Farm share, week 1

[magid]

*bounce*
First farm share delivery! Yay!

I got a farm share from Red Fire Farm again this year. They offered a fruit share, too, which I also got. I was expecting all leaves this week, and I'm pleasantly surprised.

• a bunch of kale or collards (The collards were gone by the time I got there, but there was lacinato kale (my favorite) as well as green curly kale, so I'm happy.)
  
• a head of lettuce or a bunch of radishes (I chose the red leaf lettuce; I'm not a huge radish fan.)
  
• a third of a pound of spinach
  
• a third of a pound of mesclun
  
• a cucumber
  
• a bunch of green garlic (Not garlic scapes, more like ginormous scallions (two feet tall!) that are garlic flavored. They smell lovely.)
  
• a bunch of white (Hakurei?) turnips with greens
  
  
• fruit share: a pint of strawberries

I also got this week's Boston Organics delivery. It's a small box, 2/3 veg. I also switched around my list of never-gets; I took most greens out, assuming I'll get them from the farm share, as well as a couple of other preferences.

• a head of cauliflower
  
• two delicata squashes
  
• two smallish zucchinis
  
• a pint of grape tomatoes
  
• eight smallish Yukon Gold potatoes
  
• two three oranges
  
• two three kiwis
  
• eight ounces of strawberries

I also got a dozen eggs, free-range, organic, and fairly local. They're brown, though, so this is a trial order to see whether there tend to be many blood spots.

Comments

[fetteredwolf.livejournal.com]

We just started getting 1/2 dozen every other week, so we got some last week. So far, no blood spots. (I've used 4)

[magid.livejournal.com]

I'll hope that mine are like yours, then.

It feels a bit extravagant to pay so much for eggs, but I don't often use them in bulk these days, so not a a huge extravagance. Still, I could make cheaper food choices...

[mrn613.livejournal.com]

why do brown eggs have so many spots?

[magid.livejournal.com]

It's harder to candle brown eggs. When they shine a bright light on white eggs, it's easier to see whether there are blood spots inside. With brown eggs it's more difficult because of the color. I don't know whether having thicker shells (more likely with organic, free-range eggs) makes a difference.


And apropos of nothing, this is the 10K^th comment posted to my journal.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

How do you know this is the 10,00oth comment? Just curious.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I tend to keep an eye on my userinfo, which has comments posted and comments in journal as two easily findable stats.

[magid.livejournal.com]

A bit more about candling.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

green garlic sounds amusing. tell more when you've tried it!

[magid.livejournal.com]

Will do.

First thought is to make a potato and green garlic not-omelette, but I'm not sure whether that will happen tonight, tomorrow night, or not at all.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...so will we be seeing any of this food make an appearance this weekend?

[magid.livejournal.com]

*shakes magic*-8 ball*
Likely, especially in the form of salad :-).

* And I first typed that "magid-8". Hm....