Penultimate veggies, week 19

[magid]

Well, except that the winter share is a go, with every other week pick-up for a couple more months. But next week is the last of the regular season.

• a celeriac root
  
• a winter squash (acorn or delicata or a small butternut; I chose the latter, for peelability, given that I already have a number of other squashes about the place)
  
• a head of Savoy cabbage
  
• three huge carrots
  
• two leeks
  
• three peppers (I chose all red ones, one bell, the other two long.)
  
• three hot peppers (I chose jalapenos over habaneros.)
  
• a head of garlic
  
• sweet potatoes (two medium or one huge; I got a giant one.)
  
• purple-topped turnips (not the heavy yellowish winter ones, the lighter white and violet kind; same deal as the sweet potatoes, but I got two medium ones.)
  
• a head of lettuce (romaine, green leaf, or red leaf; I chose the latter.)
  
• a bunch of kale (yay! I got lacinato this week!)
  
• a small bunch of dill
  
• a kohlrabi (purple or green, either with foliage; I chose the former. They look like mutant vegetables that want to be space ships, somehow. No clue what I'll do with it.)
  
  
• fruit share: five huge Cortland apples

Boston Organics delivery, small box, part veg.

• eight ounces of mushrooms
  
• a huge leek (circumference; the farm ones were much narrower, but the white part was much longer) (local)
  
• two zucchinis
  
• three delicatas (local)
  
• two smallish golden beets
  
• three Valencia oranges
  
• a pineapple (!)

And a dozen eggs.

It's neat to get so many different things, but they're such small quantities of each that it makes menu planning a bit of a challenge. I think a mixed pale root veg roast may be in order, using the celeriac, kohlrabi, turnips, and beets. And I'm going to have to start squashing it up to get through everything. I'm not sure what to do with the Savoy cabbage; maybe a stir fry with the carrots and some tofu, etc.

Comments

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Where do you go for a winter farm share? Can I have some contact info? Our farm share is wonderful in many ways, but it doesn't go through the winter. :(

[magid.livejournal.com]

My share is with Red Fire Farm, and this is the first year they're offering a 'winter share' in the Boston-metro area. It's only until the end of the calendar year or so, not through the whole winter, though. (I so envy Californians' year-round farm shares and farmers' markets, though not nearly enough to want to move :-). Delivery looks like it will be Friday afternoons 3-5 (eek!) every other week, at Harvest Coop in Central Square.

There is a more local winter share, at Drumlin Farm. It goes until February, but I think you have to pick up at the farm (in Lincoln; not convenient for me, given the hours).

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've put in a call to Drumlin Farm, since it doesn't look like Red Fire Farm allows just a winter share. The website for Drumlin doesn't seem to say where their pickup point(s) are, so I'm hopeful that if we joined, we wouldn't have to drive all the way out there. The root cellar would be worth seeing once, but not every time we wanted produce. :)

[magid.livejournal.com]

Actually, another friend of mine emailed Red Fire about just getting the winter share, and I think they said yes, so it's worth asking. And I think the Drumlin Farm one has pickup in Lincoln, Thursdays 1-5 (which is why I can't do it; that just doesn't work for people who have traditional work hours).