Tuesday
Aug032010
August brings a CSA share
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 6:33PM
As the summer marches on the gardens are producing with what seems like more vigor every day. So far this has been a terrific season of delicious bounty!
This midsummer share focuses on the FRESH tomato. There are a few different cherry tomatoes varieties of the mixed together. We showed you how to identify the different standard sized tomatoes in last weeks post - (Big Boy and New Girl). There's also a yellow tomato in here (Taxi). Finally, there's also an heirloom to share. Now - don't think you have a roten tomato and throw this one away - it's called Black Krim - and it's supposed to look this way. This fellow is ripe and ready to go. The reason you don't seem them in the stores is because they don't keep well. You should enjoy yours ASAP!
Green beans are starting now and you have a bunch of Burpee Special Green Beans. Great taste with a little sweetness.
Zucchini and Yellow Squash - the same varieties that have been around for a few weeks now.
In the cucumber aisle there's the standard green burpless cucumber we have given before and another variety known as a lemon cucumber. It gets its name from it's shape, size and color not from a lemon taste. Give it a go!
Romaine lettuce is the green leafy treat of the week. Enjoy because the heat of the summer has all but ended the green leafy for a time.
The dried thing - that's the bottom half of those awesome garlic scapes from earlier this season - the garlic clove (f you examine the stalk you can find the cut). This is a stiff neck garlic which means the stalk is really hard. You will see a soft neck in a week or so. This particular variety is "George". We call it that because it's from some bulbs my dad gave us a few years back... we then didn't cut the scapes and planted some of the pollinated cloves... so what you have here is a true local cultivar of a stiff neck garlic!
There's a spring of fresh oregano in there too!
So what to do with all this goodness?
Check out this weeks recipes - but if they don't do it for you here's a bunch of other ideas.
If you haven't already, be sure to make zucchini bread. We follow a standard zucchini bread recipe (Betty Crocker cookbook) but often put the batter in muffin tins to make zucchini bread muffins. We also add fresh blueberries and walnuts to our zucchini muffins. Both the muffins and whole loaves freeze very well so consider making some to freeze for later this fall or winter!
-Sliced Cucumbers in Vinegar - many recipes out there - like this one http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1710,148163-244204,00.html Andy loves these!
-Green beans -so many options. Try a new recipe and share it with us. Or blanch them and freeze them.
-Fresh beans, and the lemon cucumber slices are great for dipping in your favorite homemade or storebought dip. There's no other time of year that you can enjoy such fresh veggie snacking! Something as simple as mayo with ketchup or balsamic vinegar or wassabi paste... all EXCELLENT!
This midsummer share focuses on the FRESH tomato. There are a few different cherry tomatoes varieties of the mixed together. We showed you how to identify the different standard sized tomatoes in last weeks post - (Big Boy and New Girl). There's also a yellow tomato in here (Taxi). Finally, there's also an heirloom to share. Now - don't think you have a roten tomato and throw this one away - it's called Black Krim - and it's supposed to look this way. This fellow is ripe and ready to go. The reason you don't seem them in the stores is because they don't keep well. You should enjoy yours ASAP!
Green beans are starting now and you have a bunch of Burpee Special Green Beans. Great taste with a little sweetness.
Zucchini and Yellow Squash - the same varieties that have been around for a few weeks now.
In the cucumber aisle there's the standard green burpless cucumber we have given before and another variety known as a lemon cucumber. It gets its name from it's shape, size and color not from a lemon taste. Give it a go!
Romaine lettuce is the green leafy treat of the week. Enjoy because the heat of the summer has all but ended the green leafy for a time.
The dried thing - that's the bottom half of those awesome garlic scapes from earlier this season - the garlic clove (f you examine the stalk you can find the cut). This is a stiff neck garlic which means the stalk is really hard. You will see a soft neck in a week or so. This particular variety is "George". We call it that because it's from some bulbs my dad gave us a few years back... we then didn't cut the scapes and planted some of the pollinated cloves... so what you have here is a true local cultivar of a stiff neck garlic!
There's a spring of fresh oregano in there too!
So what to do with all this goodness?
Check out this weeks recipes - but if they don't do it for you here's a bunch of other ideas.
If you haven't already, be sure to make zucchini bread. We follow a standard zucchini bread recipe (Betty Crocker cookbook) but often put the batter in muffin tins to make zucchini bread muffins. We also add fresh blueberries and walnuts to our zucchini muffins. Both the muffins and whole loaves freeze very well so consider making some to freeze for later this fall or winter!
-Sliced Cucumbers in Vinegar - many recipes out there - like this one http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1710,148163-244204,00.html Andy loves these!
-Green beans -so many options. Try a new recipe and share it with us. Or blanch them and freeze them.
-Fresh beans, and the lemon cucumber slices are great for dipping in your favorite homemade or storebought dip. There's no other time of year that you can enjoy such fresh veggie snacking! Something as simple as mayo with ketchup or balsamic vinegar or wassabi paste... all EXCELLENT!
tagged farm, farming, food, local food, recipe, sustainability, tomato, vegetable in CSA
farm, farming, food, local food, recipe, sustainability, tomato, vegetable in CSA
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