Product News
From "Maple Street Co-op News", Jun/Jul 2005
Winter Remedies and Warmers
With winter upon us, we thought it opportune to mention a number of
products to help you through the cold months.
The change of season inevitably brings on colds, sniffles, sore throats
and the dreaded 'flu. Your Co-op can help out here. We stock echinacea,
olive leaf extract and Triplex as immune boosters, Cold Relief, Flu
Biotic to help relieve acute cold and 'flu symptoms, and throat lozenges
to ease the throat. And of course there are the Active Manuka and Jellybush
honeys as well as colloidal silver, which are all very effective in
allaying symptoms at their onset. These items are complemented by Green
Medicine's "Clear The Way", a Chinese
herbal medicine that I can attest significantly cleared up my recent
bout of 'flu. We also stock ear candles and a range of herbal teas.
On the culinary side, we have some tasty winter foods that you can pick
up on the run for a quick-and-easy meal. We've reintroduced the Byron
pies range, which includes Spinach & Pesto, Tuna Mornay, Gado Gado,
Curried Veg & Tofu, the Mexican and the Energy Roll. They're almost
a meal in themselves, and are available hot daily at the counter or
from our freezer section. We still have the family-size pies from Humble
Pie, Patish Pies by member Pat Fuller, Gluten-Free Pies and the new
Britt's Bakery spelt pies.
We are also now stocking a range of ready-to-cook, homemade lentil-based
meals from The Mental Lentil (so called because lentils are considered
a good brain food). These are specially designed Vedic- and macrobiotic-
style foods that contain rice as well as spices, seeds, herbs and sea
salt to guarantee a flavour burst with a minimum of preparation (boil
for 20 minutes and add vegies!). Mental Lentil products are 100% natural
and made with quality wholefoods -- as well as with love, say the producers.
They retail for $3.95 (members receive a 5% discount).
[From "Maple Street Co-op News", Apr/May 2005; published by
The Maple Street Co-operative Society Ltd, 37 Maple Street, Maleny,
Qld 4552, Australia, tel (07) 5494 2088, email maplest.co-op@serv.net.au,
website http://www.maplestreetco-op.com.au]