-13 Below...and Piglets

So here we are two weeks later and I figured it’s about time that we posted some pictures of the farrowing that happened on the 14th, the coldest night of the season so far. The day after the last post.  Bungie had a long and difficult time that started somewhere around the time the Pat’s scored their 1^st touchdown against the Broncos on Saturday night and didn’t end until the next morning around 09:00. Charlie from Tandem Glass assisted until about 1:30 in the morning and then Christine took over at 5:30 a.m.  It was -13 when I went inside. She gave birth to 6 piglets and at this point we have four survivors. The two smallest ones succumbed to the weather and circumstance but not before Christine brought them into the house and tried to nurse them back to health.

January 15th

January 27th

I realize the second picture is a bit blurry but you have to understand the context in which it was taken.  This is after the house they were living in caught fire.  Christine went out to check on them this morning and smoke was billowing out of the house.  Evidently Bungie knocked one of the heat lamps down that we had rigged to keep the kids warm and it caught the hay on fire.  Fortunately, no one was hurt, the fire was put out and fresh bedding supplied to all.  Of course the entire area smells like a burn pile now but at least that’s it.  So we have 4 Red Wattle/Tamworth piglets out of this litter, 3 boys and a girl.  The girl is the only one with a name at this point, Spaz, as when she was born she wouldn’t stop running around the hut and even went up to her Mom’s nose the next morning and told her what she thought of the whole experience.

Okay, so this week we are bringing you a new Chile Powder for your culinary explorations. We’ve carried the whole chile for a while but now we have:

De Arbol Chile Powder ~ A favorite in Mexican cuisine, de Arbol, meaning "treelike", have a bold heat and a nutty, grass-like flavor with hints of smoke.  Use them in sauces, soups, stews, rubs, stir fry’s, chili, and flavored vinegars and oils.

Approximately  25,000 ~ 35,000 Scoville Units.

Since the beginning of the year we’ve also expanded to a few new stores.  You can now find us at all three Rosemont Markets in Yarmouth and Portland, as well as Whole Foods in Portland, and Eventide in Boothbay Harbor.  At the present time Whole Foods is only carrying the Whole Dried Chiles but that can change if you request them to carry particular items.

Enough of that.  I'll try and have a new recipe for you with the next post and hope to be able to tell you that the Jamaican Curry Powder is now available...