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Place
your Order for St Patrick's Day deliveries by March 10th!
 Month
of March Best Buy Special
is our 15-count gift box of
Jonagold apples,
sale price $16.99 (reg. price $18.99).
Save with
our Coupon Special this March! Place your order for the Fruit
From Washington
Coupon Special - save $2.00 on a gift box of 20 Red d'Anjou pears,
only good through March 15 (click
for more information).
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 Happy
St. Patrick's Day
from Fruit From Washington.com!
We hope you will be wearing the green come March 17th and celebrating
such things Celtic as the abhall. No, that's not a typo, it's
the Celtic word for apple.
Researchers
on the track of the Gael in Arthurian studies surmise that the
name for Avalon, King Arthur's final resting place, is actually
derived from Abhallon which has the root word abhall or apple.
In a scholarly paper touching on the etymology of Arthurian
names, prepared by K. Kaczmarek (titled Avalon, Isle of Mystery)
it states, "The name was most likely drawn not only from
the Romanized version ("Insula Avallonia") of Ynis Avallon, which
came from the Welsh word aval or afal meaning apple... but was
also influenced by Avallon, a real place in Burgundy, whose Gaulish
derivation also has the apple meaning...The apple etymology is
significant because apples were a paradisal or magical fruit 'like
those of the Hesperides, or of Celtic otherworld regions portrayed
elsewhere,' and could indicate another version of Arthur's passing...namely
leaving open the possibility that he could return." (Sources:
"Avalon: Isle of Mystery," by Katie Kaczmarek, 1 February
2001, for Legends of Arthur course, Haverford College; also The
Name Game based on chapter of same name, in The Track of the Gael
in Arthurian Studies by S.J. Kragness.)
Further
investigation into fruit name etymology reveals that in addition
to the Celtic abhall which persists in many place-names "...some
towns and cities have particular associations with fruit trees
Norwich was described in Tudor times as 'either a
city in an orchard or an orchard in a city'." (Source:
The Apple Facts, Food Info Sheet prepared by the Institute of
Food Research Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich.)
From
Early Irish Lyrics
"There is an apple-tree
with huge apples
such as grow in fairy dwellings
(great are these blessings),
and an excellent clustered crop
from small-nutted branching green hazels."
- Early Irish Lyrics: Eighth to Twelfth Century, Edited & translated,
Gerard Murphy 1956 (Oxford, The Clarendon Press).
Find
more in the Fruit From Washington collection of celtic and gaelic
prayers and blessings
In
an unofficial survey, Fruit From Washington posed the question:
"What little thing do you do that makes life a little easier at
home or elsewhere?" Thanks, Dad, Regan, Soph and Cory
for sending in the following:
"Have
a family member who is computer literate call up the Fruit
From Washington Home Page, the Newsletter and place
orders as well as handle all e-mail correspondence for you. This
avoids the endless exasperations in becoming proficient in an
advanced technology at an advanced age." - Dad
"Low
Tech—I've been using a pressure cooker to cook up a pot of
beans then keep them in the fridge to make quick dinners, lunches,
even breakfast. I also steam up a huge pot of vegetables at night
to use for dinner and the next day.
High
Tech—I've cancelled my land line and go only off the cell
phone, the convenience comes from not having to pay an extra $80
a month (now that's convenient). I also haven't set up my voice
mail so I miss half my calls (now that's even more convenient)."
- Regan
Read more of Regan's low-tech cooking ideas in
Fruit From Washington.com
Meal Planner.
 "Stock
the glove box or coat pocket with individual pages for kids to
color. (Of course, don't forget a few crayons.) As those who run
kid-friendly restaurants have discovered, coloring reduces the
stress of waiting for everyone involved. Bring your own! It works
in doctors' offices too." - Sophia
Click
for our new Kid's Fruit Coloring Book! Be sure to print extra
copies!
"Keep
a 20-count box of fruit, crisp and cold, in the fridge for tasty,
easy snacks loved even by those who are not on a weight loss diet
in the family." - Cory
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Up
on the Blackboard
Special Days in March
International
Women's Day
Friday,
March 8, 2002
International
holiday has been set aside to recognize the achievements
and successes of women the world over.
Ides
of March
Friday,
March 15, 2002
In the
ancient Roman calendar, the ides is the day corresponding
originally to the full moon. It was a soothsayer who called
out to Julius Caesar, "Beware the ides of March" (Act I,
Scene II, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare).
St.
Patrick's Day
Sunday, March 17, 2002
Don't
forget to wear the green. Read By Killarney's Lakes and
Fells, E. Falconer (Edmund O'Rourke). Serve a St. Patrick's
Day supper of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and homemade
applesauce. Play the music of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy
Makem.
First
Day of Spring
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
National
Cherry Blossom Festival Begins
Saturday,
March 23, 2002
In 1912 the City of Tokyo
gave the City of Washington D.C. 3,000 cherry trees to line
the avenues. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a celebration
of that gift and has become a rite of spring.
Passover
Begins at Sunset
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
Annual
Jewish festival in March or April, also known as Pesach,
celebrated with a Seder meal.
Easter
Sunday, March 31, 2002
Celebrate
the renewal of life. Happy Easter!
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Click Highlights at FruitFromWashington.com
The
Fruit From Washington calorie
search page is one of our most popular! Take a look, if you
haven't seen it yet and then recommend
it to your friends!
Along
with
our
Searchable recipe database • Computer
wallpaper • Spring
scene screensavers • Spring
Garden Tips • Other Garden
Links • Cooking Links
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 The
March Subscription Variety is a 20-count gift box of Gala
Apples.
The Gala
apple is Bruce's absolute favorite. They are crisp and tart.
He states matter-of-factly that if you like a non-mushy, non-bland
apple, you'll like the gala. If you like rosé wine, you
won't.
The Gala has Cox's
Orange Pippin, a wonderful old-fashioned English favorite, and
Delicious apple varieties in its family tree. It's a good keeper,
too. Remember our Monthly
Care Packages of Apples and Pears when thinking
about gifts that will be enjoyed throughout the year
(also
available in 9-month, 6-month and 3-month fruit of the month
subscriptions).
It's
always easy to order gift boxes
of Washington grown apples and pears or Quinn's
gourmet salsas, sauces and pepper jellies
from FruitFromWashington.com!
 "The
best of luck will always wait upon you if you pick up on the
road
a horse's shoe." In
the time when travel was by equestrian mode, a lucky horseshoe
was a much more common find. These days, it helps to know a
horseshoer if you're looking for old horseshoes. Recently, Ross
Eberhart has become one of the luckiest guys I know. He talked
his horseshoer out of boxes of hundreds of old shoes and uses
them in his latest line of welded art.
While
Ross can make a zillion things out of throwaway objects, his
new series of Cowboy Riding and Roping Armadillo is one of his
best. Anyone who gets a rare Ross original, made mostly out
of horseshoes, is really lucky, too! Link
to More Welded Art Sculpture by Ross Eberhart.
March
Featured Recipes
Passover
Desserts
Charoset
- “a paste-like compound of ground apples, nuts, cinnamon
and wine...to remind us of the clay from which our ancestors were
forced to make bricks in building the two cities, Pithom and Raamses.”
(Source: “A Treasure For My Daughter,” edited by Bessie
W. Batist; Mary Davids Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York; 1965)
½
apple, seeded
¼ cup ground walnuts
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon red wine
Chop or coarsely
grate the apple and mash well with other ingredients. When mixture
is smooth, add wine and mix again. Makes ½ cup.
Other choices for Passover desserts:
Deep Dish Apple Pie
2 cups sliced apples
1 teaspoon allspice
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Place apples in 1 ½ - quart casserole, sprinkle with sugar
and cinnamon.
Pastry
2 eggs, beaten
½ cup sugar
3 tablespoons oil
1½ tablespoons potato flour
½ cup matzo meal
pinch of salt
To make pastry, beat together eggs and sugar, add oil, flour,
meal and salt. Mix thoroughly, spread over apples. Bake in oven
preheated to 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve warm or cold.
Baked Apples
Select tart apples; wash and core. Place in baking dish, fill
center with sugar. Sprinkle with cinnamon if desired. Cover
bottom of dish with boiling water; bake in hot oven until soft.
Baste often. Serve hot or cold.
These three Passover Dessert Recipes are excerpted
from "A Treasure For My Daughter" edited by Bessie W. Batist
Recipe section compiled by Sarah Ein, Anne Warshaw, Mary Davids
Hawthorn Books, Inc./Publishers/New York; 1965.
For more dessert recipes (using
Fruit From Washington apples and pears) see the FruitFromWashington
Dessert Recipes Page!
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The
FruitFromWashington.com
Archive Feature of the Month
Photograph by D.C. Ingram
of the Orchard District, Wenatchee River, near Cashmere, Washington,
Wenatchee Forest, 1920.
National Archives & Records
Administration's Pacific Alaska Region , 6125 Sand Point Way
NE, Seattle, WA Creating by: Department of Agriculture.
United States Forest Service (Control Number NRIS-95-HISTPHO-155005)
Send
a Free Digital Postcard
with 20th Century Americana Farm Scenes Courtesy of FruitFromWashington.com!
The
FruitFromWashington Archive Feature metaphorically blows
the dust off of an image or document from our past and brings
it to the light of day for a new audience to see.
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