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Posted 8/24/2010 9:46pm by Christy and Chris Kantlehner.
Howdy everyone!
This weather sure brings me back to last year. I just didn't feel ready for it this year. Somehow we scrambled in the harvest for today. Thank you, awesome crew! We have such good sports helping here! It has been a very soggy day. You will probably need to dry off lots of your veggies. Especially the basil - before it goes in a bag in the fridge or a vase in the fridge with a plastic bag tent over it.
You should find in your box:
5 ears of Silver Queen Sweet Corn. a white variety. This weather makes you want a good hot homecooked meal served with some cornbread. Nothing jazzes up cornbread like fresh corn kernels off the cob, maybe some fine-diced jalapenos and some shredded cheese. oh la la
several sweet peppers (the hot ones were on the table for you to pick out). These are delicious for a salad or a veggie dip. A tomato-based pasta sauce is fabulous if you fry up some onions and peppers first, then add the tomatoes and fresh herbs. The Italian word for pepper is pepperoni :)
2 eggplants. go hog wild . . . . Time for eggplant parm?
bunch of basil
bunch of parsley
red and pink tomatoes. If you're tired of fresh tomatoes, try them roasted and made into a pasta sauce, tomato soup, pizza topping, etc. I've been roasting fairly large chunks of tomato - skin and seeds and all - thrown into a ceramic baking dish, tossed with minimal olive oil, S&P, at 425 convection and baking for about an hour. there is less blackening if you stir once in a while or probably if you choose a lower temp. I am just usually trying to get dinner on the table as fast as possible. For a simple pasta, you can just sautee some onions and garlic, add basil and parsley, then the tomatoes. A quick buzz with the immersion blender is enough to smooth out some of the skins and seeds. Pass through the foley food mill if you're feeling fancy. Adjust for S&P, maybe sweetness (a drizzle of honey did the trick for my sauce), finish w/ fresh parm and voila! What about gazpacho. all the ingredients are here: tomatoes, peppers, cukes, red onion.
1 pint of juliet plum tomatoes. these went into the pints wet, so I would put them in a little bowl or something, dabbing them with a paper towel so they dry off and don't explode.
1 lb red onions. mini. perfect for gazpacho, cucumber salads, veggie sandwiches, salads with feta, fresh salsa.
2 slicing cucumbers and 3 pickling cucumbers (you can also just eat them - no need to pickle.) At long last, healthy cucumber plants producing great looking cukes! The quickest refrigerator pickle is to just slice the cuke, sprinkle with a little salt and a few tablespoons of seasoned rice wine vinegar. yum. A cucumber, plum tomato, fresh herb and feta is a good salad - great on falafel or with hummus.
2 heads lettuce. a salad with cucumber, sweet peppers, tomato and feta is outstanding. Shredded carrots and lettuce with toasted nuts and some dried cranberries is super. try sunflower seeds and a tahini dressing.
Bunch of carrots. Raw or Cooked. Roasted is fantastic. Shredded is great for salads, sandwiches, and wraps. If you have a juicer - try carrot orange, carrot ginger. What about carrot muffins? carrot cake? or just good old carrot sticks.
Little bag of arugula. Try this primo first-cutting arugula - rinsed and spun dry, sprinkled with salt and pepper, with a good few squeezes of lemon juice and parmigiano shaved with a vegetable peeler. finish with nice olive oil on your plate. yum. simple. arugula can be great to finish a pizza or pasta. it is great to coarsely chop and put on a sandwich or in a veggie wrap.
2 watermelons. some are yellow! they all have seeds.
handful of hot peppers. That magic ingredient for your salsa, curry, gazpacho, asian dish. One member told me today she stuffs the Hungarian Hot Wax peppers with smoked gruyere and grills them . . .
Thanks for being so flexible and seasonal! We really hope you are finding this experience rewarding so far :)
This weather sure brings me back to last year. I just didn't feel ready for it this year. Somehow we scrambled in the harvest for today. Thank you, awesome crew! We have such good sports helping here! It has been a very soggy day. You will probably need to dry off lots of your veggies. Especially the basil - before it goes in a bag in the fridge or a vase in the fridge with a plastic bag tent over it.
You should find in your box:
5 ears of Silver Queen Sweet Corn. a white variety. This weather makes you want a good hot homecooked meal served with some cornbread. Nothing jazzes up cornbread like fresh corn kernels off the cob, maybe some fine-diced jalapenos and some shredded cheese. oh la la
several sweet peppers (the hot ones were on the table for you to pick out). These are delicious for a salad or a veggie dip. A tomato-based pasta sauce is fabulous if you fry up some onions and peppers first, then add the tomatoes and fresh herbs. The Italian word for pepper is pepperoni :)
2 eggplants. go hog wild . . . . Time for eggplant parm?
bunch of basil
bunch of parsley
red and pink tomatoes. If you're tired of fresh tomatoes, try them roasted and made into a pasta sauce, tomato soup, pizza topping, etc. I've been roasting fairly large chunks of tomato - skin and seeds and all - thrown into a ceramic baking dish, tossed with minimal olive oil, S&P, at 425 convection and baking for about an hour. there is less blackening if you stir once in a while or probably if you choose a lower temp. I am just usually trying to get dinner on the table as fast as possible. For a simple pasta, you can just sautee some onions and garlic, add basil and parsley, then the tomatoes. A quick buzz with the immersion blender is enough to smooth out some of the skins and seeds. Pass through the foley food mill if you're feeling fancy. Adjust for S&P, maybe sweetness (a drizzle of honey did the trick for my sauce), finish w/ fresh parm and voila! What about gazpacho. all the ingredients are here: tomatoes, peppers, cukes, red onion.
1 pint of juliet plum tomatoes. these went into the pints wet, so I would put them in a little bowl or something, dabbing them with a paper towel so they dry off and don't explode.
1 lb red onions. mini. perfect for gazpacho, cucumber salads, veggie sandwiches, salads with feta, fresh salsa.
2 slicing cucumbers and 3 pickling cucumbers (you can also just eat them - no need to pickle.) At long last, healthy cucumber plants producing great looking cukes! The quickest refrigerator pickle is to just slice the cuke, sprinkle with a little salt and a few tablespoons of seasoned rice wine vinegar. yum. A cucumber, plum tomato, fresh herb and feta is a good salad - great on falafel or with hummus.
2 heads lettuce. a salad with cucumber, sweet peppers, tomato and feta is outstanding. Shredded carrots and lettuce with toasted nuts and some dried cranberries is super. try sunflower seeds and a tahini dressing.
Bunch of carrots. Raw or Cooked. Roasted is fantastic. Shredded is great for salads, sandwiches, and wraps. If you have a juicer - try carrot orange, carrot ginger. What about carrot muffins? carrot cake? or just good old carrot sticks.
Little bag of arugula. Try this primo first-cutting arugula - rinsed and spun dry, sprinkled with salt and pepper, with a good few squeezes of lemon juice and parmigiano shaved with a vegetable peeler. finish with nice olive oil on your plate. yum. simple. arugula can be great to finish a pizza or pasta. it is great to coarsely chop and put on a sandwich or in a veggie wrap.
2 watermelons. some are yellow! they all have seeds.
handful of hot peppers. That magic ingredient for your salsa, curry, gazpacho, asian dish. One member told me today she stuffs the Hungarian Hot Wax peppers with smoked gruyere and grills them . . .
Thanks for being so flexible and seasonal! We really hope you are finding this experience rewarding so far :)
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