Winter Folk is a not for profit music event held by the Father Folk Society to benefit Hospice of Lancaster County. With music ranging from folk to jazz to rock to alt. country, it will be an eclectic evening of fans, friends and family. So please come out to the warmth of a night of great music for a great cause. See you there! >> DOWNLOAD FLYER WITH DETAILS

February 14th and Shrove Tuesday February 16th Carol and Ed Stoudt will be in the market making our families recipe of traditional PA Dutch Yeast raised potato Fasnachts! A Fasnacht, similar to a doughnut is a Pennsylvania Dutch yeast-raised potato pastry that’s deep-fried in lard. They are traditionally made and eaten on Shrove (fat) Tuesday. The day before lent to empty the pantry of lard, sugar, and butter. It is traditional farm lore that to consume a Fasnacht on Shrove Tuesday will bring good luck and a plentiful harvest in the new year. Certainly an interesting treat to bring to the office.

Our Fasching Karneval will be held in the pub on Shrove (Fat) Tuesday February 16, from 6-9 p.m. Fasching is a German style Mardi Gras, a time for people to let loose and be wild before the somber period of Lent. This tradition can be traced back to Roman pagan festivals when masks were worn, allowing the social classes to mix anonymously. Prizes will be given for the best masks. Guests will get an advanced premier tasting of our Karnival Kolsch,a free fasnacht and enjoy music by Jazz Katz, featuring Chip on bass and Andy on guitar.

28 WEEKS OF LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC PRODUCE!

Speaking of plentiful Harvests join us On Friday March 12th at 6 PM at the Market.

Amy, the representative from Lancaster Farm Fresh, will be joining us to talk about Community Supported Agriculture and sustainable farming. The Wonderful Good Market will be participating as a drop off point of fresh organic Lancaster Grown Produce this year.

For more details or to sign up for the meeting email Elizabeth Stoudt, market@stoudts.com, call 717.484.2757 or drop by during market hours to speak with Elizabeth Stoudt about this great opportunity to support local agriculture. It will be an interesting evening beverages and snacks included,children welcome.

Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative (LFFC) is an organic farmers’ cooperative located in Leola, Lancaster County, PA. The Cooperative is owned by nearly 70 Amish and Mennonite farmers growing certified-organic produce and raising grass-fed animals. LFFC distributes its products to individual households through community supported agriculture (CSA) and a buying club (4 Season Harvest), in addition to selling wholesale to grocers, restaurants and farm stands.

2010 will be the fifth year of operation for LFFC; and 20 new farmers joined the membership of our Coop this year! In order for LFFC to support new farm families we need to expand our distribution. We would like to offer our CSA and buying club products to families in the Adamstown area.

Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative is working with The Wonderful Good Market at Stoudt's to bring CSA shares, pastured animal, dairy and value-added products to you! If you would like to bring healthful locally-grown food to your family please contact Elizabeth at The Wonderful Good Market or visit our website, www.lancasterfarmfresh.com or contact us at csa@lancasterfarmfresh.com or 717-656-3533.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FROM STOUDTS BLACK ANGUS ANTIQUES MALL!

Sure, you could buy your sweet a Valentine a box of candy or a dozen roses.... but perhaps a more unique gift an antique, cherished for decades, always gaining in value may be a better representation of your love for each other. We perused our antique mall (with over 300 professional antique dealers, and 70,000 square feet of space) to find a dozen suggestions as special as your Valentine, and here are just a few of our great finds:

• A Fenton or Dragon and Lotus iridescent glass, and a rare Millersburg Glass star bowl.
• A first edition Incredible Hulk comic book (nothing like love to remind you of your youth)
• Vintage beach wear for your Valentine, male or female…perhaps accompanied with a trip to the islands during this snowy season!
• Beaded and mesh purses to adorn that formal apparel for a romantic night out.(the Black Angus restaurant offers a wonderful valentines meal with roses, love knots, a special chefs menu and decadent desserts. Call 717.484.4386 for your reservation)
• Beautiful old brass picture frames, also in silver and gold a perfect way to showcase pictures of each other.
• Hand painted decorative serving tray…Breakfast in Bed?
• We have a 32 inch paper mache doll dressed in rosy red from 1840, a rare find!
• Unique perfume bottle or an atomizer with a mysterious past.
• A duet of Roseville wall pockets as a constant reminder of your love.
• Union cases are exquisitely crafted and contain old photographs; they are named for the unusual composition of their covers- shellac and saw dust.
• Ahhhhhh perhaps a velvet love seat from the 1920's.
• 18 inch reverse painted Phoenix lamp, circa 1920's creating romantic lighting.
• Perhaps your Valentine Artisan would like a tool of yore!

Now If it really is candy you are after………Lou Thomas is making his decadent truffles and will have them for Sale at the Wonderful Good Market on Sunday with a fresh batch of his famous Beer brittle made with Stoudts American Pale Ale.

MEET GEORGE & DEBBIE HARTMAN!

The Wonderful Good Market consigns several local artist and craftpersons' work, We would like to introduce you to a couple who both display their wares with us. Debbie and George Hartman met while they were both working at Wernersville State Hospital in 1976 and married in 1979. They continued to work together until their daughter was born in 1981, when Debbie stayed at home. At some point, the couple moved to Lebanon county, having found a 26 acre property on which they still live. Neither of them really identified themselves as artists, and each came to art from a side door.

Debbie joined the Master Gardeners program of the Lebanon County Cooperative Extension of Penn State, where she learned a great deal about horticulture and became a Master Gardener volunteer. One of her projects through this program is teaching cooking classes. Through the gardening program she met a woman with whom she decided to get together weekly and create with plant material. For ten years they have been meeting on Tuesdays. Some of what Debbie has made is sold here at Wonderful Good Market, including beeswax candles decorated with dried flowers, one-of-a-kind greeting cards and bookmarks, and jewelry. One of Debbie's specialties is herbalism, and starting in June, she will be offering a series of classes in our community room, including making herbal vinegars and pestos, how to preserve herbs, and informational sessions on specific herbs. Her fresh herbs will be available as they come into season. She and her partner in art would ultimately like to work with couples on personalizing wedding invitations using plant material.

In high school, George had been artistic, and in his job at Wernersville he had done some arts and crafts as part of the therapeutic milieu, and he had designed and built two houses, so apparently he had an artist within. both he and Debbie say that he always had an eye for putting things together in a pleasing way. for some time he made costume jewelry and sold it to friends and co-workers. Then he took a welding class in order to be able to fix things on the property, being a "collector," George always had all the necessary parts to fix anything that was broken, and welding gave him the necessary skills to do this. In the beginning, his artistic pieces were "practice" for the real welding projects. He was experimenting with different welding techniques and processes and found himself accumulating some interesting experimental pieces.

Since their daughter left home, they have each put more energy into their art, however they have also put more energy into each other. Supporting and respecting one another as artists has provided a new facet to their relationship. They seem to be equally independent people who relish the interdependence of their marriage.

MEET ED HUMPAL, OUR NEW COFFEE ROASTER!

“Hi, I'm Ed Humpal, of Hobo Ed's Railyard Roastery, the new coffee roaster for the Wonderful Good Market. Elizabeth Stoudt sought me out to provide her customers with a socially responsible, Fair Trade coffee. The Fair Trade certification guarantees that coffee farmers are paid a fair wage, are able to support their families, and are protecting the environment by a sustainable approach to agriculture.

Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, after oil. Coffee roasted by the large, nationally distributed companies, shipped and warehoused all over our country, has an enormous carbon footprint, and puts a small premium on freshness. Artisan coffee roasting, which is based on small, hand roasted batches, brings the production and distribution of coffee to the “Fresh and Local” market. Coffee that has been roasted only a week or two before consumption has rich flavors and complex aromas that are typically lost when coffee is roasted for extended shelf life.

Stoudt's Dark Roast, house blend for the Wonderful Good Market, is a careful blend of an earthy, chocolaty coffee from Sumatra, contrasted with a sweeter Peruvian bean, both roasted to a rich mahogany color for extra depth of flavor. From one month to another, we'll offer a second coffee that highlights other growing regions: Ethiopia, Cameroon, Rwanda, Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and many more. You'll be surprised and delighted at how different these coffees are from one another, and how delicious the differences can be.

Please vist my website, linked to above, and in particular, my blog, More Than Just a Pretty Cup, to keep up with what we're doing, and to read about the projects and initiatives you are supporting by purchasing Fair Trade coffee.

BEANS, BEANS & MORE BEANS!

One of the sections of Wonderful Good that visitors should check out is the bulk dried food. Among other items, you will see a nice variety of organic dried beans. Beans make great hearty winter meals, but the dried variety may be intimidating to many. However, these are the best and most nutritious beans as they have not been sitting in water or syrupy juice with chemicals or salt. Economically, beans are a smart choice for providing nutrition for your family. They are extremely low in fat, but high in protein, fiber, iron, vitamin B, foliates, and potassium. They are also touted for lowering cholesterol. Beans are missing only one amino acid to make up a full protein, but including any sort of grain in the meal completes the protein, as grains are missing a different amino acid.

In addition to being nutritious, beans are versatile. Served hot or cold, they pick up any flavoring you may include. Beans are great in the vegetarian or vegan diet, but they work really well combined with meats as well.

• Hummus, a chick pea puree is a low-fat dip or sandwich spread.
• Try black beans in your next batch of chili. They are smaller than the traditional beans and have a firmer texture.
• All beans can be used to make hearty soups. If you buy your bread at the Wonderful Good Market, these soups make an excellent partner.
• Throwing cold beans into any kind of salad increases the nutritional value and provides more satisfaction than the typical salad.
• Beans and pasta are a natural combination, again providing a full protein.

One of the issues people have with beans is the ensuing gas. Ways to alleviate this problem include discarding the soaking water and rinsing the beans before cooking, adding beans gradually into your diet, adding the Mexican herb epazote, or using Beano(TM).

Soaking beans overnight greatly reduces the time required to cook them. Beans can be cooked a crock pot, in a pressure cooker, on the stove, in the oven, and according to some, even in the microwave.. This website gives great instructions on cooking beans, including in a pressure cooker: http://www.centralbean.com/cooking.html.

Historically, the cultivation of beans dates thousands of years B.C. They coincide with the beginnings of civilization when humans began to settle and grow their own food. Their superior ability to be dried and used during the lean months probably contributed to the success of mankind's survival. A vegetarian diet may be greatly enriched by adding beans because of their nutritional value, but meat eaters should know how well beans can stretch out the flavor of a nice little piece of meat, or even just a juicy ham bone soup.