Did Someone Accuse Me of Turning This into a Food Blog?

While the Future Farmkids were swimming with cousins, we took a whirlwind shopping tour of the artist enclave in Nashville, Ind.

[Our supposed free wifi at the dated (real keys, no key cards), but comfortable Brown County Inn was limited to the pool area. And since computers and pools don’t mix, I didn’t get on the computer at all during the last few days.]

Shopping in Brown County is like going from one celebration of local food makers – artists – farmers – craftsmen – to another. We tasted local wines, Blackberry (very sweet) and Chambourcin (a dry red made from Indiana-grown grapes) were my favorites from Brown County Winery. [The Chambourcin, btw, is currently sold out.]

We also took home a sampling of wines we didn’t get a chance to sip: Rhubarb from French Lick Winery; Gewurztraminer from Oliver Vineyards & Winery (I’m pretty sure I’ve had this before though); and Indiana Red (more Indiana-grown grapes) from Butler Winery.

Before the clock struck midnight on Sunday morning, I tried to find a couple Pale Ales for the iFarmer. He seemed to like the Gnaw Bone Pale Ale (Oaken Barrel Brewery) and the Dragonfly India Pale Ale (Upland Brewing Co.).

We ran out of time and stomach space to try the local farmstead cheeses.

Indeed, we spent a lot of time eating Hoosier food (can you say awesome breaded tenderloin at the Artists Colony restaurant?) and spending time with family. So our agri-touring was fairly minimal. Next time.

After some searching, I found a shop that carried Dillman preserves. I haven’t had those in years. They make an awesome seedless black raspberry, but I only found a red raspberry on the shelf. Tastes great on biscuits and sourdough toast.

While I was looking for links, I found their online catalog. Note they make their preserves using pure cane sugar…no high fructose corn syrup.