Before I tell you about the Chaffin Family Orchard sales on Mandarin oranges, olives for curing and their award-winning olive oil (OK, I don’t know if they’ve won any awards, but in MY mind they should have, it’s so mild yet packed with nutrients!), first I tell you what a blast I had at the conference hanging out with Chris from Chaffin Orchards. We laughed our butts off a good share of the weekend, and someday he’s going to get me a recipe for the “Rocky Mountain Oysters” he tells me are so delicious. But I think I’ll just take his word for it, thankyouverymuch. (SICK SICK SICK!!)
Today is the last day for sales:
If you don’t care to read any more, you can just go order Olive oil, olives for curing, and Mandarin oranges all through this olive oil link, and then click on Chaffin Family Orchards. Chris has extended this sale for ONE day just because I asked him to and he’s a big sweetie like that. So you can only get the deal through TODAY.
I got mine!
I ordered my Mandarins (oh my gosh these were SO good last year and we were really sad when the box was gone – check out one way we ate them: chocolate fondue!), and I also got us some olive oil (LOVE that stuff), but personally, I’m not into curing olives. It’s odd but as much as I love olive oil, I can’t stand olives, so I’m certainly not going to mess with curing them. Yes, Kent loves them and a good wife might try this… Not gonna happen. Sorry babe.
Want to know more? Read about these good deals from Chris and think ‘Christmas Gifts’…
- Just wanted to let you all know that we are having a sale on Mandarin oranges. We’re offering these for sale at our lowest price ever, just $29.99 with FREE SHIPPING! Take advantage of the savings and send a little sunny California cheer to all your friends and family for the holidays.
- We also now have Black Mission Olives for home curing. I think we will have a steady supply for about 10-14 days depending on the weather. So it’s a brief window but if this is something you are interested in, sign up right away.
- Many of you have already pre-ordered our Extra Virgin Mission Olive Oil but if you missed out or would like more we’ve extended the sale. It’s still $54.99 for each single gallon box and $94.99 for each two gallon box. You can order as many as you’d like. Orders will ship immediately after pressing in January. By paying now you help us cover picking and pressing costs while you get a cheaper price on the oil.
Again, you can order Olive oil, olives for curing, and Mandarin oranges all through this olive oil link, just go there and click on Chaffin Family Orchards.
$40 worth of Safe Sexy Stainless Steel!
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when I click on “olive oil” (either one) I’m not seeing a link for Chaffin… am I totally missing it or is it not up? keep up the great work, Kelly! May God richly bless your Advent!
Kelly -
I tried to find the link to Chaffin, but couldn’t! Am I missing something?
Sorry guys, I’m trying to figure out the glitch on my resources page now…
hehe…I’m with you, Kelly, on the olives. I hate olives (but LOVE olive oil!), but my husband loves them, so I briefly considered ordering some of the black olives when I placed my order last week for the olive oil. Until, that is, I started looking up how to cure them….yeah, it looks like a heck of a lot of work for something I don’t even eat. So, unfortunately for him, no olives…:-)
Someday I want to take a vacation and visit Chaffin Family Orchard. I have a relative fairly near them, so some day I might stop by. But I do have a question- how long will a gallon of olive oil stay good? Is there a way to keep it fresh, because we don’t use all that much.
I think cold and dark is the best way to keep it. Not sure how long though because we go through ours pretty fast.
Since olives are a once a year crop any olive oil worth it’s weight should last at least a year if stored properly. Heat, light, and air are olive oils biggest enemy. For most people their pantry would be sufficient for storage. However, the safest thing to do if you really want to be sure that your oil won’t go bad is to transfer it into smaller glass containers. Mason jars or well cleaned out wine bottles work well and then you can transfer them in the fridge. Keep one in the pantry though because the ones in the fridge will solidify after a few days and it takes a long time to thaw them out to be able to pour the oil out. I’ve never had anyone tell me ours has gone bad and certainly not in less than a year. A lot of the ability for the oil to keep has to do with how well the olives were treated and how quickly they were made into oil. The longer they sit as olives off the tree the faster all those anti-oxidants dissipate. We make ours into oil within hours of harvesting the olives.
Here’s a youtube tour of our farm if you’d like to learn more about us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA4QysDaLxU
Hi Chris – thanks for the tips about storing olive oil – I just pre-ordered a gallon from your site. Was it you I was having the conversation with about the wine coolers for oil storage? They are small, inexpensive (you can get a decent one for around $100 or even less), and keep healthy oils at a good temperature for keeping them fresh, but not too cold. I don’t like having to let the olive oil warm up and soften if it’s been in the fridge, as in, when I mix it with vinegar and other ingredients for salad dressing.
Here’s a link to a smaller wine cooler – you can buy larger ones too, but this one is only $125. Great idea, huh? And the temperature range goes from 50 to 64 degrees F – perfect for keeping oil at a good temperature so it won’t go rancid, but not too cold.
http://www.beveragefactory.com/Wine-Cooler-Refrigerators/Compact_Wine_Coolers/danby/dwc1233blsc_winecooler.shtml
I’m going to buy one in the new year!
Thanks for this post Kelly, I needed a reminder to order my olive oil!
I just ordered 2 gallons! Love supporting your work and small family farms…and getting great, health-giving products!
Ya Raine that was me. Yes the wine coolers are a great suggestion! Thanks for reminding me and posting it here.