surrealestate: (Sentient Broccoli)
surrealestate ([personal profile] surrealestate) wrote2012-08-24 09:21 am
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CSA Farm Share 2012: Week 11

  • 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.

[identity profile] bercilakslady.livejournal.com 2012-08-24 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
He's working on his PhD, and doing research on collaborative consumption. I'll introduce you at the swap, if you'd like.