CSA Farm Share 2012: Week 11

[surrealestate]

• 12 ears Corn
• 10 Hungarian Hot Peppers
• 4 Eggplants
• 2 lbs Zucchini
• 2 lbs Potatoes
• 4 lbs Peaches
• 6 lbs Tomatoes
• 10 St Nick Peppers
  =36#

I made another big batch of roasted eggplant & tomato sauce (which, btw, was AMAZING on pizza). Last week I also did some canning: summer squash relish and ginger bourbon peaches. The syrup from the peaches has been making amazing sodas since then. Nomnomnom. The blueberry shrub I made (using the whole berry, no straining, yay!) is also f'in yum.

In other food news, I also made chocolate syrup (as well as cookie-pi) for Pi-Con. As you may know, making chocolate syrup is absurdly simple and the result is so good. Give it a try.

And since I've been so slackful about posting and haven't mentioned the food swap, I'll mention it here. I went to a fabulous food swap! I traded away assorted homemade goodies of mine for those made by others.

More or less left-to-right, I got sourdough starter, sourdough bread, red currant shrub, fennel & onion jam, sweet pickles cherries, tamarind balls, ginger tamarind balls, "creamsicle" (aka orange-vanilla) syrup, bagels, and blueberry hot sauce. Everything I brought was over-subscribed, which was also a nice feeling. I can't wait to do this again. Meanwhile, if anyone who does their own food things (doesn't have to be canned -- fresh, frozen, whatever is fine, too) wants to do any private swaps, let me know.

Comments

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm especially in sharing food now, with too much garden produce and not enough mouths for it. I've got some 3-bean salad I'd be happy to drop off, whether or not you have something you have something to give in return for it today. Also, all the cukes evar.

And any chance I could swing an invite to the next such food swap as you've described?

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

"especially interested in sharing food". Peh.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

You are totally invited! :)

I also know a couple of community folks who are talking about making holding one, and I'll see about passing along that info once I have it.

Three-bean salad sounds wonderful. Some things I have available in jars include strawberry-balsamic-black pepper jam, basic cranberry sauce, roasted red pepper spread, and tomatillo salsa.

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

I can drop off before or after massage today - 1:45 or 3:15? I'd looove some red pepper spread!

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

Or, since I'm heading to work now, I could drop off before/after a later massage, like 6:45/8:15.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

D'oh! I was out all afternoon, I'm sorry!

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

I'll be out yardsaling, midmorning Saturday, I could give a call and drop by with food?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Sounds good. Our neighbors (across the street on the side) are having a yard sale tomorrow, I believe, so perhaps it's already a destination.

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

The pepper spread was lovely! I am going to the swap this coming Sunday, do you want to carpool? or are you taking the T?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I will already be downtown due to the Jimmy Fund Walk and am trying to figure out how to get my stuff there as well. (I'm assuming DD will meet me at the finish.)

So we'll see you there. :)