September 24, 2011, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Mill City Oktoberfest!

Celebrate Minnesota brewing past and present as Mill City Museum and the Mill City Farmers Market team up for a Mill City Oktoberfest! Enjoy the tastes, smells, sights and sounds of Germany with activities at the Farmers Market, inside the museum and outside in the Ruin Courtyard.

PRODUCE PLANNER:
Winter squash

WHAT’S NEW:

- Black Cat Natural Foods will have a special menu this week featuring traditional German foods, including a sauerkraut bar to accompany bratwurst from Kramarczuk’s! They’ll also have Roasted Potatoes with Grüne Sosse and pfeffer-snaps. If you’re lucky, you may even be served your meal by a chef in leiderhosen!

- Bliss has their Fall granola, Pumpkin-Spice, now available through the end of the market season: Wisconsin cranberries, pecans, pepitas, coconut, sesame seeds and flax seeds all tossed and toasted with Minnesota honey, olive oil and the wonderful aroma of fall spices – cinammon, nutmeg, cloves & ginger. Get it while you can!

- Northern Lakes Wild Rice has their 2011 harvest available at the market!

- Did you know you can find wheat-free, dairy-free crepes at Spoonriver’s crepes stand? They’re made with coconut milk, teff, quinoa and sorghum flours. And, they’re now offering a Caramel Apple stuffed crepe! Yum!

Mill City Cooks, 10:00am:
Build a Bavarian Bratwurst Burger with the pros at Kramarczuk’s. Join Heather Hartman and Nick Kramarczuk for a demo of culinary creativity with Eastern European sausages!

Live Music, 9:30am – 1:00pm:
Mill City welcomes back long-time market favorite, the Elk River German Band, a 10-musician strong group featuring Bavarian-style German music. Prepare to oumpah-pah!

Live Entertainment, 11:00am:
The SG Edelweiss Dancers are back!

Beer Tasting, 10:00am – 1:00pm:
Stillwater’s first brewery since prohibition, Lift Bridge Brewery, maker of the Farm Girl Saison and other delicious small-batch brews
Art Market, all day: Featuring The Ink Orchard, ceramics by Matthew Krousey, Plantworn, and Old World Cabinet

In the Museum, the excitement continues:
On your way to the Beer Garden in the Ruin Courtyard, view a photo exhibit in the Rail Corridor of Minneapolis’ Historic Breweries and Breweriana display. Have another sausage and local brew, watch a German Folk Art demo, then join Kramarczuk’s for one more demo, this time in the Baking Lab! For a full roster of Mill City Museum’s day-long events, visit their website.