Otto's Market

You can now find Block Factory Tamales at Otto's Market in Germantown NY! 

Otto's is a great Main Street market carrying local products, meats and dairy, and locally produced foods from the Hudson Valley area.

 

Otto’s Market is both a hometown, intimate old-time grocery with a supermarket-sized selection. Make sure you stop by and visit Otto next time you're in town!

Picklefest Sunday November 20

We will be at the Rosendale Picklefest this Sunday. In addition to a selection of empanadas, tamales and quesadillas, I'll be offering sides of pickled beets and a salsa of pickled farm stand tomatoes with jalapenos. 

The 14th Annual International Pickle Festival Celebrating 14 Years of Picklefest! Sunday, November 20th, 2011 10:00AM to 5:00PM The Pickle Festival is held at the Community Center Route 32 South Rosendale, New York

Last weekend for outdoor markets

This is the last outdoor market weekend so make sure to stock up on your tamales! 

But don't worry, if you need your tamale fix during the winter months, you can always place an order by sending us an email blockfactorytamales@gmail.com. 

Prepping for Thanksgiving

Free-range oven roasted turkey from North Wind Farm for our Thanksgiving in a Corn Husk tamales.

Cranberries for our cranberry chipotle chutney. 

Try these Thanksgiving Tamales at the markets or pre-order them for your Thanksgiving Holiday. 

Don't forget, if you live in NYC, we are making a special delivery November 16. Place your orders by this Thursday, November 10! For details on some specials we are offering and other delicious menu items you can go here. 

Vegan Tamales

One of the farms we get our produce from is Migliorelli Farm. They are a family run fruit and vegetable farm in Tivoli, NY. 

We've adjusted our recipe for a few of our tamales and are pleased to be able to offer you our new Vegan Curried Shiitake Mushroom and Bok Choy Tamales, featuring Bok Choy from Migliorelli and Shiitake mushrooms from Wiltbank Farm. Our Butternut Squash Tamale is also now Vegan. 

Wiltbank Farm

We've mentioned him before, but wanted to make another introduction. This is Gary from Wiltbank Farm. He brings the most beautiful mushrooms to the Rhinebeck Farmers Market. We use these in our Curried Shiitake/Bok Choy Tamales and our Shiitake Empanadas. Sometimes we make Shiitake AND Oyster Mushroom tamales with Grilled Veggies. 

Here, Gary is telling us about these amazing oyster mushrooms. They usually grow in warmer climates but Gary is set up to farm these indoors so he can still bring us these beauties in the colder temperatures. 

Empanadas

Have you tried our new Lamb or Shiitake Mushroom empanadas? 

Thanksgiving Tamales

We are pleased to let you know we are bringing back our popular THANKSGIVING in a corn husk for a limited time only! These tamales are made using traditional turkey stuffing herbs with organic flour masa, combined with roasted free range turkey and homemade gravy. Serve it with our cranberry chipotle chutney and you've got a great new way to do Thanksgiving this year.

If you need sides to go with your traditional Thanksgiving spread this year, try our Butternut Squash tamales or our empanadas, our Sweet Potato Gratin or Southwesten Potato Salad. For dessert we are offering our new Sweet Apple Empanadas.

Block Factory Tamales will be making a special delivery into New York City on Wednesday, November 16th.

We are offering the following pre-order specials for the upcoming holiday. Please place orders by Thursday, November 10th by contacting us at blockfactorytamales@gmail.com or calling us at 518-860-3319.

TAMALE VARIETIES: Your choice of Thanksgiving, Pulled Pork BBQ, Vegan Butternut Squash, Vegan Curry Bok Choy with Shiitake Mushrooms, Peanut Chipotle Beef, Vegetarian Black Bean Chili, Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese, Vegetarian Sweet Potato, Apple with Cheddar

Appetizer Special: $30.00
36 appetizer size Tamales, any combination from the above menu
-Complimentary pint of Cranberry Chipotle Chutney

Thanksgiving Special: $45.00
12 regular size Tamales, any combination from the above menu
-Complimentary pint of Cranberry Chipotle Chutney

Dessert Empanadas: $30.00
10 Apple Empanadas
Made with locally grown apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, with or without cheddar cheese

Orders can be picked up at our normal markets.
SATURDAY: Pleasantville: 8:30am-1:00pm; Kingston: 9:00am-2:00pm; Cold Spring: 8:30am-1:30pm
SUNDAY: Rhinebeck: 10:00am-2:00pm

Starting in November, Block Factory Tamales will deliver into New York City the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. For $7.00, we will deliver to your home or office.

As always, Block Factory products are gluten-free and made using locally raised free-range meats and locally farmed produce.

Turkey

This is Russell from North Wind Farms in Tivoli, NY. We are ordering up some turkey meat to offer you an amazing new tamale. You're going to love it! More about that soon... 

Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival

Block Factory Tamales will be at the Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend, featuring our Lamb and Chili tamales and our new Lamb eggrolls,made with local free-range lamb.

OCTOBER 15, 9AM - 5PM

OCTOBER 16, 10AM - 5PM


THE DUTCHESS COUNTY SHEEP AND WOOL GROWERS WELCOME YOU TO THE NEW YORK STATE SHEEP AND WOOL FESTIVAL!


The Festival takes place at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds
6550 Spring Brook Ave., Rhinebeck, NY 12572.


See you there! 

Sweet Potato Tamales

Making sweet potato tamales for the markets this week. You can read about them from one of our customers here.



Photo Above from Tales of Expansion

Menu for Festival of Eden

In our last post, we announced we will be at the Festival of Eden this Sunday, September 25, 12-7pm. As the Fall season begins, I've been playing around in the kitchen coming up with new ways to include seasonal produce such as apples and root veggies into my recipes. 
For the Festival I'll be serving an all vegetarian menu including my new roasted root vegetable and mozzarella cheese tacos. 

Some new tamale combos include: 


Apple with Cheddar and Parmesan, Butternut Squash with Almond Butter, Potato and Leek with local Shiitake and Oyster Mushrooms, and Collard Greens with Shiitake Mushrooms and Curry sauce. Sweet Potato tamales and Black Bean tamales will be on the menu as well as our Tomato Tortilla soup.

Apples from Eger Brothers Farms in Hudson, NY

Butternut squash from Eger Brothers Farms in Hudson, NY

Above, our new shiitake mushroom and collard greens with curry sauce tamale that we are introducing this week at our Pleasantville and Kingston markets as well as at the Festival of Eden. Mushrooms come from Gary at Wiltbank Farms in Saugerties, NY.

Can't wait for you to try some of our new tamales! 

Festival of Eden

We're pleased to announce that we will be participating in the Festival of Eden at the Eden Village Camp this Sunday, September 25 from 12-7pm.

Eden Village Camp will be hosting the first annual Festival of Eden, a day full of farming and greening workshops, local organic food from our own and neighboring farms, live music, art, and nature adventures on our gorgeous 248-acre site in the Hudson Valley. All of the proceeds from the day will go to the Eden Village Camp Scholarship Fund. 

Can't wait to tell you about the new menu items we've come up with for this Festival!

moedown September 2, 3, 4

We are looking forward to being a vendor at MOEDOWN for the 3 day music festival, September 2, 3, 4 at the Gelsten Castle Estates in Mohawk, NY! We'll be serving our tamales and special menu for the event.  Doesn't look like there will be any hurricanes this weekend so come enjoy some great FOOD and MUSIC from bands like: moe., Levon Helm with Bob Weir, TV on the Radio, and more!


TAMALES:
-Vegetarian Black Bean
-BBQ Pulled Pork
-Peanut Chipotle Beef
-Buffalo Chicken
All tamales served with your choice of potato salad or coleslaw

SOUPS:

-Black bean with creme fraiche

-Tomato tortilla soup

-Watermelon gazpacho

All soups served with choice of homemade buttermilk biscuit or homemade cornbread

BURRITOS:

-Breakfast Burrito: Free range eggs, bacon, on top of a bed of hash browns

-Black Beans and Rice

-Free range Beef and Chorizo

All burritos served with a side of guacamole, sour cream and salsa

QUESADILLAS:

-Mozzarella, prosciutto and fresh thyme and garlic

-Swiss chard and shiitake mushroom

All quesadillas served with guacamole, sour cream and salsa

TACOS:
-Free range Beef and Chorizo
-Roasted summer squash and zucchini with caramelized onion and goat cheese
-Free range Chicken

Bluestock Festival August 26-28

We are excited to let you know that Block Factory Tamales will be one of the food vendors at the Bluestock Festival this weekend August 26 - 28 up at Hunter Mountain.  


Below is our special menu we will be offering throughout the weekend:


-FIVE TAMALE VARIETIES (to be determined based on what veggies are available) 

All tamales served with your choice of potato salad or coleslaw

-THREE SOUPS:
-Black bean with creme fraiche
-Tomato tortilla soup
-Watermelon gazpacho
All soups served with choice of homemade buttermilk biscuit or homemade cornbread

-THREE BURRITO VARIETIES:
-Breakfast Burrito: Free range eggs, bacon, on top of a bed of hash browns
-Black Beans and Rice
-Free range Beef and Chorizo
All burritos served with a side of guacamole, sour cream and salsa

-QUESADILLAS:
-Mozzarella, prosciutto and fresh thyme and garlic
-Swiss chard and shiitake mushroom
All quesadillas served with guacamole, sour cream and salsa

-THREE TACO VARIETIES:
-Free range Beef and Chorizo
-Roasted summer squash and zucchini with caramelized onion and goat cheese
-Free range Chicken

COME OUT AND ENJOY SOME GREAT MUSIC AND FOOD WITH US! 

Garrison Art Center Fine Craft Fair August 20 and 21

We are pleased to let you know that we will be one of the local vendors at the upcoming Garrison Fine Craft Fair. 
This Saturday and Sunday, August 20 and 21, from 10 - 5pm.


In addition to our tamales, we'll be serving some special menu items. 

Tamales: Tomatillo chicken/ Vegetarian swiss chard and locally grown shiitake mushroom/ Pulled pork bbq tamale/ Peanut chipotle beef 

Quesadillas: White bean pesto/ Prosciutto and mozzarella

Burritos: Black bean, brown rice, guacamole/ Chorizo burrito

We will also have our new Buffalo chicken sandwiches with blue cheese. 

You can wash it all down with our homemade limeade. We'll be there Rain or Shine. So come out and visit us and don't forget to bring your appetite! 

Yellow Plums

Some lovely yellow plums for Agua Fresca.

4th Annual Sangria Festival

Hudson Chatam Winery

Tamale with Lime marinated coleslaw

Garlic cilantro chips with Watermelon salsa

This SATURDAY, AUGUST 13th, we will be serving our tamales and chips with watermelon salsa at the 4th ANNUAL SANGRIA FESTIVAL hosted by HUDSON-CHATAM WINERY. Instant party! Come out and join us. 

Limeade

Cool off with some fresh squeezed Limeade or our Peach w/Sugar Plum Aqua Fresca.

watermelon gazpacho

Have you tried our watermelon gazpacho yet? We serve it with our homemade cornbread made with organic corn flour. 

zucchini, summer squash, mushroom tamales

Some lovely, locally grown shiitake and oyster mushrooms from Wiltbank Farm in Saugerties, NY. Thanks Gary! These will go in to our tamales with grilled zucchini, summer squash, caramelized onions and queso. 

agua fresca

Bringing our Agua Fresca to the markets-  spring water infused with fresh fruit. This week's flavor: Peach-Apricot.

corn

Our organic corn flour comes from the Wild Hive Farm at Clinton Corners, New York. We combine this with fresh grilled corn to make the masa for our tamales. 

market news

Worked on my spinach and mushroom tamale with roasted garlic sauce--will bring them to the Park Slope market this Sunday!  I will try to make more next week so I can get them to my other markets.  The mushrooms are shitake and came from Wiltbank Farm in Saugerties; the spinach is organic and came from Taliaferro Farms in New Paltz. I also made lots of home made cilantro, scallion and garlic tortilla chips.  I should have enough for Cold Spring, Park Slope and Rhinebeck.  The chips come with a salsa that has beets as a base, but also fennel, red onion, jalapeno, and cilantro--might sound strange, but it turned out to be a great combo.  A white bean dip also comes with the chips.  So, come out and try some of the new offerings!

Cinco de Mayo Special!

CINCO DE MAYO is right around the corner --A perfect time to try our tamales if you haven't already! We have appetizer sizes available in addition to full sizes and of course any of the side dishes below. 

We are currently offering the following Cinco de Mayo special:

3 tamales for every 10 tamales ordered 

Tamale Varieties:

Peanut Chipotle Beef, Pulled Pork BBQ, Tomatillo Chicken and Vegetarian Black Bean Chili, Vegetarian Sweet Potato

Side Dishes: 

Carrot and beet salad, Southwestern potato salad, Pickled beets, Lime marinated cole slaw

*NEW to menu: Organic garlic, cilantro, scallion tortilla chips served with a home made salsa and white bean dip

For more details please send us an email or give us a call. 

Please place orders by May 1st. 

Looks like it's going to be good weather tomorrow!

Come get your tamales at these markets on Saturday

Kingston 9-2
Cold Spring 8:30-1:30
Pleasantville 9-2

On Sunday, we'll be at 

Park Slope 11-5 (5th Ave between 4th and 5th Street)


This weekend's menu features: 


Peanut Chipotle Beef
Pulled Pork BBQ
Tomatillo Chicken
Vegetarian Black Bean Chili


Stay tuned for more about Block Factory Tamales specials!