magid

Interesting haul this week. To wit:

one and three-quarters pounds of cucumbers (the little pickling ones, and I picked the smallest I could find)
one and three-quarters pounds summer squash (I wasn't there late at all, but no zucchini was left)
two pounds of new potatoes (I chose a mix of red-skinned and regular, aiming for tiny ones, some as small as my thumbnail)
a bunch of dill
a head of new garlic with stalk attached
a biggish bunch of carrots
a small head of cabbage (I chose regular over curly leaves, and took the larger of the two regular ones I saw, which was grapefruit rather than baseball sized)
a bunch of kale (curly purple, curly green, or lacinato; I chose the latter)
a small head of lettuce (I chose red leaf over romaine)

I think some dilled new potatoes, perhaps with cucumbers on the side, would be in order. Though it's a fast day tomorrow, and I'm away for Shabbat... Hm.

Also, Monday I picked some black raspberries. I got a bit scratched up getting them, and I still haven't figured out what to do with them, other than eat them straight. Jam seems too boring, somehow, and liqueur doesn't appeal (I've got a couple of other fruit batches going already). It's made more difficult by the aforementioned away-for-Shabbat thing (read: no excuse for a huge batch of cooking everything in sight).

And yesterday I picked more sour cherries. I had some local rhubarb, and made a small batch (four mini jars, plus enough to have a bit of a snack last night) of not-really-jam, labeled "honeyed sour cherries and rhubarb with black pepper." It's wholly local except for the black pepper, which is very satisfying. Still, I'm not giving up white sugar; it's a clear sweetness that's extremely useful in a lot of situations.