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Calendar Pick of the Week:
New Hampshire Open Doors
First-ever statewide touring and shopping event
Veterans’ Day Weekend -- November 8-9, 2008
This Veterans’ Day Weekend (November 8-9),
discover the natural beauty, timeless traditions,
and craft heritage of New Hampshire during
NH Open Doors, the first-ever statewide touring
and shopping event. Take a self-guided tour of the working studios of artists and
craftspeople, distinctive shops and galleries filled with New Hampshire-made
products and artwork, and roadside farmstands and orchards, among other
attractions. It’s a great opportunity to start holiday shopping, sample local foods
and beverages, and experience the state’s varied cultural attractions. For more
info visit. NH Open Doors.
Click here for accommodations in New Hampshire
Click here for B&Bs in New Hampshire
Click here for more events in New Hampshire
Click below for free travel information:
New Hampshire Open Doors
First-ever statewide touring and shopping event
Veterans’ Day Weekend -- November 8-9, 2008
This Veterans’ Day Weekend (November 8-9),
discover the natural beauty, timeless traditions,
and craft heritage of New Hampshire during
NH Open Doors, the first-ever statewide touring
and shopping event. Take a self-guided tour of the working studios of artists and
craftspeople, distinctive shops and galleries filled with New Hampshire-made
products and artwork, and roadside farmstands and orchards, among other
attractions. It’s a great opportunity to start holiday shopping, sample local foods
and beverages, and experience the state’s varied cultural attractions. For more
info visit. NH Open Doors.
Click here for accommodations in New Hampshire
Click here for B&Bs in New Hampshire
Click here for more events in New Hampshire
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"Help....I bought fresh cranberry beans today at the farmers market here in NYC.
They looked great but came home and 1/2 are green. The other half look nice.
Soaked them for 4 hours and now boiling to make soup (veggie). The beans are
turning brownish/grey....is this right??? Waiting in NYC ~ Susanne Chakan
Dear Susanne,
Cranberry beans, called "shell beans" in some parts of the country, are among
my favorite fall crops. They are really pretty when fully ripe, but most of the
times there will be some green ones, even infully ripened pods. The green
beans are fine to cook.
The pods may be quite brown and discolored, but the beans are still at their
peak. Many sell them dried, as well, and these do need soaking. Fresh
cranberry beans do not require soaking. Sadly, they lose their color when
cooked and become quite drab, but they have great flavor.
I cook them with olive oil or a little chopped pancetta, chopped garlic and fresh
sage leaves, simmererd in just enough water to cover.
They are done when they can be easily mashed with a spoon. I usually
mash a few to thicken the sauce and serve them instead of potatoes or
in soup. Regards, Charlie Burke. Click here to read more of Charlie's recipes!
Worth Quoting
"My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are
beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the
sodden pasture lane.” ~ Robert Frost
More New England proverbs & quotes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes from the Heart...
Attention writers living in New England, or those living elsewhere: The Litchfield
Literary Review, a semi-annual on line publication, is preparing to launch this
fall, and they need works about New England or any subject written by New
England based writers or those born in New England. They are looking for
poems, short fiction, non fiction, essays and even plays. For more information
visit: The Litchfield Literary Review. ~M.
Dear Heart...
"Help....I bought fresh cranberry beans today at the farmers market here in NYC.
They looked great but came home and 1/2 are green. The other half look nice.
Soaked them for 4 hours and now boiling to make soup (veggie). The beans are
turning brownish/grey....is this right??? Waiting in NYC ~ Susanne Chakan
Dear Susanne,
Cranberry beans, called "shell beans" in some parts of the country, are among
my favorite fall crops. They are really pretty when fully ripe, but most of the
times there will be some green ones, even infully ripened pods. The green
beans are fine to cook.
The pods may be quite brown and discolored, but the beans are still at their
peak. Many sell them dried, as well, and these do need soaking. Fresh
cranberry beans do not require soaking. Sadly, they lose their color when
cooked and become quite drab, but they have great flavor.
I cook them with olive oil or a little chopped pancetta, chopped garlic and fresh
sage leaves, simmererd in just enough water to cover.
They are done when they can be easily mashed with a spoon. I usually
mash a few to thicken the sauce and serve them instead of potatoes or
in soup. Regards, Charlie Burke. Click here to read more of Charlie's recipes!
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| Issue #222 October 22, 2008 Click here for past issues Greetings from:. The Heart of New England! Features: The Mills of Maine Recipe: Portuguese Kale & Potato Soup From the Archives: Pies on Parade in Maine Calendar Pick New Hampshire Open Doors October Giveaway: The book: "Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire" ...click here to enter giveaway! Congratulations to Joey Campbell of Iowa who won September's giveaway -- a copy of "A Voyage Long and Strange" |
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This Week's Stories:
Feature: The Mills of Maine
Today, old former mills throughout Maine are filled with restaurants, gourmet
markets, galleries, artist studios, specialty food makers, antiques dealers and
small businesses making everything from guitars to porch swings and hooked
rugs. The buildings also host traveling film festivals, art exhibitions and live
entertainment. Here's a glimpse at what's happening inside historic mills in Maine.
Recipe: Portuguese Kale Soup
Kale improves with cold weather and frost is available in the fall and winter
months, and this soup is hearty enough to serve as a meal. Like many soups and
chowders, the flavor is even better the next day.
From our Archives: Maine's Pies on Parade
Few people could think of one good reason to travel over 200 miles in winter
weather up the coast of Maine to a little town 80 miles outside of Portland in the
middle of January. Unless, of course, if there was a promise of something out of
the ordinary and wonderful to cheer up a dreary winter weekend. That special
something could be the promise of tasting dozens of homemade sweet and savory
gourmet pies.
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