CSA Farm Share 2010: Week 6

[surrealestate]

I post this as I sit here eating freshly-baked focaccia along with the first bruschetta of the season OmnomYUM!

Last week, I did my first batch of roasted vegetables. So good! Darn heat.) I also froze shredded squash for the future, made a big batch of marinated kale++, more kimchi, and ginger carrots.

In other news, check out this awesome play at the plate.

• 2 bunches Beets (red, with greens)
• 2 bunches Carrots (orange)
• 2 bunches Spring Onions
• 2 bunches Kale
• 2 lbs Wax Beans (yellow)
• 4 lbs Summer Squash (mixed types)
• 4 lbs (by volume :) Yukon Gold Potatoes
• 2 heads Romaine Lettuce
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• 1 bunch Carrots (orange)
• 1 bunch Sweet Onions
• 2 Tomatoes (woohoo!)
• 1 Cucumber
• 1 Pepper
• 1 Fennel
• 1 bunch Cilantro
• 1 bunch Basil
• 1 lb Summer Squash (mixed types)
• 1 head Raddichio
• 1 head Lettuce
• 1 bunch Scallion

One thing I've found sort of interesting looking at CSA posts is how good they always sound. Heck, even when I read the above list (bottom half), it looks so much better than the reality. So this week I did a weight-comparison of Parker and Red Fire. I already knew that RF fit into one shopping bag while Parker needed four, but I was still shocked by the results. (The sad part is that folks at the RF pick-up were going on about how this felt like the best one yet, while Steve apologized for not having more.)

Parker: 24 lbs 5 oz
Red Fire: 6 lbs 2 oz

Comments

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

Wow. I've had a different farm share every year:
This year Red Fire
Last Year Enterprise
Previous Parker
Previous Brookfield

And I feel like Every YEAR I have the wrong one!! This seems clearly the year to have Parker. Both veek and imvfd have been away for the last 2 deliveries and I've been well able to eat ALMOST the whole share myself. I lost, maybe, one cucumber in the process. And some scallions. Because dear L-RD I cannot use that many scallions.

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

the thing i found about Parker's shares were that they were a little too scattershot, and had lots of things (like fennel, and cilantro, and tomatillos) that i didn't like and/or had no idea what to do with. about half my small share wound up as waste because of that.

[turil.livejournal.com]

I got really into fennel this year, after I made a salad for a raw potluck with it and some bok choy and it was a serious hit. Now I'm growing it, and it's fun in the garden. If I can get a second batch growing (it grows fast), I'll send some over if you want.

Here's a recipe (http://kristensraw.blogspot.com/2009/01/raw-vegan-recipe-fennel-orange-kale.html) that combines it with kale, the most amazing food on the planet. :-)