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Hello from Mountain View.
It's harvest time!! Yes, the nuts are falling off the trees just in time for the cold snap which heralds chestnut eating time. It's usually a lovely time in North East Victoria with sunny days and cool nights however the last few days have been unexpectedly cold with snow falling on the nearby hills. Hopefully, things will improve for Easter. Best wishes for the holiday season and if you are travelling please be careful.
Contents Farm Crikey it's Spiky Export Collingwood Farmers Market Alpine Valleys Gourmet Weekend
Farm Our new orchard got off to a slow start this year with the first of the Buffalo Queens hanging on the trees and steadfastly refusing to fall. However, the rain over the past couple of days has fixed that and the last harvest of this variety will be tomorrow. The premium De Coppi nuts have started and look like being considerably larger this year so if you like Large 2 and Large 3 easy to peel nuts, this is the year. Our first mail orders will be going out on Monday 10 April in time for Easter feasting with fresh nuts now being available until July. The new orchard is located on the Great Alpine Road, 15 km from Myrtleford. We have farm gate sales and welcome visitors on weekends during April and May or mid-week by appointment (phone 03 5756 2788).
Crikey it's Spiky! Epicure and Good Living - The Age (Melbourne) and The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) We were fortunate to have renowned chef and food writer Stephanie Alexander feature chestnuts in the Epicure section of the Melbourne Age and the Good Living Magazine in the Sydney Morning Herald newspapers this week. There are some lovely recipes which I've put up on the website - Chestnut Almond Torte with Chocolate Cream, Barquette aux Marrons and another take on Nesselrode Ice Cream. Stephanie's encouragement kept us processing when things got really tough a few years ago and she has been a wonderful supporter of Australian chestnuts hosting chestnut industry promotional events. For a full transcript see the Age Website Click on Entertainment and then Epicure.
Export I've recently been involved with a project run jointly by the Alpine Valleys Agribusiness Forum and the Department of Primary Industries in Victoria. This project selected around 10 food and wine businesses from North East Victoria to participate in a regional food promotion at Whitebait and Kale in Singapore. For more details see the Whitebait and Kale website. I went to Singapore for the launch of the project in March and whilst there met with a number of potential importers of both fresh and processed chestnuts.
In March I also visited Tokyo and attended the annual food show Foodex. The show is huge and very interesting with many new and exciting foods on display. As usual, I was very well cared for by our customers Nemoto san and Sueki san of MQ Foods. It's quite surreal to be harvesting chestnuts in the orchard one day and in a five star restaurant in Tokyo the next night!
Collingwood Farmers Market I will be at the Collingwood Farmers Market in Melbourne on Saturday 13 May, Saturday 10 June and Saturday 8 July. I'll have fresh nuts as well as frozen peeled and sweetened puree available for sale at the market and would love to see any of my newsletter readers and chat about chestnuts.
Until next time ..
Jane
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