Drugs... Prescription Naturally!!!

Market Lady was asked since you care about what you eat what about drugs, do you take any drugs? Prescription naturally?

My first answer is a definite no. Here comes the but...we are however realistic about the time and need for a prescription drug. Market Lady knows that there are times when it is necessary to take an antibiotic although I haven't had the need to in 20 years. And she also knows that it was a drug like Plavix (a blood thinner) that kept my Dad alive the last 10 years of his life.

Let me tell you a little story about Mom. Just five months ago we thought that any day or hour or minute we would be saying good bye to my 88 year old Mom. Dad died last year and she became very depressed. The doctor said she needs an anti-depressant and for that touch of dementia she will need to see the neurologist. One doctor said dementia the other said intermediate Alzheimer's. So which was it? Off to the pharmacy to fill those prescription's for those oh so dreaded drugs. Very difficult task for me since I treat myself with natural things and once again with-in reason. The big brain doctor said your mother needs to be on Nemenda. I said OK what will this do for her. Will she have a better memory? Will her thoughts be more clear? His answer was

"we really aren't sure that it helps and it may even have a negative effect". Oh great now what.
so as day one came for those dreaded drugs to begin I felt myself feeling sicker and sicker. As the days went on Mom became so tired she couldn't even sit up, walk, get to the potty or know who anyone was. So I took the time to order all of the necessary in home hospital equipment. So many thoughts went through my mind , am I ordering this to make my life easier or to make Mom more comfortable. I wasn't sure. I was on automatic and just did what I thought right at the time. The doctor said the drugs had to build up in her system before she levels off .. Now in my very complex brain that is always working in the over-drive mode I just couldn't accept this level off thing. What did he mean level off? Would she snap out of this Zombie like mode. She was nasty, angry and down right mean to me, Market Lady the care giver. Then I started to read all of the warnings, things like can cause thoughts of suicide and liver damage and an entire host of things. I lost sleep that night. So I took matters into my own hands and began the weening off process of the Nemenda and the Lexapro after three months building up in her system. Eight days passed oh yes, I forgot to mention how her appetite went from great prior to the drugs to eating every third day an living on one Ensure a day. Well on day eleven of the weening process she was back to being Mom. Walking, talking, remembering, eating wanting to help out in the kitchen and making her own bed. We had created a Zombie with these drugs. Mom is completely drug free at 88. We give her an Advil for an occasional ache or pain. Think about how many elderly people that have no one to speak up for them or to pay attention. It's all about big business, push the drugs, treat everyone the same and hope for the best. I mean every other advertisement on the TV is a drug commercial. Notice the photo at the top do you think that these pills have FD&C Dyes, you decide.

Please note this is Market Lady's personal experience and is in no way a suggestion on how to treat any illness. This is what worked in my family.

Entertainment At The Market

Market Lady is so pleased to announce that Doug Munroe will be playing for us on June 10th starting at 3:30. You don't want to miss this.

About DOUG MUNRO : RECORDING ARTIST, COMPOSER, ARRANGER,

PRODUCER, CLINICIAN, EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR


Doug is a critically acclaimed New York jazz guitarist. Since 1987 he has released eleven albums as a leader and has appeared on over 50 recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger working with a diverse array of artists including Dr. John, Michael Brecker, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Doug has over 75 original published compositions and over 300 recorded arrangements by the finest players on the scene today. His current CD “Alone But Not Alone” is Doug’s first solo recording. Doug continues to actively perform with close to 100 live dates per year.


In the recording field Doug has received two Grammy nominations and two NAIRD awards. Amazon.com picked Boogaloo to Beck , on which Doug performed, arranged, and co-produced, as one of its Top Ten Jazz CD’s of 2003. Doug also did orchestration work on the Oscar winning documentary When We Were Kings.
Doug has written three books on jazz improvisation for Warner Brothers Publications, including one entitled, From Swing to Bebop, that won the Music and Sound Retailers instructional book of the year award in 2000. He has just completed his first book for Alfred Music entitled The Total Latin Guitarist.
As an educator Doug created and was Director of the Jazz Studies Program at The Conservatory of Music at Purchase College from 1993-2002. He continues to teach there as Director Emeritus. This esteemed jazz program boasts a faculty that includes John Abercrombie, Todd Coolman, Jon Faddis, Eric Alexander, John Riley and many other top jazz performers.
Having worked with a veritable Who’s Who of Jazz and Soul artists Doug has garnered high praise from both his fellow artists and the press.


“Doug Munro…well he can flat out play!”


Dr. Lonnie Smith
"Doug Munro is a tremendously talented guitarist and composer who deserves the ears of a larger audience"
Steve Khan
“Doug Munro is one of the finest Guitarist I've heard perform. His music is great to listen to, very entertaining, funky, danceable, not to mention his straight ahead groove. Doug is just GREAT!!!”
Melvin Sparks
"Doug Munro plays in the tradition, but he has his own voice, combining elements of mainstream jazz guitar, Brazilian bossa nova and classical music. He has a great sound and swings with authority. I always enjoy playing with him."
John Stowell
" In sum, Munro displays a hip musicality where discipline, audacity and an ebullient sense of joie de vivre co-mingle with devilish glee. Great Stuff!"
Chuck Berg
Jazz Times



Additional information and links to Youtube and My space are available at Doug's web site :
www.dougmunro.com

Come Enjoy Music By ...

Andrew Cataldo, a senior at Byram Hills High School will be the featured entertainment at the farmers market this Thursday. Andrew looks forward to attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the fall of 2010 in hopes of pursuing something in either music or the culinary arts. He began playing guitar within the last two years, but has always had a passion for music. Along with the guitar Andrew will play harmonica as well as sing for our shoppers. Andrew enjoys music from all different genres and generations, all the way from B.B. King to the Black Eyed Peas "I feel there is something to learn from each artist" he says. OK so Market Lady can totally relate to B.B.King but the Black Eyed Peas sounds like something you would find at the veggie table. Gosh I must be getting old.

So be sure to join us this Thursday rain or shine for tunes by...Andrew himself

Beets, Beets, Beets

 Market Lady took home beets from the market on Thursday and decided to cut them in half season them place in a cast iron skillet on my favorite old Weber charcoal grill yes, charcoal not gas. They were so tasty I added a drizzle of white wine and that was that. Easy simple and delicious. OK so I'm a bit over the top we don't use a gas grill at our home simply because I don't believe in placing my food on top of the grill with the propane fired coals or even natural gas. Now that doesn't mean that I wouldn't love an invitation to a back yard BBQ and yes I would most certainly be gracious and enjoy the prepared food by the Host & Hostess even if prepared on their four burner Weber Gas cooking surface, I would even help clean up when it's over.

But all in all Market Lady and her hubby will only cook out doors on the old time grill. So now you must be thinking do they use lighter fluid (All Chemicals)  to get this antiquated BBQ going, do they use match lite coals (All Chemicals) NOPE. Believe it or not we use the hot iron from days gone by with "All Natural Real Lump Hardwood. While pressed charcoal briquet's can have additives and "off" flavors, real lump hardwood charcoal gives just pure, natural wood flavors. You can also easily add chips or chunks of smoking woods to add particular flavors like mesquite, hickory, maple or others.


Lack of Wood Smoke - Gas grills in and of themselves do not create any wood smoke flavor to enhance your food. In fact, some people even feel that the gas gives some strange flavors to the food like me. Not to mention the old carbon foot print. The intense heat and grill grid do help create the nice caramelized golden surface on your grilled foods which adds flavor, but if wood smoke flavors are what you desire, the gas grill does not have it. The solution to this problem is getting a metal smoker box (included on many gas grills) which allows you to add lumps of smoking woods which give off rich smoke to flavor your outdoor cooking food. While this is not quite as good as a real wood fire, it does the job pretty well.

Enjoy BBQ Season. Eat Healthy, Eat Local, Think Green

Market Lady

To Dye Or Not To Dye...Maket Ladys Say's

Put those power drinks down.... the color red, blue where does it come from? For those of you that don't know FD means food & drug; C means for cosmetics.
It's in maraschino cherries. A coal tar dye called Red Dye #40 is artificially added to the fruit. There are over 40 of these Red Dyes; they are very suspect of causing female breast cancer; they also seem to cause other serious problems; Ladies, your husbands love you. Mothers love their daughters. Remove the cherry when you eat sundaes. Avoid anything with FD&C Red Dyes including those power drinks.

This is what Wikipedia, gives as a defination of coal tar.

Coal tar is a brown or black liquid of high viscosity, which smells of naphthalene and aromatic hydrocarbons. Coal tar is among the by-products when coal is carbonized to make coke or gasified to make coal gas. Coal tars are complex and variable mixtures of phenols, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heterocyclic compounds. Do you even know what these words are can you even pronounce them?
Being flammable, coal tar is sometimes used for heating or to fire boilers. Like most heavy oils, it must be heated before it will flow easily.
Like pine tar, it can be used in medicated shampoo, soap and ointment, as a treatment for dandruff and psoriasis, as well as being used to kill and repel head lice. Imagine this is your skin we are talking about remember your largest organ. When used as a medication in the U.S., coal tar preparations are considered an OTC (over-the-counter drug) pharmaceutical and are subject to regulation by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Name brands include Denorex, Balnetar, Psoriasin, Tegrin, T-Gel, and Neutar. When used in the extemporaneous preparation of topical medications, it is supplied in the form of Coal Tar Topical Solution USP, which consists of a 20% w/v solution of coal tar in alcohol, with an additional 5% w/v of polysorbate 80; [2] this must then be diluted in an ointment base such as petrolatum. Coal tar is also used to synthesize paracetamol (acetaminophen). Coal tar was formerly used as one of the primary ingredients of asphalt pavements. Today, petroleum derived binders and sealers are more commonly used. These sealers are used to extend the life and lower maintenance cost associated with asphalt pavements, primarily in asphalt road paving, car parks and walkways.
Tar is used in treatment of the skin disease psoriasis, where coal tar is the most effective. Petroleum tar was also used in ancient Egyptian mummification circa 1000 BC.[3]
Tar was a vital component of the first sealed, or "tarmac", roads. The streets of Baghdad were the first to be paved with tar from the 8th century AD.[4]

According to the National Psoriasis Foundation and the FDA, coal tar is a valuable, safe and inexpensive treatment option for millions of people with psoriasis and other scalp or skin conditions. [5] Coal tar concentrations between 0.5% and 5% are safe and effective for psoriasis, and no scientific evidence suggests that the coal tar in the concentrations seen in non-prescription treatments is carcinogenic. The NPF states that coal tar contains approximately 10,000 different chemicals, of which only about 50% have been identified [6], and the composition of coal tar varies with its origin and type of coal (eg: lignite, bituminous or anthracite) used to make it. This is what they call SAFE, 10,000 different chemicals, I call it BIG BUSINESS. You decide. Market Lady say's loose the cherry on the sundae and stay away from the power drinks.

Let's Talk About Paula

Paula is the proud owner of Thornwood Farms our resident chicken farmer at the market. Paula makes a three hour journey to get down to Westchester on market days just so we can share in the fruits of her labor and do I mean labor. I know after the market ended on Thursday Market Lady was oh so tired right down to the bottom of my feet. Maybe that was because I felt it really important to wear my new very fancy no arch flip flops. My husband told me not to but I answered by saying it hurts to be beautiful honey. But could I really complain after hearing about Paula's day. At the close of market, Paula had to make her three hour journey back home only to find out that when she arrives back at the farm she then has to round up 600 pasture raised chickens and get them back into their sleeping quarters. This task takes about two hours. Yikes... can you just imagine all so we can enjoy those very orange yoke eggs. She takes this task very seriously as last year she lost 1000 birds to predators in broad daylight. She says no slacking the task must be done. All of this is not because Paula is making tons of money but because of her passion and I do mean passion to promote healthy eating. She was lucky enough to be awarded a grant, and once again because of her determination and diligence in pursuing this to help with the cost's on the farm. So if you visit the market be sure to say Hi to Paula and maybe even thank her for the fruits of her labor. Try those eggs, try her meat I guarantee you will not be disappointed. Market Lady is tired just thinking about all of this. Sweet dreams all I'm going to sleep. Nite all.

Wow... All I Can Say Is Thank You

Does North Castle have the best residents? You bet it does. Market Lady wants to thank all of the residents that came out on opening day to support the market. It was my pleasure to get a chance to talk to so many of you and hear your thoughts on the market. So many positive things were said and it was wonderful to listen to your comments and in some cases your ideas. Please remember that in just a few weeks the fruits and veggies will become so plentiful and plush and the selection will grow by leaps and bounds. Kessman will have their much sought after corn this summer if Mother Nature does her part. We will be adding some new vendors if space permits us to do so.
We hope we delivered to you a Farmer's Market that you can boast about and please tell your friends and neighbors. Remember while your in town shop in your local stores, eat in your local restaurants and support Main Street. We are hear to be good neighbors. So once again Market Lady sends her heart felt thanks and see you all next week. Till then Eat Healthy, Shop Local & Think Green

Market Lady having a blast...

OK... so I know that saying "having a blast" is really a phrase from the past and I'm sure that I'm giving away my age but I couldn't resist anyway. Market Lady is having such a good time these past few days shaping up the last minute details for the North Castle Farmers Market. Finally so many businesses have called Market Lady to see how they can help, if they can help, or if they can make a donation or how to sponsor an event at the market. We are even blessed to have a secret Santa in our town that has offered to pay for opening day music. So it's time for Market Lady to give thanks.

Be sure to visit the table provided by Metes & Bounds Realty, Gail Lombardi Norris has graciously offered to provide a beautiful "Basket Of Bounty" filled with LOCAL products from the Hudson Valley and our own North Castle Farmers Market. Be sure to stop by her table and purchase a raffle ticket and you may be lucky enough to go home with this wonderful epicurean delight. Gail will be donating the proceeds to The North Castle Farmers Market to help with our operating costs. Thanks one again to Gail and Metes & Bounds Realty.

Another special thanks goes out to Chris Carthy an Armonk resident and owner of
Pools Of Perfection, Inc.523 Main Street Armonk, NY http://www.poolsofperfection.com/ Chris has been a devoted proponent of the farmers market and organized the "Friends Of The Farmers Market:" with the help of his wife Laura and his family. Chris will be donating the balloons to kick off opening day (thank you) and he does have some special entertainment that he has organized to help make our opening day a success. I will keep the details a secret.

Thank you once again to Chris & Laura and to all of the Friends of the market.

Let's hear it for the boys let's give the boys a hand (how many of you will hum this song all day now?)....the boys (actually men) are from Copies Unlimited on North Broadway down in North White Plains. They have donated flyer's & posters for our worthy cause. They put up with Market Lady and all her middle of the night ideas, and believe me there are many of them. They just let me be the women that I am, forever changing her mind. They always smile and thank me for coming by. Can you imagine? I love these guys. Be sure to shop local and support them for all of your print needs.

Another special thanks to Stop & Shop in North White Plains for donating re-usable Market Bags to give to our valued customers on opening day. Supplies are limited so get there early.

Does North Castle have a Secret Santa? You bet it does. Opening day music by Mat Taylor a high school student from Pawling will grace us with his amazing sound and our own secret Santa will pay for Mat's tunes. This Santa has been a good and and valued friend of the farmers market. "It's not very often, one will go out of their way, by being nice. It's something, one should do often and not have to think about twice". Our Santa did not have to think twice. Market Lady offers a heartfelt thank you.

If you would like to be a Business Sponsor, you help support regional agriculture while encouraging local customers and area visitors to shop in the Town Of North Castle
Let me once again underscore the power of food, the need for food security and building a healthy family table.

Market Lady

Market Lady Says....Remember To Wash Those Market Bags

In a recent study 64% of 25 used, reusable grocery bags tested were contaminated with bacteria. Make sure to wash your cloth bags weekly. Even though I really don't like the word plastic (Yuck) it is the best alternative for bringing home your meat, poultry and seafood.

North Castle Farmers Market....Salute To Our Seniors

“Living Longer, Growing Stronger”
A Salute to Our Senior Citizens

On opening day at the North Castle Farmers Market we ...Salute The  Senior Citizens in our community and offer a 10% courtesy on all products sold at the market. It’s one small way for the market to give back to the community.

This offer is for May 20th opening day only