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Raleigh Farmer's Market: Sweet Potatoes, Fried Green Tomatoes and Goat's Milk Custard

[Photographs: Chichi Wang] Around this time of year the Raleigh Farmers' Market in North Carolina abounds in sweet potatoes. The state leads the country in sweet potato production—more than forty percent, in fact, of the national harvest. In addition to the more familiar kinds, farmers sell varieties you've probably never heard of. Hernandez and Beauregard sweet potatoes, and my favorite, a variety called "White Batus," which a nearby sign described as "very ugly but very sweet." I roasted all three varieties and found that while the Hernandez and Beauregard potatoes were mildly sweet with a moist orange flesh, the White Batus were exceptionally sweet with dense, creamy interiors. After all that sweet potato shopping, I ate at the State...

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7 Comments | Posted by Chichi Wang, February 15, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Tagged: farmers' markets, frozen custard, goat's milk, goats, North Carolina, Raleigh, Raleigh farmer's market, Raleigh Farmer's Market Restaurant, sweet potatoes

Serious Green: Rent-a-Ruminant to Get a Tough Job Done

Got a lot of land? Need to clean it of brush quickly? Forget the gas-guzzling bush hog or poisonous herbicides. Time for some eco-friendly vegetation management. Goats to the rescue!

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16 Comments | Posted by tressa eaton, October 27, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Tagged: goats, Serious Green

Video: Goat vs. Dog

When a goat tries to eat your food, you should probably just let him have it. Especially if the goat is twice as large as you. This hungry dog finds out the hard way. Watch the video after the jump....

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 25, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Tagged: animals, animals eating, dogs, goats, videos

Taste Test: Milks Not From a Cow

If you're lactose-intolerant or just looking for an alternative to the old-fashioned cows' milk, see which brands are drinkable.

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70 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, August 3, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Tagged: drinks, goats, milks, nuts, oats, rice, soy, soy milks, taste tests