Customer Appreciation Event - April 30th

It's our way of saying THANK YOU!  

Come enjoy sampling wine and food.

Shop for Mother's Day, Graduations, Birthdays, Showers, 
Grilling Season ...

Saturday, April 30th (1:00 to 4:00 PM)  

(Huguenot Store)

Food 

• Harvey will be grilling outside
• Dillapeno
• Condiment
• over Cream Cheese with Original Pretzel Crisps
• Stonewall Kitchen
• Raspberry Peach Champagne Jam over Goat Cheese
• Lemon Tartlets with Wild Maine Blueberry Jam
• Peach Amaretto Cream Cheese Spread
• Sea Salt Crackers
• Wild Hibiscus Flowers
• Flowers filled with Goat Cheese
• Royal Hibiscus Lemon Cookies
• Blueberry Hibiscus Sampler
• Cheese
• Cheddar
• Belavitano
• Greek Feta, Olive and Orzo Salad
• Peppadews stuffed with Southwest Spread
• Romanoff Caviar with ... (I haven't decided what recipe yet)
• Sushi with Gusto
• Jerry's Barbecue
• I'll have a few fun little take-aways.

Wines

• Maschio Prosecco
• Impatience Rose (new vintage)
• North by Northwest
• Chardonnay
• Red Blend
• Lost Angel (because this was so popular I had it brought in for this event - we will not be carrying it after this)
• Chardonnay
• Pinot Noir
• Red Blend
• Trivento
• Chardonnay
• Amado Sur Malbec
• Golden Malbec
• Killka 
• Torrontes
• Red Blend Malbec
• Leap of Faith Red Blend
• Trapiche Malbec
• Girl and Dragon
• Red Blend
• Cabernet

RECIPE INDEX

Click on the recipe you're interested in and the recipe post will open in a new window.  

An asterisk (*) in front of a recipe denotes recipes that were customer favorites.  A diamond (s) in front of a recipe is a recipe I've shared.

Recipes have been sampled by my taste testers and have my TFM customer seal of approval.  ENJOY!

2013 RECIPE INDEX
2014 RECIPE INDEX   
2015 RECIPE INDEX

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* Creamy Gooey Grilled Cheese


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* Jalapeno Poppers


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- Over Cream Cheese/Cheese
     * Ham Glaze with Pineapple and Pecans

     

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Wine and Food Tasting - April 14th

Thursday, April 14th (3:00 to 6:00 PM)  
(Huguenot)

Food

• Applewood Maple Flavored Flat Chicken
• Meal Deal (not sure what flavors I'm being given)
• Burger
• Potato/Macaroni Salad
• Pie

Wines

• (I'll pick wine when I get to the store.)

Recipes: Creamy Gooey Grilled Cheese - Jalapeno Poppers

If you missed the sampling at Fresh Market, Commonwealth Parkway, you missed delicious food.  Aside from great flavor, there is NO MEASURING of ingredients required.  Both recipes, EASY to prepare.

Creamy Gooey Grilled Cheese

Stonewall Kitchen Red Pepper Jelly 

1 container TFM Original Pimento Cheese Spread

1 loaf bread

Bacon, cooked or Real Bacon Bits (optional)

mayonnaise

On one slice of bread, spread pimento cheese. If using bacon, place on top of cheese.

On other slice of bread, spread Red Pepper Jelly. Sandwich the two slices together.

Spread mayo on top slice of bread. Place, mayo side down, in pan to cook.  While it cooks, spread mayo on top slice.  When bottom is nice and golden, flip and cook other side.  When nice and golden, remove from pan. Plate. Slice. Serve.

The bread I used was French Brioche.  Sold A LOT of bread!

RAVE reviews from customers!  Some said they would use Stonewall Kitchen's Hot Pepper Jelly instead of Red Pepper Jelly.  Your choice.  A few commented, instead of bacon they'd use ham. Whatever grilled cheese additions you like, go for it. 

Oh, and YES mayonnaise on the bread, not butter.  With the mayo you get a nice little crispiness and it's easier to spread "crust to crust".  Let's face it, with butter you have to wait for it to soften and if you don't, you'll tear the bread when you spread it.  All the way around, mayo on the outside of a grilled sandwich is the way to go.

*****

Jalapeno Poppers

Jalapenos

TFM Pimento Cheese

Stonewall Kitchen Hot Pepper Jelly or Red Pepper Jelly Real Bacon, cooked and crumbled or Real Bacon Bits (optional)

Preheat oven to 350^o.

Cut jalapenos in half, lengthwise, leaving stem on. Remove seeds and ribs.

Spread Pimento Cheese in each jalapeno and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.  Sprinkle with bacon/bacon bits.  Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until jalapenos are tender.

While jalapenos bake, put jelly in a microwave save bowl and microwave until soft. 

Place jalapenos on serving dish.  Drizzle with jelly.  Serve.

Aside from comments of "these are delicious", most customers were surprised with putting hot pepper jelly on jalapeno poppers.  Because these aren't fried, 1. they make a great quick snack and 2. it's something easy and different for Bunko (women were purchasing ingredients to prepare just for that).

Wine and Food Sampling - April 12th (Updated - 4/12/16 8:21 AM)

Tuesday, April 12th (2:00 to 6:00 PM)  
(Commonwealth Pkwy.)

Food

• Stonewall Kitchen Red Pepper Jelly and Hot Pepper Jelly 
• Jalapeno Poppers 
• TFM Pimento Cheese
• Grilled Cheese
• Stonewall Kitchen Sea Salt Crackers

Wines

• Bluefeld Riesling
• (May pick a Chardonnay.)
• Kilka Red Blend
• Kilka Malbec

Mark your calendars ...

...  because you're invited!

Saturday, April 30th - 1:00 to 4:00 PM

(Huguenot Store)

I LOVE my customers.  Tom knows our customers are wonderful as well.  All the employees in the store appreciate our customers.  Soooo, Tom has allowed me to co-ordinate an event to show how thankful we are for you.  I'm coordinating with,

• Penelope (my wine distributor), 
• my favorite brands (that I love to sample out), 
• Nicole (deli manager), 
• Jenny (our cheese specialist), 
• Harvey (who will man the grill) and 
• Mark (in grocery who orders everything I need).

We will feature food and wine perfect for Mother's Day, Spring and grilling season.  I am hoping this will be a fun event that will give you plenty of ideas.

If you  know me, you know I stress when I prepare recipes.  With this event ... from now until April 30th, 4:30 PM, I will be stressing big time.  My distributor and Tom are putting a lot of faith in me and I don't want to disappoint them (with lack of sales).  I also don't want to disspoint you my faithful, wonderful customers.  The pressure is on.  I need a glass bottle of wine.

I will post the wines and food, the week of the event.  For now, just mark your calendars.