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Mancha Mantel de Cerdo y de Pollo
FarmPlate May 05, 2010 Cloudland Farm 0 comments
(Tablecloth Stainer Stew with Pork and Chicken) This recipe is a fusion of two recipes from two different Mexican cookbooks, Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz's The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking (Ballantine Books, 1985) and Roger Hicks's Mexican Cooking (Quintet Publishing, 1995), as prepared by two Vermont cooks, Maple Corner's Marialisa Calta and Charlotte's Susan Stuck. Both cooks have stained tablecloths and happy guests to show for it. Adding the pomegranate molasses at the end of cooking was Susan's idea. It's hardly authentic, but its sweet-tartness has a way of waking up the flavors of the chiles, fruit and meat. 8 ancho and/or pasilla chiles One 2-pound boneless Luna Bleu Farm or other...
Cinco de Mayo!
FarmPlate May 05, 2010 Cloudland Farm 0 comments
Cinco de Mayo isn't exactly Mexico's independence day--that's on September 16. In Mexico, the 5th of May is merely a regional observance honoring the Battle of Puebla. But in the U.S., Cinco de Mayo has grown into a nationwide celebration of Mexican culture, food and drink. Which is reason enough for us to cook up a fragrant, chile-loaded mancha mantel stew tonight. The name means "tablecloth stainer" so don't pull out your best table linens. Just make sure you have plenty of paper napkins and cold Mexican beer on hand to really enjoy this dish. Luckily for us Northerners, the rich warmth of many Mexican caldillos, tingas, moles, adobos and other traditional meat dishes comes from dried red...
Cloudland Farm: Still in the Family a Century Later
FarmPlate Apr 30, 2010 Cloudland Farm 0 comments
"Cloudland." The name rings a little '60s psychedelic, but it's generations older than that. The farm was already called Cloudland Farm back when the Emmons family purchased the property in 1908. Today, Cathy and Bill Emmons and their three children work the hilly farm in North Pomfret, Vermont. Once a dairy farm, Cloudland is now home to Black Angus beef cattle, pastured poultry, pigs, horses, a certified tree farm and the Cloudland Farm Country Market. Most visitors to the farm and market arrive by car, driving the four miles up Cloudland Road from River Road in Woodstock. "They come to buy our roasting chickens, local beef and specialty sausages," says Cathy Emmons. "Our beef cattle are...