How do you turn a bumper crop of chili peppers into food aid? Terri Wilkinson with the Wake Forest Farmers Market says it is by making pots of chili and lots of jalapeno poppers.
Saturday at the market there will be a range of chilis – white, red, green and autumn – made with chicken, beef, pork, goat or sans all the above vegetarian. They will all be made with ingredients from the market.
You can buy tasting kits at $7 for seven tastes or a bowl for $3. The jalapeno poppers and chicken wings will also be for sale. The proceeds will benefit the Inter-Fair Food Bank and The Red Cross.
You will find the market and the chilis in the Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 19. Remember there will also be the Holiday Artisans Market on Saturday, Dec. 3.
You can find the ingredients for your own chili and other dishes because there is so much variety at the market.
Eggs are returning to the market as well as a wide variety of meats — beef, chicken, pork, goat, rabbit, turkey, lamb – in different cuts, frozen or fresh. Partner those with the vegetable vendors – think squash, pumpkins, black-eyes peas and collards along with eggplant, onions, potatoes – and the people who have breads, empanadas, pastries and granola and those offering fair-trade coffee, chocolate, perennial and annual plants and herbs, jewelry, baskets, wood products, soaps, lotions, and dog treats.
Go to www.wakeforestmarket.org or https://www.facebook.com/wakeforestfm/ to check the list of all this week’s vendors.
