Pleasantville Start Your Ovens! It's Pie Contest Time...

Provided weather cooperates the Phelps Annual Apple Pie Contest will be held this Saturday, October 14. 11:00am that morning the Pleasantville Farmers Market will honor three champion bakers, bestowing upon each a gift basket, a first place medal and bragging rights for the next 12 months.

Things Are A "Go"?

We'll post a note to our website's homepage tomorrow, October 13, at 12:00 noon to confirm the event will run as scheduled. Or alternatively, if the forecast is problematic, we'll confirm use of our October 21 rain date instead.

Do you have the baked goods to win?

Have fun finding out by entering your own pie or dessert in the event. Prior to entering the Contest home bakers are asked to email info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org to receive to receive details and rules for the event. Nevertheless, pies are accepted without pre-registration, until 9:45am Saturday, as long as they follow these key expectations:

• participants must be amateur home bakers only
• pie/dessert must be made all-from-scratch by the person making the submission
• only one submission is permitted per household
• provide a full list of ingredients (measurements are not requested)

However, if not pre-registered, arrive with enough time prior to 9:45am to fill out an Apple Pie Entry form and submit the Entry Fee of $5.

The three categories for entries into the Contest are:

• Best All-From-Scratch 2-crust Apple Pie
• Best All-From-Scratch 1-crust Apple Tart, Crumb, or Crisp
• Best All-From-Scratch Apple Pie by a Junior Chef (18 and Under)

In addition to enjoying the Phelps Annual Apple Pie Contest shoppers can also meet representatives of our Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health (8:30-12:30). Our Market Sprouts Kids Event is an annual favorite: Jean Jacques Cafe & Pâtisserie will be in to help children create their own apple tart (9:30-11:00). Our Music Series performance is of eastern European melodies by Caprice Rouge (10:00-12:00). And Pleasantville Recycles has their Spooktacular Halloween Costume Swap Saturday in the Memorial Plaza Gazebo (9:30-12:30)

Who's In This Week?

View our Map of the Market to see where vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace. You can also have a look at our Vendor Page by clicking here -- note that each vendor's "Frequency" is listed, clarifying how often they will visit the Indoor Market each month.

In addition to our Weekly Vendors the Rotation Vendors listed below will also be in this Saturday.

• Demi Olive Oil
• Krazy For Kazu's
• North Winds Lavender Farm
• Red Barn Bakery
• SallyeAnder
• Warwick Valley Winery & Black Dirt Distiller

Open When, and Park Where?

The Outdoor Market is open Saturday from 8:30am to 1:00pm. Where to park? Get to know the "hidden parking lots of Pville". There are 7 parking lots within a few blocks of the Market. Review them all by clicking here to view a parking map.

Is your favorite part of the Contest the slices for $2?

Winners will be announced at 11:00am, but in the end every dessert will be celebrated as shoppers can purchase slices for $2 as a fundraiser for the Market's Scholarship Fund. Money raised by entry fees and the selling slices of all pies contributes to the non-profit Pleasantville Farmers Market’s scholarship fund (annually awarded to a graduating Pleasantville High School student on the basis of community service in areas of environmental stewardship, education and leadership).

Have questions about creating the perfect pie crust?

Local cookbook author Suzy Scherr held a Pie Crust Demo last week. To review her recipe for a "Totally Not Scary Pie Dough" click here.

Using SNAP At The Market

The Pleasantville Farmers Market welcomes shoppers using SNAP EBT. To use SNAP benefits begin at the Manager's Tent, located at the north end of the marketplace. A Market Manager will help you to redeem your benefits as tokens. And due to a generous grant from Market Sponsor The Pleasantville Lions Club, you'll receive 40% more value as "Bonus Bucks", enhancing your ability to purchase nutritious, farm fresh foods for you and your family. Learn more about SNAP benefits by clicking here.

Phelps Health Tip:

Eat Apples!

Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following tip: "The Iowa Women's Health Study reports, among 34,000 women tracked for nearly 20 years, that apples are associated with lower risk of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease. Experts attribute these heart-healthy benefits to antioxidant compounds in apples, which help to prevent LDL cholesterol from oxidizing and inhibit inflammation. Plus, soluble fiber in apples has been shown to lower cholesterol levels as well".

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Spice Revolution: 25% OFF SALE

Spice Revolution is offering 25% off all their 1/2 pint mason jars of spice, sugar and brine. This includes: cocoa sugar, cinnamon sugar, Mexican oregano, zesty Italian, orange & spice brine, lavender and many more. Regularly $12 this weekend $9.

Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery

Warwick Valley Winery & Black Dirt Distillery creates a variety of wines, fruit wines, hard ciders, fruit liqueurs, and gin that have people singing for more. This week they will have their seasonal Doc's Pumpkin Hard Cider.

Mums Are Here (until 10/21)

Simply Planted will have mums for sale in all colors. Sizes range from from 6" to 16" and they have hanging combo baskets too. But act now as their last visit of the season is on 10/21!

Fall Pastas

Stop by and check out seasonal pastas by Trotta Foods including Pumpkin Ravioli with Pumpkin Pasta, Butternut Ravioli with Sage Pasta, and Sweet Potato Gnocchi.

Fall Go-Go Pop Flavors

Go-Go Pops always creates some delicious fall flavors including Pumpkin Pie and also Apple Crisp. The Pumpkin Pie pop tastes like the best pumpkin pie you've ever had (on a stick) and has a ginger snap cookie starring as the "crust". The Apple Crisp pop is apple pie on a stick with oats, brown sugar and butter as the "crisp."

Thanksgiving Turkey Sign-Up Sheets

Campanelli's Poultry has begun taking sign ups for Thanksgiving turkey. They have Broad Breasted Whites, from 10lb - 25lbs, to be delivered fresh on November 18. And Cowberry Crossing Farm still has their sign up process going - stop by their tent to learn about their Certified Organic/ Biodynamic turkeys.

Pickle Licious: Krelish

Pickle Licious' homemade Krelish isn't just used for summer hot dogs. Their mixture of sauerkraut, relish, and mustard is also a great addition to your Octoberfest inspired recipes with Bratwurst, homemade pretzels, and more. Pick up a 6oz container for $5.00 at the Market.

Kiernan Farm: Rib SALE

This week Kiernan Farm has a SALE on their their beef back ribs at $7.75/lb (reg. $9.75) and their pork country style ribs are discounted too.

Cowberry Crossing Farm: Warm Weather Beans

Beans are back - the warm weather has allowed Cowberry Crossing Farm to grow them later than ever before. They will bring three varieties: green, yellow wax and dragon tongue (yellow with purple spots).

EVENTS AT THE MARKET

Special Event: 9:45am - 12:00pm

Phelps Annual Apple Pie Contest

(weather permitting- rain date 10/21)

Find out if you have the baked goods to win this Saturday, October 14. Bring your pie and $5 entry fee to the Market Manager's Tent by 9:45am to register. Prizes include bragging rights for a year, and an abundantly filled Market tote bag.

Kids Event: 9:30am - 11:00am

Cooking With Jean Jacques

Jean Jaques Cafe & Pâtisserie helps children make their own apple tart with apples from Mead Orchards and Wright's Farm. Also, Spoonful of Sugar Bake Shop has provided a number of GF dough and crumb kits for the event as well.

Music Series 10:00am - 12:00pm

Caprice Rouge, an acoustic ensemble, casts its spell with the winding scales and mysterious melodies of traditional Balkan, Romany, and Klezmer Eastern European folk music, evoking distant, faraway, and exotic moods from a forgotten time. Don't forget to set aside time Saturday to enjoy this unique group.

Spooktacular Halloween Costume Swap

at Memorial Plaza Gazebo 8:30am - 12:30pm

Pleasantville Recycles is starting up its annual costume swap. Stop by the Memorial Plaza Gazebo on October 7, 14 and 21 to swap a gently used costume, or to simply select a costume to keep (no trade required).