Favorite NC Tailgate Markets: Saluda Tailgate Market

Saluda Tailgate Market on July 6, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, located in Saluda’s public parking lot on West Main Street. Grab your basket, put on your hat, and join the friendly folks in downtown Saluda NC to support the local growers and get the best local products in the area.

Plan your menus around summer fruits and veggies, eggs, chicken, beef, lamb and the incredible goodies from the  Wildflour Bakery. You'll also find locally grown plants to enhance your own garden. Eat fresh, support local, and enjoy the community atmosphere.Featured producer:   Rose's Best Jams, Jellies and More

Rose has been making jams and jellies for family and friends for over thirty years. Her recipes come from many different sources. Some she creates herself while others are passed along from friends she has made over the years. Rose's husband John has been a member of a worldwide travel organization for over thirty years and she and John have attended World Congresses in many places around the world during those years. As a result, Rose has an international group of friends who provide her with recipes unique to their part of the world. For example, her Chili Cherry Tomato Jam is a New Zealand recipe and her Red Onion Jelly is a French Canadian recipe.

Two things are inherent to Rose's success. First, every jam and jelly is packed with an abundance of fruit or vegetables, far more than you will find in a commercially produced product. Second, every jam and jelly is infused with an enthusiasm for and a love of what she does. These truly are Rose's Best.

This year, Rose has expanded her product line with the addition of quiches. These have proven to be very popular and she is now receiving orders for quiches from regular customers. She takes a few to each market and usually sells out quickly.

Market NEWS:
Blueberries made their first appearance in two booths last week, Red Rooster Farm and new vendor J P Ruth. Randy Case rolled in with the season's first truck load of corn. Only an abundance of ripe tomatoes could make it more perfect. At this time of year you can shop for the entire week, every meal, at the market. 

• Piece O'Cake - yummy pound cakes, dark chocolate brownies and sugar-free apple buns. Call Kerry and John for special orders 828-817-4900
• Organic greens, long cucumbers, and crazy summer squashes from Lee Mink of Leap Farm
• Rainbow Trout, Saluda raised Lamb and Poulon Rouge Chicken from Tom DeKay, Camp Creek Farm 
• Wylie's lemonade
• Pork sausage, zucchini, and yellow squash from Charlene's garden
• Deerwood Farms is always there with chicken, pork, and summer veggies
• Lisa Laughter from Shepherd's Flock Farm had peaches last week and sometimes she has goat cheese from Pyrwood Farm as well- ask 
• Bee Log honey is harvesting lavender and sour wood honeys
• Dan and Marti Wells have Saluda grown peaches, plums, and a variety of veggies
• Decatur has purple potaotes, squash, and sunflowers
• Randy Case has corn, cabbage, potatoes, and onions
• Wells Sheely promises to show up with Three Arrows Farm beef
• Wildflour bakery has pizza crust, granola, pockets and treats.  
• Claire's beautiful zinnia bouquets 
• And eggs, eggs, eggs.

Saluda Tailfate Market favorite Recipe:

Anticipating the season's first green beans and tomatoes--

a salad recipe from Alice Waters, The Art of Simple Cooking

1/2 pound green beans

cook until tender in salted boiling water, drain, and spread on sheet pan to cool

stem and cut in half 1/2 pound cherry tomatoes

stir together in a large bowl:

1 small shallot, diced fine

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

salt and fresh-ground black pepper, let sit, taste and  

whisk in 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

toss it all together and add 6 basil leaves cut into chiffonade