Music Series
- October
- 2: David Yaeger, Acoustic Guitar
- 9: Sherry Malone, Singer Songwriter
- 16: Shelley Otis, Folk Harpist
- 23: Beverly Gori of Heartstrings, strolling fiddler
- 30: The Harper and the Minstrel
- October
- 4: Ray Papile, Easy Listening
- 11: Beverly Gori of Heartstrings, strolling fiddler
- 18: Sherry Malone, Singer Songwriter
- 25: PUMPKIN FESTIVAL, The Harper and the Minstrel
Feature Member
On market days, Jen Healy wakes up early. Her two children get up with her.
Together they begin measuring, sifting and kneading the bread and rolls that has made Healy famous at the Plymouth Farmers’ Market.
People ask after her, according to Market Manager Barbara Anglin, because Healy doesn’t always attend the market. Her children have soccer practice after all.
But Healy’s double chocolate buns are legendary. The day she talked to a reporter, several people came up to ask her about them – the last one was in the reporter’s pocket.
“I use unsweetened cocoa in the buns,” Healy told her customers. “I don’t use butter or oil, and they’re surprisingly light and not too sweet.”
Healy gets her recipes from everywhere and plays with them until they suit her. With the chocolate buns, Healy thought there was something wrong with them the first time she made them. Then she realized what was wrong. “There was no vanilla in them,” she said. “How can you have chocolate without vanilla?”
On market days, Healy and her two children wake up at 4 a.m. to begin the process. All of the breads they make are baked fresh that day, and if the loafs vary from day to day, the more homemade they look and smell.
The varieties change over the weeks. Sometimes Healy will have cornbread made from organic cornmeal, milled at the Jenney Grist Mill on Town Brook; other times she’ll have anadama bread, a dark sweet bread made from the same cornmeal and molasses.
Either way, Healy says, “It’s all about the butter.”
“Most cornbread recipes call for shortening, but I’d rather use less of the real thing than that stuff,” she said.
If she decides not to make anadama bread, Healy might make oatmeal bread, or an oatmeal Irish soda bread that tastes like it’s loaded with butter, but isn’t. “It the ugliest loaf you ever saw, but it tastes great.”
News + Events
GET A LIFE - I’m hooked: Take the time to go to a local farmers’ market
This morning I went to the farmers’ market in downtown Plymouth. I was so excited to buy fresh tomatoes, corn, and various other fruits and vegetables grown by locals.
Some people get excited by their iPhones; I find ultimate joy in slicing a big, juicy tomato and eating it with just the right amount of salt.
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State awards nearly $5,000 to Plymouth Farmer’s Market
As he stopped by each of the vendor’s booths at the Plymouth Farmers’ Market Thursday afternoon, Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Doug Petersen got a close look at some of the best fresh vegetables, flowers and pies Plymouth has to offer.
Petersen’s tour of the farmer’s market at Stephen’s Field was an opportunity for him to personally announce the awarding of a $4,925 marketing grant to Market Managers Barbara Anglin and Dean Rizzo, the husband and wife team whose idea it was to start the market five years ago.
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Top Ten Tips for Making the Most at The Farmers' Market
From the Mass farmers markets news update
1. Don't Buy Anything! Until you've walked the loop of the market, that is. Ok, perusing the market is more fun while munching on a cookie or some sweet berries, so go ahead and grab your favorite immediately - but otherwise, take the time to check out everyone's market stand before deciding what to buy. After all, pricing, variety and quantities can vary from booth to booth and you don't want to shortchange yourself of the best selection and the specials of the day.
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The AG TAG!
Show your support for local farmers by purchasing an "AG TAG" specialty license plate. A minimum of 1,500 plates reserved is required before the RMV will begin this special plate production - help us achieve our goal!
Support your local farmers and Mass Farmers' Markets by purchasing the Massachusetts Agriculture specialty license plate. Proceeds from these plates will go to the Massachusetts Agricultural Trust Fund. The Trust will fund programs and services that help farmers remain on the cutting edge in today's market, like innovative practices, research, improvements in managing resources, marketing, training and education. Proceeds will not be used to subsidize individual farmers or the state's Department of Agriculture.
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To market, to market…
Double chocolate buns have chocolate chunks, chocolate dough and big grains of sugar sprinkled over their crusty tops. They smell like heaven and taste sinful. There were other smells too, and sights and sounds at the Plymouth Farmers’ Market. The cowbell clanged to open the market; a fiddler played an Irish jig; people who lined up early before the opening rushed in to their favorite vendors. Yellow sunflowers, pink gladiolas, red geraniums and blue hydrangeas stood at attention in pots or hung in baskets. The day was warm and still, and the rain drizzled down, but not a spirit was dampened.
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