Foragers is Moving!

Happy Spring,

Some of you have been asking and now you are the first to know that Forager Foods is moving to a new location at 27 Main Street in Bayfield, also known as the Martha Ritz House.

With some work, redesign and touchups, the new Forager Foods should be open for the season by mid to late April (fingers crossed).

At the new location you can expect the same great offering of local meats, cheese, prepared foods and pantry items. There will also be changes for the better. With a kitchen and licensed locally sourced wine and beer bar you can expect a market of fresh foods coupled with a snack bar of fresh sandwiches, soups and salads. Also on offer will be cheese and charcuterie plates(enjoy with a glass of wine!) our well known prepared foods such macaroni & cheese, chicken and steak pies as well as a special nearly every day.

For more information and suggestions, send us an email. We are looking forward to seeing all of you shortly and eating some great local food.

foragerfoods@gmail.com

27 Main St S

Bayfield, On

N0M 1G0

Fresh & News May 13th

As summer approaches with the official start this Victoria Day weekend you can depend on Foragers to give you inspiration for your BBQ and entertaining needs. New products continue to roll in that gives the Forager Team inspiration in our offering.

In this Fresh & News edition we wanted to discuss the difference between “local” and “locale.” At Foragers, most of the store is well stocked with high quality food items foraged from farm-gates and nearby producers. However sometimes we can’t resist bringing in high quality items from further away, produced at interesting “food locales,” geographically speaking. For instance Salt Spring Island is known for their high quality cheesemakers. Also, our prosciutto from Iowa and is terrific, possibly the best outside of Parma. And of course, our San Marzano tomatoes from Italy are widely regarded as the best for cooking up a red sauce.

At Foragers our core mission is to bring you primarily fresh food that is locally produced. But we also want to make Huron County and our producing partners to be regarded as a high quality food “locale” as well, competing with and complimenting the best food regions in the world. See you this weekend…

Fresh & News

Sausage of the Week
To celebrate BBQ season and the coming May 2-4 weekend our Sausage Making Team is currently testing an Apple & Green Onion Pork Sausage. With several recipes tested and refined, The Team believes they are close to another great-tasting achievement. Sausages will be ready Friday afternoon. Also offered will be hot and mild Italian, Country Sausage and our hugely popular (with the breakfast bunch) Maple & Blueberry.

Forager Gravlax
Working with our fishmonger at Bayfield Fish & Seafood, Forager takes delivery of the freshest salmon each Tuesday. The Forager Test Kitchen has developed one of the best Salmon Gravlax recipes (with some help from The Minimalist.)

Gravlax is a Scandinavian version of lox. The salt cured salmon is a great appetizer that is served like smoked salmon on a cracker, rye or pumpernickel bread. Add a squeeze of lemon. Gravlax will be ready on Friday afternoon.

Wagyu Beef Burgers
Foragers has again teamed up with one of Ontario’s premiere Wagyu beef farmers from Formosa. The Wagyu breed is also known as kobe beef (but can not be called Kobe when not originating from Kobe, Japan) and is known for excellent marbling and a deliciously unique beefy flavour. Try some patties this weekend and impress your friends!

David Woods Romelia Cheese
Romelia has its rind washed as it ages, making it by far Salt Spring Islands most pungent cheese. Its orange colour gives it a distinct look, and it is especially good on a cheese plate, as it has a strong flavour that is well brought out when contrasted with other milder cheeses.

Hours of Operation
Currently Foragers is open everyday with the exception of Tuesday. Going forward from June the shop will be open everyday. Are you having a party? Call Foragers anytime and we will help you with some creative suggestions.

Keep Foraging,

Bill, Sam, Sara & Jeremy

519.565.4866
www.foragerfoods.ca

KFC and the $10 Challenge!

The Modern Forager

News and Views
Welcome to November, the best month of the year! I am guessing many of us have taken a deep breath now that both elections are over. I can remember when much was made about voting behavior and the relation to having a beer with George W Bush. I have to wonder; what kind of food would Americans like to share with Obama?

Let's take a local fast-food franchise for example ...

KFC and the $10 Challenge!

Reading or watching the news one would think we are on edge of an economic apocalypse. Well this is the first sign.

http://www.grist.org/advice/chef/2008/10/30/.

Essentially this article speaks to KFC and their marketing efforts on how to feed a family of four for $10.00.

For $10.00 KFC suggests you should feed your family seven pieces of deep friend chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy and biscuits. At Forager Foods, we would like to take the $10.00 Family of Four Challenge.
Vegetables #1– 4 medium sized Soiled Reputation organic carrots $1.74
Vegetable #2 – 4 golf ball sized candy cane beets from Soiled reputation $1.30
Starch – 1.5lb of fingerling potatoes from Soiled Reputation $3.50
Meat – Four Metzger large sausage links (choice of Farmers, Garlic, Honey Garlic, Oktoberfest or Italian. $3.99
Total Cost: $10.53. So KFC can do it cheaper and uncomfortably fill stomachs, but we can do it healthier and better tasting. In fact that is our unofficial mission statement.

Fresh and New at Foragers

Curry Alert #1
We now have a vegetarian chickpea Indian style curry in our gourmet-to-go section. This smooth curry has a little heat, about a 2 on a 1 – 10 scale. The creamy sauce is thickened with a touch of cream, yoghurt, potatoes and cashews.

Curry Alert #2
Our butter chicken is back with 50 portions in the freezer. We have altered the recipe slightly by using less heavy cream and supplementing with more yoghurt. The finished product is even more silken.

Curry Sidenote
On a recent trip to Toronto, our Curry Chef sent our chief Forager to Little India on Gerrard St E with a grocery list. Our chef was most excited with the ingredients returned and stated that the tandoor seasoning “ is superior to any he has used in Canada and on par with India.” Hurry, and scurry to Foragers for some curry.

Looking Ahead at Store Hours
Currently Foragers is open Thursday thru Monday and will remain so until January. In January the store will be closed for the month and re-open for then onwards.
Should you have any food emergencies that we can solve, usually we are not too far away and happy to help in a pinch. Cell 519 955 4863

The Modern Forager, August 14

The most rewarding part of sourcing the best food, locally and regionally, is sharing the stories of the producers we meet. If we have not seen you lately, let us give you a quick round up of what Forager Foods has been up to in the last few weeks.

Summer Vegetables – Our friends, the Stutzman family in the North end of Huron County are continuing with their bountiful harvest of traditionally grown, Mennonite market garden. Currently the farm is supplying, green and yellow bean, carrots, greens, zucchini, cukes and more.

We have local garlic courtesy of M. Sully on Mill Rd and the sweetest corn from M. Schilbe on Orchard Line. Now is the best time to visit Foragers for produce.

Prepared Foods: The Forager chef had a brainstorm and married the in-house tomato sauce and the organic cannelloni, topped with 2 year aged Parmesan into a take away dish. The outcome is a ready-to-eat Italian classic made with primarily Forager products. OINLINE

CONTEST: First three persons to reply to this email with a suggestion on how to make Forager Foods better will win a Cannelloni gourmet-to-go family size dish.

Local Gelato: Come and see the selection, over eight! Sorbetto and gelato, made in London, On. Did you know gelato is low fat? Conventional ice cream consists of 15-20% butterfat mainly because they use heavy 35% cream. Coppa di Gelato, Foragers supplier, uses 3% milk and ends up with a butterfat content of 3-5%. That being said gelato is quite dense compared to airy ice cream, so ease up on the portion size, eh?

Sirloin Sundays: Every Sunday at Forager Foods you will find thick sirloin steaks on sale for $5.99 per lb. This is the perfect Sunday bbq. Be sure to slice against the grain with a good marinade.

Winner of the $50.00 MEAT DRAW for August! Congratulations to Martin Thuss of Grand Bend. Martin please visit the store to claim your prize.