Farm share, weeks 8 & 9

This year, the farm offered a new thing: once or twice per season, if I let know a few weeks in advance, I can skip a week and pick up double on the following week's share. I used this; I was away last week, so this week I picked up a double share. A full backpack and two full bags; I'm glad the distribution site is only a quarter of a mile away.

These are the doubled amounts.

• 16 ears of corn
  
• two medium heads of green cabbage
  
• four pounds of beets (I chose red ones before realizing there were also golden ones)
  
• five pounds of variously-colored carrots
  
• two medium eggplants
  
• six green peppers
  
• five pounds of red tomatoes
  
• two large bunches of scallions
  
• two heads of celery (I traded one for another cabbage, and gave the other away; I'm just not that fond of celery)
  
• two heads of lettuce (I chose Boston over green leaf for both)
  
• two-thirds of a pound of mixed interesting mushrooms

First thoughts: a lot of green salad, possibly with corn, tomato and lime (possibly also tuna). Roasted ratatouille with eggplant, tomato, pepper, adding scallion later. If I had zucchini, maybe some kind of relish or salsa for canning. Another batch of sauerkraut. Roasted beets and carrots (or pickle them). Corn salad, corn chowder, all the corn things.