Farm share, week 18

[magid]

A fair bit of stuff, including:

• a pound of peppers (I chose two red, one purple, and one almost whitish one.)
  
• a bunch of cilantro (given away at the distribution)
  
• a bunch of kale (or collards)(I got lacinato kale. Yay!)
  
• 0.4 lb of mixed salad greens and/or spinach
  
• a bunch of long, thick, red radishes (think squat carrots in shape), with greens (unsure if they're edible, in the good to eat sense, rather than the won't kill you sense) (I'm not a huge radish fan; anyone local interested? I'm going to be offline until tomorrow night soon.)
  
• a pound of beets (I mentioned liking beets, and was told to take more; apparently lots of people don't like them. So I have two large beets instead of one.)
  
• a stalk of broccoli
  
• four hot peppers (There were a variety of kinds.)
  
• a pound of sweet potatoes
  
• an eggplant (all on the small side. I got a regular one; there were also Asian ones, and the round lighter-purple ones.)

And a Boston Organics delivery:

• a head of cauliflower
  
• two large sweet potatoes
  
• seven bananas
  
• four plums
  
• four apples
  
• five kiwis
  
• three oranges
  
• some oyster mushrooms

I think I have to rejuggle my preferences with them; the fruit/vegetable ratio is a bit high, and I'm not getting through all the kiwis.

OK, knowing what I've got, perhaps there will be roasted beets and sweet potatoes, and perhaps a tray of something else roasted (not necessarily cauliflower; I'm not sure if I'll use it for Shabbat). Plum-apple crisp, maybe (I wonder if I could put the kiwis in there, too? The problem with kiwis is that I think of them being eaten only fresh.)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, kiwi in baked goods doesn't quite appeal to me. I've heard of the non-gebroks folks making kiwi (and strawberry) ices for Pesach desserts. Don't know how this is done, however. Maybe peel and slice and freeze, then, when wanted, pulverize in blender/processor to make a granita?

[magid.livejournal.com]

I never thought to try freezing them. That sounds pretty good, actually. Thanks.

[cutieperson]

radish greens are edible when cooked. i like adding in a bit of sesame oil & soy sauce.
i'd gladly take them off your hands if you won't use them, but i also recommend cooking them. the taste is completely different than uncooked.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thanks, for both pieces of information. How would you cook radishes?

[cutieperson]

wash the radishes, cut off the ends like you would a carrot, then slice into thin rounds. after that i saute them, usually with onions & greens, often with some soy sauce or sesame oil & garlic. they're kind of sweet.
they work well sliced and tossed into soups too.