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First off sorry I didn't get radishes into this basket... I was really waffling about it, and in the end wished I had. You will get a better bundle next week! Here's what we had this week:
Curled kale -- Mmmm love these, only the bold eat the midribs raw, tho... try chopping into fork-sized bits, and massaging some salt or sugar into them (to get them soft and oozing their natural flavor, for a salad). You can rinse the sugar or salt grains off in the end!
Kohlrabi -- love these things, and despite their leaves being plagued by little slugs, they filled out nicely. Slice and eat fresh like a daikon, or grate and season like a slaw.
Lettuce -- three different types were up for grabs, but they are all buttery and oh-so-fresh (having been cut from the plant this very morning, before the sun hit them -- and misted and kept in a cooler
Arugula -- nice and with spice; if you don't like the spice as much, one trick is to roast / wilt it a bit (good example = put it on an all-cheese, cheap frozen pizza, and see how it mellows!)
Broccoli florets -- some ALMOST turning into flowers... a form which is still quite edible (still tastes like broccoli, with maybe a faint hint of mustard). But flowered broccoli are just delicate / harder to transport globally and still be able to present at an Ingles, etc... which is why you never see it like this at the store :)
South Carolina peaches (2) -- OK so these are NOT from our garden; I just felt bad because I botched the plucking of radishes for ya'll, and wanted to put something non-greens in your first basket. These are nice and tart first, sweet second -- while being perfectly ripe right now!
For the beef add-on everyone got between 2.6-3.5 pounds of short ribs, and for the pastry add-on Laura made butternut squash scones.
PLEASE #1, remember to bring all of your share basket goodness -- including plastic bags, egg cartons, the share basket itself -- back to next week's pick-up. We try to re-use cartons and such as often as possible :)
PLEASE #2... (I remembered to mention this to some of you today, but not all)... if there is anything in the basket that you either don't end up liking, or don't use all of (even seemingly random stuff, like the leaves off the kohlrabis, or the tops of the radishes you will get next week), PLEASE try to keep them fresh (slightly wet and in a zip lock back) and bring them back to share pickup next week. Our baby geese we are bringing up, or our teenager ducks, or worst case our worms, can make good use of it ;)
PLEASE #3 -- If you end up discovering some killer recipe using something from the share, send it my way... I can mention it in next week's share blog post
That is all for now, happy munching and already excited to bring you your next basket of hyperlocal goodness next week!
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