Choose beet roots that are firm and unwrinkled.  With the greens attached, beets can keep for only three to four days in the fridge as the root has to supply moisture to the leaves.  Without the greens attached, beet root can keep for a couple of weeks.

Beets with round bottoms are sweeter than flat-bottomed ones.  Eat beets fresh to enjoy its flavor better.  Do not overheat beets when cooking as heat destroys all the essential nutrients.  Remove the skin before cooking.

Nutritional Facts

Beets are loaded with vitamins A, B1, B2, B6 and C.  The greens have a higher content of iron compared to spinach.  They are also an excellent source of calcium, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, sodium and iron.

While the sweet beet root has some of the minerals in its greens to a lesser degree, it is also a remarkable source of choline, folic acid, iodine, manganese, organic sodium, potassium, fiber and carbohydrates in the form of natural digestible sugars.

Its iron content, though not high, is of the highest and finest quality that makes excellent food that is blood building.  This renders it highly effective in treating many ailments caused by our toxic environment and surrounding.

Try this delicious Baked Beet Salad with Fall Greens and Feta Cheese or Rebecca’s Beet Salad of Love.

If you have a beet recipe you’d like to share, please send it to tastethecounty@bellnet.ca and we will include it in our recipe list.

Don’t forget to eat your beets!

Considered a vegetable, rhubarb is treated as a fruit and it provides a good source of vitamin C, fiber and calcium. Rhubarb can be quite tart and it usually requires a little sweetening from honey, fruit juices or sugar.

Typically used in preserves and sauces, or in dessert dishes such as tarts, pies and strudels, this delicious vegetable comes in a wide array of varieties. Bite into Bob Downey’s Rhubarb Crisp or Heather Zorzini’s Rhu-Berry Rosé Compote.

• Have a recipe you’d like to share with us. Send it to tastethecounty@bellnet.ca and we’ll post it on the website for everyone to try.

• Pick up your next bunch of rhubarb at these locations  - Link

All the best for 2010!

The sold out event provided 100% County meals to 1,200 people!

Many thanks to the farmers, the caterers, our sponsors, our volunteers,  and everyone who helped make the Supper a success for the 4th year in a row!

1,200 tickets have been sold!

Please feel free to come join us on Main St. and enjoy the local entertainment, local wine, beer & cider, and Farmers Market!

We hope to see you there! 

There has been a lot of buzz about tickets so we recommend you buy your tickets this weekend in case it Sells Out!

 Tickets are still available this weekend at the following locations:
Sobeys, Picton
County Farm Centre, Picton
Campbell’s Orchards, Rednersville 
And there are a few tickets left at Re/Max, Wellington and The Grange of Prince Edward, Hillier

Hurry and get your tickets to avoid disappointment!   

Many people are becoming aware of just how far their food travels before it reaches the dinner table. This program plans to follow several aspiring and seasoned ‘locavores’ as they struggle to make a local diet work in today’s busy world.

TVCOGECO is looking to profile interesting and passionate locavores in and around Kingston, Belleville and Brockville: Families and couples challenging themselves to eat locally, chefs scouring the countryside to keep their kitchens stocked and their menus enticing, engaged couples incorporating the 100 mile challenge into their wedding banquet. Through these stories, TVCOGECO will also have the opportunity to meet local food producers, distributors and organizations and see what they have to offer to their communities.

TVCOGEGO is looking for any familes or couples that may be thinking of taking on a local food challenge or perhaps a chef who is either introducing a local foods menu or expanding on a successful one.

If you would like to hear more about being featured on a television program, please contact:
Michael Pontbriand, Producer
mike.pontbriand@cogeco.com
613-544-6311 x8582

Tickets are $20 and children under 6 eat free!

Be sure to get your tickets early as last year the event was Sold Out!

Tickets are available at:
Campbell’s Orchards, Rednersville
The Grange of Prince Edward Vineyards & Estate Winery, Hillier
Re/Max, Wellington
Taste the County, Bloomfield
Hick’s General Store, Milford
County Farm Centre, Picton
Sobeys, Picton 

Tickets are also available to purchase online at: http://www.harvestin.ca/tickets.php

 If you are interested in volunteering for the Harvestin’ the County Supper please contact Erin at 613.476.2148 ext. 344