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| Rainbow at Lida Farm after Yesterday's Rain |
The challenge with packing 50 boxes each week, however, is that you need a really large quantity to make sure something can get to each of you. At this point there's probably 6-7 pints of cherry tomatoes and that's about it, certainly not enough to supply the CSA this week, but, I hope, next week.
In the box:
Napa Cabbage: This is a monster cabbage. These were so big we did some serious trimming back in the field and they still took up most of the box. One thing we do is make into an Asian salad. Allrecipes has a video recipe similar to what we've made before (sorry you have to watch an ad first): http://allrecipes.com/video/3111/napa-cabbage-salad/detail.aspx
Kohlrabi
'Alisa Craig' Sweet Onion: This one is pretty mild as far as onions go
Parsley
Summer Squash: Every one has at least one Zucchini and some have Yellow Summer Squash. One recipe idea that I love are using the summer squash to make fritters. Grate the summer squash and mix in with 2-3 eggs plus salt and pepper and some chopped onion. Fry in a pan til each side browns a bit and firms up, like a pancake. You can dress with cheese and/or salsa. I like these for breakfast.
Cucumbers: First time for cukes in the Friday box! There are two kinds here. The light green/white ones are fully grown out pickling cukes and the dark green are a slicer variety called 'Marketmore' I've found the skin on the pickling cukes to be a bit tough and bitter at times, so I suggest you peel them.
'Provider' Green Beans; You know it's summer when these guys arrive.
