BN Week 17: Bacon, blueberries and...nachos?!

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August 23, 2024

Hello from Together Farm!!

It's Bacon & Blueberry Week!! 🥓🔵

And, I know you think it can't get any better but we will ALSO have NACHOS and beer-battered onion rings for a limited time!

The nachos will feature MASA chips - made with organic corn and fried in beef tallow!

Burger of the Week: BB's B-B-Blue's

Farm-made Blueberry ketchup
Bacon
Blue Cheese
Basil Aioli
Baby arugula
Brioche bun, toasted with Butter
Brilliant.

Note that the "ketchup" does not contain any tomato ketchup. :)

This was the blueberry ketchup burger from a few years ago, this year's, we hope, will be EVEN BETTER! The Better BB's B-B-Blue's Burger, if you will.
(and, shoutout to the immortal Mister Fluffypants!)

Farm Store Sales

Allllll our different bacons are 20% off! Plus, all the blueberry things are on sale!!

Yes, the sale includes our bacon-onion jam too, as featured on the Good Fat burger! 🥑

Reminder that it's BLT season and that we also have lots of sugar-free bacons if you ever do no sugar challenges or have found a way to live that lifestyle (hats off to you my friend if you have 💪), NOW is the time to stock-up! 🥓

Thursday, August 22

Save 20% on the Burger of the Week

Trivia at 7pm: Disney! 🐭

Sounds like a lot of people want to come to this one (though people tell me stuff all the time so 🤷‍♀️) so I'd suggest coming early to save the best spot!

Want some warm-up questions:

Which Disney princess is the only one based on a real person?
Out of all the Disney films, one main character speaks the least. Which one is it?

Remember: if you dress up you get FREE Bar Bucks!!

Friday, August 23

Steph's Birthday! Help me celebrate turning 64!! (don't I look great for 64?!) 🎉🎉🎉

LIVE MUSIC from Josh White, 6-9pm

Josh White is an American singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer born and raised in Louisiana but now calls Duluth, MN home. His range of music spans from Garth Brooks to, Kenny Wayne Shepard to Alice in Chains and Nirvana. As a solo artist with the ability to sing songs from a variety of genres; he performs the music that the audience in front of him wants to hear.

Bring your requests! Josh will have a QR code on each table for you to "phone it in"!!

Saturday, August 24

LIVE MUSIC from joe g, 5:30-8:30pm

joe g is a singer/songwriter from Marshfield, WI who combines Americana, folk, and pop musical styling with raw, personal lyrics that he hopes resonates with a broad audience. His originals focus on everything from love to pain, joy to sadness. You can expect to hear everything from his own originals to Johnny Cash, Amos Lee, Tom Petty, Elvis, Taylor Swift, Radiohead, Tom Petty, Marvin Gaye to Chris Stapleton.

Whether you’re singing along, or just chillin', joe g’s performance is a not-to-be-missed night of music! (and the weather is going to be awesome too!!)

Hopefully I long ago dispelled the notion of any perfection going on over here and so yes, I am aware that the music does not match the theme of the the week. Usually, we have blue's musicians this weekend but whoopsie daisy! That ball fell on the ground. Maybe next year we'll do it correctly again. So in a perfect world, that's what I would've done, but hey, I'm getting close to 70 now so cut me some slack. (Maybe don't hold your breath for future perfection. 😁)

Sunday, August 25

Family Day! Buy one get one FREE kids meals all day

Updates & Reminders

Cup coozies are back in stock!! 🥤

Only 6 more official Burger Night weekends after this one.

Labor Day weekend we will NOT be open on Monday, we'll follow our regular hours.

Steph's Surprise Sale 🥳

You know what my absolute favorite cut of meat is of all the meats we carry?

Chicken Gizzards!!!

Ohmygosh, I just love them so much. They are basically little cartilidge-y chunks of protein and are just the absolute perfect snack.

This is the gizzards-to-go picture I sent my friend yesterday, trying to convince her to ride with me to do Menomonie deliveries. I still ended up going alone....?? Wasn't planning on sharing this with you all but this sale surprised even me!! (getting old has its perks!)

Why are gizzards so amazing?

Well, besides being super easy to cook (I just boil them) and then prepare (I just salt them, sometimes with a spicy salt to really shake things up), they are also:

super high in protein, about 44g/cup (same as chicken breast)
but better than chicken breasts if you're looking to lose weight
- gizzards are lower in calories than breasts
- gizzards are lower in fat than breasts
- but gizzards have the same amount of protein, plus so much more (they are an organ meat superfood!):
Vit B12
Niacin
Riboflavin
Iron
Phosphorus
Zinc
Glucosamine
Chondroitin

I would love gizzards even if they weren't amazingly good for you and so crazy easy but I've always loved eating all the cartilage off every piece of meat, so if you like that too and haven't yet discovered these organ-based one-step PROTEIN BALLS! Now's the time!! (You'll never screw around with making a peanut butter protein ball mess again.)

If you don't like chewy stuff I can't help you yet because I haven't made it past the boil-n-eat stage yet, but I promise there are ways: pickling perhaps? They can also be diced up and tossed in a soup or a stew. Got recipes? I'd love to see them!

Just another underappreciated "rock"star of an organ that can't wait to meat you.

And thus concludes my surprise birthday ode to gizzards. ❤

Hope to see you on the farm soon!!

Your farmer & friend (looking to someday take it to the next level of friendship where I try to bribe you with organ meats),

Stephanie Schneider

Week 20: 2 BOTWs, New music + doing our best

Burger Night is open, rain or shineThursday & Friday 4pm-8:30pmSaturday noon-8:30pmSunday noon-7p It's Week 20 of 23 for the 2025 Burger Night Season! The weather looks like it's going to cooperate all this weekend so grab your people and let's have a burger and a beer on the farm. This week's Burger of the Week is BB's BBBlue's:✔ Farm-made Blueberry ketchup (no tomato, all blueberry!)🥓 Bacon🧀 Blue Cheese🌱 Basil Aioli🌱 Baby Arugula🐄 Beef🍞 Brioche bun with butter🔥 Brilliant. Pair it with a Blue Moon = even Better! If you missed it last week or if you went with Bet It All On Black, great news! We've got a few Cheesy Cremini Crazes left! 🍄 Cheesy cremini croquettes✔ White truffle & garlic aioli with black truffle pieces✔ Swiss cheese✔ Caramelized onions✔ 100% grassfed beef patty✔ Toasted brioche bun(Note that we have about 15 other main meal options on the menu, not just whatever the BOTW special is; you can see the menus on the website.) I know that blueberries on a burger sound scary but so many have loved it, that we keep bringing it back! Only one way to find out for sure (....take a bite of your wife's 😂).------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, Sept 11th Trivia at 6:30pm: Mixed Bag Film FashionCare to dance? Picture: logosAudio: piano versions of popular songsIconic toysFootball movies Remember, we give prizes to 1st place, 2nd place and Last place! So bring your friends and let's have some Thursday night fun. Packer Game at 7:15pm! The big screen is still set-up behind the bar so we'll have the game on tonight! Grab your friends (different ages/generations is always a wise choice) and play trivia with us at 6:30pm Thursdays! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, Sept 12th LIVE MUSIC with Zeke Fitz 5-8pm Zeke Fitz is a La Crosse-based solo acoustic musician covering 90's country favorites such as Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith and Joe Diffie, to name a few. He also covers modern country artists such as Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers and Morgan Wallen. Though country music represents a significant portion of his shows, covers of classic rock and alternative hits are sure to make an appearance, too. It's his first time here! Let's give him a warm welcome! 🎵------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, Sept 13th LIVE MUSIC with the foxfire affair 5-8pm Daniel and Claire make up the duo, "the foxfire affair." These multi-instrumentalists bring a full band sound when playing multiple instruments simultaneously. Guitar, concertina, tenor banjo, accordion and other instruments. They play everything from Irish traditionals to sea shanties, American folk to a touch of original material. In a nutshell, lively Irish pub style music with a bluegrass flair. It's the music you didn't know you loved... until now. High-energy "celtgrass". Celtic, maritime, folk, Irish pub vibes with a bluegrass twist. Think sea shanties, banjos, concertina, and foot-stomping fun. 🎵 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, Sept 14th 3pm: Free BINGO with Steph! This Sunday we've got one jackpot of $8,000 and then a second one of somewhere between $500 and $3,000 (we don't know until that day). We play 9 games with a winner every game! ✨ If you wanna win, you gotta play! ✨ Bingo fun! It's free, there's no Packer game....why the heck not?? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 13, 2-4p 🌿 Come explore the farm with herbalist Amanda Talford of Temperance Herbals! ✨ Learn to ID medicinal & culinary plants✨ Explore wild & cultivated herbs✨ Discover how regenerative farming supports thriving ecosystems No-fee tickets are $20 on the farm until Sept 7th! Or, order online. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 24th 🍻 Beer Dinner with The Brewing Projekt and Chef Andrew! We're pairing up with two of your favorites: The Brewing Projekt and Chef Andrew to create our one and only Beer Dinner of 2025 that will keep you warm all winter long just thinking about it! Five incredible courses, beautiful fall colors and stories that will only get better as the night goes on. (Don't love beer? Solutions abound....) Beer Dinner Tickets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Farm Store Updates All things Temperance Herbals are on sale this weekend: salves, tinctures, detoxes, teas and more! (She's brought in a lot of great stuff!) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you so much for all the love and support!! 💚Your farmer & friend, Steph p.s. Only 3 more weeks after this one so don't delay because you never know what the weather might do for the rest of them. Kristin left us an updated ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Google ReviewIt was a great experience and the food was amazing!!