Newsletter w/c 18th December 2017

The tree’s up the decorations are on,the lights are on the house, I suppose it must be Christmas. We hope you have a fantastic festive season and that Santa is good to all of you. We’re having the family at the farm this year, so tidying frantically. Cant wait to get my feet up in front of the fire with everyone here.

We’ve supplied the Brussels sprouts and parsnips to go with the traditional Christmas dinner with sprout recipe below.

We’ve worked out our Christmas rota. Deliveries over the festive period will be as follows:

w/c 18^th December  deliveries will be as normal.

w/c 25^th December deliveries will be a day later than usual ( Tuesday deliveries will be Wednesday instead and so on)

w/c 1^st January we’ll take a holiday so no deliveries this week.

w/c 8^th January  deliveries will be normal

If you have any queries re the dates please email me for confirmation on thewholeshebag@aol.com.

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the bank would like me to stop presenting cheques for small amounts each week. I’d like to get as many customers as possible, whi feel comfortable with it, onto online banking. Let me know if this would cause you any worries. There are other ways round it. Also, I’m planning a price rise in the New Year. Costs keep rising and, looking back, I haven’t increased prices in 5 yrs. I’ll let you know details in the next few weeks.

As a related issue, are there any ways that you feel our service would suit you better. Do we give too little variety, too much variety, not enough choice? If I’m raising the costs for you, I’d like to raise the standard of service to match, where possible, so I’m open to any of your ideas.

I’ve changed the variety of potato this week as I’ve been finding a lot of discolouration in the ones I’ve been using so hopefully it wont affect this one. Let me know if you have any problems with quality.

PLEASE RETURN ALL NET BAGS PLEASE. WE RE-USE THEM.

The veg in the bag this week should be as follows although, substitutions may occur due to availability.

Potato, Onion, Carrot, Brussels sprouts, Parsnip, leek, red cabbage

The Large bag will also include:

Mushroom, Celery and kale

Featured Recipe

Glazed Sprouts with Carmelised Onion

Boil the Brussels sprouts for 5-10 minutes (depending on size) until they are just tender. Meanwhile, melt 25g of butter in a frying pan and add a large onion, cut into wedges. Cook over a medium heat for 6-8 minutes until golden. Add 2 tablespoons of sherry vinegar and  a tablespoon of Demerara sugar and mix. Allow it to bubble for a few seconds then remove from the heat. Drain the sprouts thoroughly and toss through the onion mixture, Serve.

Fruit and Vegetables
Organic Vegetables	£13.50 per standard bag
	£16.50 per Large bag
Organic Fruit	£4.00 per Small Bag
	£7.00 per Large Bag
Organic Pasteurised Milk ( full cream/semi skimmed)	£1.20per  litre
Organic Single cream ( 250ml/500ml)	£1.20/£1.60
Organic Double cream ( 250ml/500ml)	£1.30/£1.70
Eggs
Organic Free Range Eggs	£1.80 per Half Dozen Box

Cheques should be made payable to ‘D Murray’

For more information or to place an order please contact us on 07931 738767 or e-mail us or alternatively you can check out our website at  www.thewholeshebag.com or e-mail  thewholeshebag@aol.com

South Cobbinshaw, West Calder, West Lothian, EH55 8LQ

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