[local eating] Enterprise Farm share, and fish share week 3.2

[magid]

This week's large box included:

• five yellow onions, Enterprise, Whately, MA
  
• a bag of nine baby bok choy, Enterprise, Whately, MA
  
• a bunch of curly green kale, Eastern Carolina Organics, NC
  
• a bag of spinach, from somewhere unknown
  
• eight Hamlin oranges, Eagle’s Nest, FL
  
• a bag of green beans, Homestead, FL
  
• an avocado, Homestead, FL
  
• a bunch of red radishes, Eastern Carolina Organics, FL
  
• a pint of cherry tomatoes, Lady Moon, FL
  
• two Beauregard sweet potatoes, either Beauregard or Carolina Ruby, Eastern Carolina Organics, NC
  
• carrots, Enterprise, Whately, MA
  
• a bag of snap peas, Berry Farms, GA
  
• a big stalk of broccoli, Eastern Carolina Organics, NC
  
• seventeen medium to large carrots (perhaps four or five pounds, of unknown provenance)

This week's fish share was again a cod, a larger one than last week. I did what I have fallen into the rut of doing: fillet, cover in a mix of hummus and mayo, this time with (too much) tandoori seasoning, then top with crumbs of some sort. This week, it was the end of the hummus and mayo mixed with white-wheat flour. I baked them at 425 F for 12 minutes, and they were fabulous, though I suspect they'd be a bit less watery if I'd used less topping. The rest of the fish I poached, then pulled off the bones. I've eaten some of the bits in a pureed vegetable soup, as protein and texture, also something to cut the intensity of the soup, which included many carrots, a potato, a large shallot, two heads of garlic (yes, heads, not cloves), some ginger, lots of black peppers, some salt, and a bit of allspice (since I misplace the cumin somewhere). It's good, but rather bracing.

Comments

[megmuck.livejournal.com]

So, about how many people do you think your fish share could feed for a single meal? I'm debating joining in the spring.


m.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Well, it depends. If it's one or two sizeable round fish (cod, pollock, hake, etc), six people is reasonable, and there might be leftovers, depending on the size of the fish and the hunger of the people (for instance, not if feeding hungry undergrads :-). If it's little fishes, it's more tricky to calculate (do people eat less because they're busy avoiding bones? does it become some complicated fish casserole so all the work is done in advance?).

Of note: I get the half share, or smaller share, or whatever they're calling it these days.