Bulk root veggies?

[magid]

Next week is the last regular pickup for my farm share, and I'm going to get some bulk veggies while I can.

Carrots, 25-lb bag, $25
Red or green cabbage, bushel, $25
Onions, half bushel, $28
Sweet potatoes, half bushel, $28
Red potatoes, half bushel, $28

Apparently there's possibilities of other root veggies if I ask (parsnips?); I assume the prices would be in line with these.

I'm definitely getting onions, and possibly sweet potatoes. I couldn't get through the carrots myself; let me know if you'd like to split some? And if there's anything else you'd like, let me know by Saturday night. Pickup would be Wednesday evening at my house.

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what I'd do with so much of all that stuff. Out of curiosity, what is your plan?

Wish I had more pickling cukes, though... And I wonder when excess apples become available somewhere. I seem to know people who acquire large quantities of spare apples, but so far, my pickins have been slim. :)

[magid.livejournal.com]

Pickling cukes are long gone, I believe. And the way I got lots of apples was to go apple picking before R"H.

My plan is that onions keep for a really long time, so I won't run out, and I can indulge my taste for caramelized onions (lots shrinking down to little, but so yummy) and such. Sweet potatoes should last a while, too, and having a bunch of them will mean better breakfasts for me, plus more of them in soup, and roasted, and in pie.

I think it's more about laying in somewhat long-lasting supplies of local veggies while I can, in an attempt to eat locally longer, than it is about preserving in other ways as with more fragile produce (pickling, jamming, freezing, chutneyizing, etc). (There's an eat-local winter challenge through November and December I'm considering.)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

You're right, and part of my problem is that I don't know what I'll be getting for the next few weeks in my own share, but also that I'd be concerned about some of these items going bad before I had the chance to use them up.

Do you know around how many pounds a half-bushel of onions is?

(I will, in fact, be eating local for much of the off-season, between all the stuff I've already put by in jars or the freezer. Plus I just bought obscene quantities of pantry items at Wild Oats' clearing-out 40%-off-everything sale, so I may be able to get through winter without buying anything other than fruit!)

[magid.livejournal.com]

A while back I bought a 50-lb bag of onions at a farm stand, and it lasted all winter. One or two went mushy, that was it. So I'm not so concerned about going bad.

According to the Farmer's Almanac, 27 pounds.

(I've put some food by this summer, but not anything like near enough to be able to survive the winter on it, unfortunately. I often think of getting (a) a deep freeze with somewhere reasonable to keep it, and/or (b) a pressure canner.)

[cutieperson]

i'm pretty confident we won't be getting sweet potatoes. or many of the other things.

if you wanted to split the half bushel of sweet potatoes i'd be into it. green cabbage too, though that might be better split three or four ways. c. doesn't eat it, and i can only make and freeze so much stuffed cabbage or soup for myself :)

[magid.livejournal.com]

Looks like Mary is interested in at least some of these (see below), even if Pheromone isn't.

[cutieperson]

okay :) keep me posted? it shouldn't be a problem for me to pick up Wednesday.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Definitely.

I'll be taking this to email sometime tomorrow or Sunday to get quantities and such ironed out.

Yes, please

[(Anonymous)]

I'd be happy to share some of these with you. I wouldn't be able to pick them up Wednesday night, though, since I'm volunteering on the SAC's fellowship panel. If there's a possibility of another night and you're not full up with sharers :) please let me know (email).

Mary
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Re: Yes, please

[magid.livejournal.com]

Picking up another time is ok; we can figure something else out that will work.

It sounds like people are interested in sweet potatoes and cabbage so far....

Re: Yes, please

[(Anonymous)]

I'm interested in carrots, onions, and a smaller amount (than those two) of sweet potatoes. (I'd also like to know how you kept the onions all winter so I can do the same.) I could also go in on the regular potatoes if there were more than two of us splitting. Does that make sense?

I could probably pick up on Thursday next (10/25) if that's an okay time. You'd have to give me directions by car, since I doubt I could carry all of this.

Mary
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Re: Yes, please

[magid.livejournal.com]

I kept the onions in a breezeway that didn't freeze, but was definitely on the chilly side, in a previous apartment. My current apartment isn't as useful that way, because the back hallway (the natural place) gets rather warm on sunny afternoons, even in the winter. I do keep my place on the cool side, though...

I'd take some carrots, but less than half a 25-lb bag. So far, I don't have other takers on regular potatoes (I'm not as keen on getting them because this apartment doesn't like potatoes so much; they go green/sprout too quickly).

Depending on how much more commentary there is here, I'll take it to email sometime this weekend to iron out quantities.

Next Thursday doesn't work for me; I'm Hamleting. I think this is another bit that can get resolved over email (I know Bbbsg lives much closer to you than I do; she might be able to drop stuff off or something.)

[(Anonymous)]

A bushel of late cabbage + a whole bunch of salt + a good amount of time = much sauerkraut happiness.

Some day, I'm going to do that.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I managed to botch my first attempt at sauerkraut, which makes me more nervous about future attempts. Plus, I never seem to use sauerkraut now, so I'd worry I wouldn't remember to once I had a supply to get through. I might still do it with the three heads I've already got, though.

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

Am interested in share of onions or carrots. Seems likely you've got it well worked out, though. Miss you, gal!

[magid.livejournal.com]

The more the merrier :-). Any particular quantities, ideally?

It'd be great to see you sometime soon. Is lunch downtown still an option for you?

[bitty.livejournal.com]

i think red potatoes and onions are possible. when do you need to know by?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Sunday. If you know quantities (unit or partial unit), that's useful.

[theora.livejournal.com]

We're planning on getting a whole box of onions for ourselves. Interested in sharing carrots and potatoes (ideally something like a quarter share of each).

[magid.livejournal.com]

Looks like potatoes ought to work. Not as sure about carrots (I'd take a quarter, but so far no one else has mentioned them).