from North Carolina |
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| Organic Peaches | $2.69/lb |
from South Carolina |
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| Local, Organic Blueberries |
$3.99/pt |
from North Carolina |
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| Local, Organic Green Peppers |
$2.49/lb |
from North Carolina |
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| Local, Organic Yellow Corn | 3 for $3.00 |
from North Carolina |
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| Local, Heirloom Tomatoes |
$3.99/lb |
from North Carolina |
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| Local, Organic Cucumbers | $1.99/lb |
from North Carolina |
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| Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials | |||
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Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak |
$13.99/lb |
save $2.00/lb |
| Local Crab Cakes | $6.98/pk |
save $1.00/pk |
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| Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials here. | |||
| Cool Cooking | |||
 When Salad Becomes a Mealby Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer In spite of cooling rain showers, the days continue to heat up to the nineties, with the addition of a steaming mugginess that forces our air-conditioners to work overtime. 'Cool cooking' is still en vogue. This week we look at the preeminent meal-starter, the salad. Ripping up a plate of cool, crisp lettuce won't heat your house a bit. And with a few small additions, a salad can become a meal. The Chef's Salad Believed to have originated in Buffalo, New York, at a hotel in the 1920s where the chef had a tight budget, the Chef's Salad consists of a bed of lettuce topped with hard-boiled eggs, strips of meat, tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, and your choice of dressing. For easy meat, get chicken, turkey, or ham deli-sliced as thickly as possible, and cut it into strips. (Hickory smoked turkey is on sale this week!) Vegetarians, enjoy your own Chef's Salad by defrosting Quorn "chicken tenders" overnight; if they're still chilly inside, heat them briefly in a small saucepan with some water or oil. The Beany Proteiny For this easy salad, top your lettuce with sunflower seeds, chickpeas or kidney beans (drained and rinsed from a can), corn kernels stripped off the cob (they're extra sweet if you eat them raw), and ranch dressing. (Dried chickpeas, a.k.a. garbanzo beans, from the Bulk Department are an Owner Special this week! Dried chickpeas are inexpensive but need to be reconstituted. For tips, click here.) The Irresistible Menu Salad Good restaurant menus always have one of these: delicate mixed greens topped with crumbled goat cheese, bits of fruit (try juicy wedges of plum), sugared pecans, and a tangy vinaigrette. Elodie Farms flavored goat cheese spreads are an Owner Special this week, as are red and black plums! Make sugared pecans in the toaster: mix 1 cup pecan halves, 1 tablespoon each vegetable oil and packed brown sugar, and (optional) 1/4 teaspoon each ground red pepper and ground cumin for a spicy twist. Toss to coat, then bake in an even layer for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. The Caprese Salad Don't forget the good old caprese: slices of tomato and mozzarella cheese, sprinkled with olive oil, salt, and pepper, topped with fresh basil leaves. It may seem like old news now that tomato season is well underway; but remember, the tomatoes won't last forever! Enjoy as many fresh, local caprese salads as you can while the supply lasts. Fresh mozzarella is still on sale, and we have local basil from Brackenbrae Farm. |
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| View more WSM Recipes here. | |||
| July Newsletter | |||
 Pick up the Weaver Street Market print newsletter at one of our locations, or view it online here. |
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| View the July CAP Flyer here. | |||
| Olga's Dryer Balls | |||
 Dry your clothes faster with locally produced wool dryer balls from Olga Brewer in Burlington, NC! Sale extended! $17.50/3 pk! Read more about Olga's Dryer Balls here. |
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| After Hours | |||
 Every Thursday, 6 pm - 8 pmCarrboro Lawn Weaver Street Market's signature event, After Hours, returns to the Carrboro lawn for another summer season of hot, local music every Thursday night from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Bring a blanket or chair to relax under the live oaks. Hot bar, salad bar, and picnic fare are available for purchase inside. The music is free! July 22nd: The Whiskey Smugglers - Large Ensemble Americana View the complete schedule here. |
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| View more Weaver Street Market events here. | |||
| Jazz Brunch | |||
 Every Sunday, 11 am - 1 pmCarrboro Lawn July 25th: Laura Ridgeway & Friends - Jazz, Swing, Oldies, and Pop View the complete schedule here. |
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| Hillsborough Open Mic | |||
 Hillsborough store Acoustic Open-MicEvery Thursday 6:00-8:30 pm July 22nd - The SnoCones - After storming the Festival for the Eno, the Sno Cones float upstream to Hillsborough to regale the Lounge with their unique blend of originals and carefully hand-picked roots tunes, featuring delectable harmonies and incandescent slide guitar. View the complete schedule here. |
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| Call for Candidates |
 October Board ElectionOctober is National Co-op Month, making it the perfect time to hold the election for the Weaver Street Market's Board of Directors. One of the benefits of being an WSM owner is participating in governing the store, by voicing your views on ownership issues and electing members to the Board of Directors. You also may serve on the Board yourself. Any current owner in good standing, who has been an owner in their current class of ownership for at least one year by the date of their application, is eligible to nominate him or herself for election. Candidate application packets may be picked up at all WSM store locations beginning today. These packets include background information, details of the election process, and how to learn more about the Board and its processes. Candidates for elected positions on the Board will acquaint themselves with board governance policies and procedures prior to application. Opportunities for doing this include: reviewing the current Board policy notebook, discussing his/her candidacy with a Board member, and attending a board meeting. Such preparation prior to applying will help a prospective candidate to decide whether serving on the Board is a commitment he/she wishes to make. Candidates must present applications in the established form by the published date; no write-in candidates are allowed. You are encouraged to participate! Contact the board by email for more information. Consider nominating yourself, or simply vote for a candidate in October. Exercising your rights as an owner is critical to WSM remaining a successful and vital part of the community. Application deadline is August 27, 2010, 10 pm |
| WSM Board Meeting |
Wednesday, July 21, 6:30-9:30 pmConference Room above Panzanella The Board usually meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Meetings run from 6:30-9:30 pm and all owners of the Co-op are welcome to attend as observers. To confirm an upcoming meeting, please contact the board here. |
| Cooperative Community Fund |
We've planted a seed and it's growing steadily! Now in its fifth year, the Cooperative Community Fund is a sustainable fund for community donations and is part of a national campaign called, 'Give where you live.' Sponsored by the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation, the fund serves as a means for co-op members and shoppers to make donations to an endowment that donates to local nonprofit organizations.Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation directly invests the money raised by individual co-ops across the country in socially responsible funds such as credit unions, locally owned community banks that support cooperatives, the Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund, and the National Cooperative Bank. This year the fund generated $1500 in interest for Weaver Street Market to disperse to local groups while leaving the principle to grow next year's community seed! Small Grant Opportunity for Local Nonprofits Local groups working on issues relating to: 1) sustainable agriculture and organic food, 2) hunger and malnutrition, 3) environmental protection, or 4) cooperatives are eligible to apply for a grant from Weaver Street Market's Cooperative Community Fund. Eligible organizations must be certified nonprofit and be working in Orange, Chatham, or Alamance Counties, NC. Recipients will be chosen by a volunteer committee of worker- and consumer-owners of Weaver Street Market, and will be featured in Weaver Street Market's Annual Report in early October. Learn more and download an application here. Volunteer Opportunity Weaver Street Market wants to identify a small group of committed volunteers who will meet in the fall to select the recipients of this year's Cooperative Community Fund grants. In order to volunteer, one must be an owner of the Weaver Street Market co-op in good standing, able to work as part of a consensus-building team, able to attend all meetings, and not affiliated with a non-profit applying for a grant. The meetings will be held at the Carrboro Weaver Street Market, from 6:30-8 pm on Tuesdays, August 24 and 31, with dinner provided. Committee members are also requested to attend the Annual Meeting on October 24. Please contact Jason Baker at: jason.b@weaverstreetmarket.coop or 241-1794 if you have questions or are interested in serving on this committee. |
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| Envirobits |
 Efficient Watering in the Heat of Summerby Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer The heat came early this summer, and if your garden's not lucky enough to be under the occasional rain cloud, you'll be watering every day. Get the most from your watering! Remember these tips: 1. One good soak is better than frequent sprinkling, which results in more evaporation. Get that hose down by the ground. Water that lands on the leaves will just evaporate, and may result in the leaves 'burning' in the sun or in fungus-type growths. 2. Watch out for escaping runoff; water 'uphill' of a plant if necessary, or create a 'berm' of dirt around the plant's base to contain water as it absorbs. (My mom used half-buried cut-off yogurt containers around the bases of her plants.) 3. Water in the cool of the morning or, even better, at sunset to prevent the water being evaporated by the heat of the sun. 4. Bury a plastic bottle, cap removed and opening down, in the earth next to plants. Cut the bottom (which now faces the sky) off and add water that will percolate down straight to the roots. (Old pieces of rain pipe work, too.) 5. When watering hanging baskets, position other container plants underneath so that water draining away is not wasted. 6. Don't forget the mulch! Mulch stops the soil from drying in the first place, as well as stopping weeds that compete with your plants for water. Mulch can be many natural materials such as chipped bark, cocoa shells, gravel, grass cuttings or straw; plastic sheeting is another option. (Much as we all love natural materials, plastic mulch may be the way to go for vegetable gardens: some friends of mine ran a controlled experiment and the row with plastic mulch produced far more vegetables than the straw-mulch row.) If you don't have a source of mulch, you can buy it at the Orange County landfill. (Note: they are sold out of plain mulch until the fall, but still have red mulch available.) Get more information here. Carrboro residents can visit the Town Mulch Pile (leaves and pine needles) at the Public Works during business hours and load their own mulch for free. Get contact information here. |
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