Sow Fresh!
Ever been to Ed Lester Farms in Coushatta, Louisiana? The farmer’s market was just featured in Southern Living magazine. Go, and you’ll see why.Â
The produce was hours, some minutes, fresh and still had the dirt on it! Â
It’s open six days a week. We just went south from Shreveport on LA 1 and hung a left at Armistead. The farm’s two miles down on your right. What a great way to support area farmers and enjoy really fresh food. Â
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
……folks ive been learnin things all the time about sherri….and yesterday was no exception
sherri can COOK!!!!period…now she’ll say its the fresh food but the lady has SKILLZ….that dinner last night was awesome ,great food, great company….i ate too much and then took some home and ive started to notice eatin her healthy food gives me more pep in my step and a coulpa extra lbs. around the mid-section
you’d think chasing creepy old babies around would keep a guy fit?
this place …lester farms is really nice….check it out …bring your food over to sherri’s and let her cook you up some thing ……trust me.
Dang that corn was the best ever!!!
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Oh no, those babies are back.
I love some fresh produce.
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
First, why wasn’t I invited over to dinner and second, I’m curious to know if Hazel and Jimmy get carsick?
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Mel, you have an open invitation and you know this, man!
Thanks for being such an appreciative dinner guest, Jay!
My favorite dinner moment from last night: Watching my son’s friends’ faces and they stared in bewilderment at the big oil painting of Hazel and Jimmy. It was as if they were afraid to ask.
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Freak ass baby cutouts are wack.
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Sher-
Will you teach me how to cook after you teach me how to exercise?
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Ha…they love you, too, HRB!
Are you sure, Jody? Remember when you came over and I served you nachos and coffee?
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Just made a snack and it needs something…can’t figure it out. What do you think? —cilantro, a spicier pepper???
Here, taste it:
Sauted in olive oil…
Onion and garlic
Corn off the cob, tomato, (Ed Lester’s farm)
Okra, red onion (Celeste Lewis’ garden)
Aneheim pepper
Orange bell pepper
Organic black beans
Salt, pepper and ground cumin to taste
Don’t even try to add anything to the evil oatmeal, white chocolate, berry cookies I just made. Just…someone come get them, please!
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I see how you roll Ms Talley, put up at the top, “SOW FRESH” and not one mention of moi or any other beautiful swine? Only the dirty “fresh” veggies!
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Wait! Lime juice? Hold on a sec….um…not so much. Nevermind.
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Miss Piggy, we did have steaks on the grill with all that fresh vegetable stuff. ‘Course that’s still nothin’ for a fresh pig. Sorry.
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
appology partially accepted… please don’t be jealous of moi dirty blonde shoulder length locks…
I will totally accept the appology if Kermy and I are invited to dinner. We do want to visit with your green porch friends, so precious the way they hug.
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Miss Piggy, your awkwardness adds to your hilarity.
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:49 pm
I got nothin
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
As you should. Miss Piggy…uh…stand by…yeah…that.
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Secret sauce for your steaks and/or vegs….I don’t give this to just anybody.
Red Chile Sauce:
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 large red onion, coarsely chopped
3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
2 New Mexican red chiles, lightly toasted
2 quajillo chiles, lightly toasted
1 ancho chile, lightly toasted
6 to 8 cups homemade chicken stock
1/4 cup creme fraiche
2 tablespoons maple syrup
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and garlic, and cook until soft. Add the chiles and stock, and bring to a simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the chiles are soft. Transfer the mixture to a food processor and process until smooth.
Strain the mixture into a saute pan that has been set on high heat for a few minutes, and cook the sauce until slightly thick. Remove from the heat and stir in the creme fraiche and maple syrup. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
….i see sherri isnt the only one in the family who can cook.
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
…..we like oatmeal cookies here at the station sherri
BTW i shelled remaining purple hull peas and turned them over to Crawford for supper ….two skillets of cornbread later and added ham-hock later… no peas—–and a bunch happy full firemen ive eaten SOW much great food this weekend …i need a nap!
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Well done, Boyfriend.
HRB…You are my cooking hero, as you taught me how to make my first omlet! This rocks, ALMOST as sharing where the next great oil/natural gas find will be! Thanks for sharing the resources! I was salivating just reading your recipe!
–Your sis
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Oh how I love purple hull peas. When I was little we went with my grandparents to buy all their fruits and vegetables fresh and there was always some form of pig in the veggies, delish! I never did grow to like figs though.
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Cook a good filet mignon. Melt a peice of goats cheese on top and drizzle with the above suace….you will not need to have sex for a week.
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Apparently, with the near birth of your son, this recipe didn’t work for you!
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Yea, haven’t made it in a while. Had to lay off while we were trying to conceive.
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
What a testimony!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 am
Where is the best farmers market here in Shreveport/Bossier?
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:51 am
Ken, I know there’s the one downtown that’s open on Saturday and Tuesday mornings (I think from 7-noon). I don’t know if there are any others or which is the best. Ed Lester farms features produce from surrounding farmers. The watermelons are from Saline.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
If you are ever in Natchitoches on a Saturday morning, they have a nice farmers market. It is called cane river green market and I believe they have a web site.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Thanks, PK. Here you go.
http://www.canerivergreenmarket.com/