It’s October, and at the Croton Free Library, that means yet another Spice of the Month is available while supplies last.
Our ever versatile library’s Spice of the Month program has been ongoing since 2022. Who knew there were so many spices! This year alone has featured varieties as diverse as epazote, cowboy butter, adobo, and hibiscus.
Gwen Glazer, the library’s Head of Collection Development and User Engagement, tells us that the spice kits come out on the first Monday of the month that the library is open. She also says that beginning in 2024, the library began linking to PDFs of the actual summaries included in the monthly kits, all of which can be accessed from the Webpage. So, if you can’t get to the library, you can read about apple pie spice at this link.
The library staff collaborates on the spice selection and descriptions, Gwen says.
“It is a team effort!”
Of course, if you don’t hurry down early in the month, you might not get the actual little plastic container containing the spice itself, but at least you can get lots of information about what you can cook with it.
The library does not announce ahead of time what the spice is going to be, so it is a surprise every month. Even the Chronicle, with its vast network of sources in the village, has not been able to break through the wall of secrecy.
All the more reason to mark the dates on your calendar and get down there early. That is all we have to say for now, because we are getting the Chronicle’s test kitchen ready to make the apple pumpkin walnut muffins in the recipe we got with our spice kit.
Oh, but before we leave you to your own baking, here is a notice of the Fall Potluck at the library on the evening of October 28 (Age groups: “Kids, Teens, Adults, Everyone.”)
Who knows, we might show up with some of those muffins spiced with the library’s own special blend.
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Department of Clarification: In yesterday’s story about Cornelia Cotton’s house by Lauren K. Shenfield, a statement concerning the availability of a booklet about the homes described could have been misleading. The booklet, available for review at the Croton Free Library and the Croton Historical Society, was created by Peggy Cotton Hurley, one of Cornelia’s and Bill’s daughters, in 2007.
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