Seen

On a coffee mug: Instant human, just add coffee!

A new mural on the Cambridge Rindge and Latin building showing teens doing a variety of activities. It's not signed or labeled, so I'm not sure who painted it, or why.

Two men with their beards in braids. A new fashion?

Some kind of black mushrooms, trumpet shaped, at the farmer's market. Foraged, far too expensive to buy, but interesting to see.


Also, I've discovered what's more frustrating than seeing the train pull out as you get to the platform: the train then stopping just before the end of the platform and sitting there in great humidity while five trains go by in the other direction.

Farm share week 8, and an organics delivery

This week's share included:

• a head of lettuce (I took red leaf.)
  
• two pounds of tomatoes (I think I got there too late to get any of the funky heirloom kinds. Next week...)
  
• a pound of pickling cucumbers
  
• three quarters of a pound of summer squash (and/or zucchini, but that was gone by the time I arrived. I did get one summer squash that's part green around one end (the kind that are deliberately so.))
  
• two pounds of peppers (I got some long red ones, some white bell ones, and some purple bell ones.)
  
• a bunch of cilantro (Well, not really; I gave it away without even touching it. I wish I could eat cilantro.)
  
• a pound of onions (three medium)
  
• a head of garlic
  
• a bunch of carrots
  
• two small heads of fennel

I'm debating finally trying to make pickles, and perhaps using the feathery fennel tops as a seasoning. Any thoughts? Also, any favorite fennel recipes?

( Boston Organics delivery )

Yesterday I couldn't resist the farmer's market in Copley. I've eaten the mesclun with lots of cherry tomatoes (and feta, and basil, and chives), but I still have some little purple eggplants and a couple of zucchini flowers to add to today's bounty.