Vegetable Report
Mar. 23rd, 2009 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiger_spotI picked up our first box from the community-supported agriculture subscription on Friday. I am quite pleased so far. Things from the box are bolded below for your agriculture-following convenience.
Friday night, I made, from a recipe included in the box, pasta with shredded beets, sour cream, and parsley[1]. I also sauteed chard with green garlic. The chard was super-fantastic. I like it quite a bit. I was going to put the beet greens in with it, but![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
andres_s_p_b requested that they be segregated in case they're nasty, so they haven't been cooked yet.
The next day,andres_s_p_b made stir fry that included some of the Savoy cabbage, and also cooked up a chicken breast and mushrooms for him and chinders.
My plan for Sunday was carrot-and-parsnip soup, but we got invited out for Mexican instead, so I'll do that later.
[1] The recipe included, about halfway through, "meanwhile, make the pasta", so I started water boiling before I began chopping things. The pasta was finished well before I was done peeling and shredding the beets; beet-shredding takes a while. Oddly, the recipe left out the clearly necessary step, of, just after shredding the beets, staggering into the office to groan piteously atandres_s_p_b and display one's poor wounded hand, clearly covered in blood and bits of viscera (or possibly beet juice and stray shreds).
Friday night, I made, from a recipe included in the box, pasta with shredded beets, sour cream, and parsley[1]. I also sauteed chard with green garlic. The chard was super-fantastic. I like it quite a bit. I was going to put the beet greens in with it, but
andres_s_p_b requested that they be segregated in case they're nasty, so they haven't been cooked yet.The next day,
andres_s_p_b made stir fry that included some of the Savoy cabbage, and also cooked up a chicken breast and mushrooms for him and chinders.My plan for Sunday was carrot-and-parsnip soup, but we got invited out for Mexican instead, so I'll do that later.
[1] The recipe included, about halfway through, "meanwhile, make the pasta", so I started water boiling before I began chopping things. The pasta was finished well before I was done peeling and shredding the beets; beet-shredding takes a while. Oddly, the recipe left out the clearly necessary step, of, just after shredding the beets, staggering into the office to groan piteously at
andres_s_p_b and display one's poor wounded hand, clearly covered in blood and bits of viscera (or possibly beet juice and stray shreds).
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Date: 2009-03-23 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-23 11:29 pm (UTC)We have good local bread and cheese at the Farmer's Market, but I don't think any of those producers do subscriptions.
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Date: 2009-03-24 02:42 pm (UTC)We are lucky to have a company in town called Greenling, that buys produce from a multitude of local farmers and puts it together in a weekly "Local Box" to deliver straight to our doorstep. :) So we get all the benefits of a traditional CSA, without having to commit to a full season and without any gaps during the year.
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Date: 2009-03-24 12:55 am (UTC)Also, it wasn't so much "groan piteously" as "*ahem* Ahh! My hand!" in a thoroughly sarcastic tone.
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Date: 2009-03-24 03:47 am (UTC)it wasn't so much "groan piteously" as "*ahem* Ahh! My hand!"
Well, I didn't want you to worry.
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Date: 2009-03-26 08:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-26 05:32 pm (UTC)May your hand heal soon. (Is there some kind of gaming group hand injury club I'm not aware of? At this point, I think everyone but Brooks has had a hand injury in the last 12 months.)
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Date: 2009-03-26 05:57 pm (UTC)Note to self: Visual comedy works less well when reported later....