[local eating] Veg (7) and fish (11)

[magid]

This week's farm share:

• two tomatoes
  
• a head of garlic
  
• four ears of corn
  
• half a pound of basil
  
• two-thirds of a pound of baby beet greens, micro beets still attached (ie, beet thinnings)
  
• a head of lettuce (I got red leaf)
  
• a pound of pickling cukes
  
• a pound of summer squash/zukes (all zukes for me)
  
• a pound and half of new, red-skinned potatoes (I chose a couple of big ones, the rest tiny, for some fabulous dish as yet undetermined)
  
• a bunch of chard
  
• two Ailsa Craig onions

Corn and tomato salad! With basil, cuke, and maybe feta! Also possible: garlicky cucumber pickles, sauteed greens with sesame-soy sauce, roasted zucchinis with onions, basil pureed with olive oil (some to freeze for later, some perhaps to go over the tiny potatoes). Added bonus for going late to the distribution: getting to see a teen dance group perform in the parking lot.

This week's fish share was cod fillets. I was too hot to deal with it Monday when I got them, and couldn't face cooking on a fast day, so I baked them this morning, topped with cumin, mayo, and white wheat flour. Not bad, but not exciting either.

What is exciting is how well the porch plants are doing, with lots of Sweet Million (small) tomatoes just about ready to pick, lots of herbs whenever, and hot peppers coming along. Yum.

Comments

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

This sounds really exciting. Today's cooking for me involved some blackberries from my yard.

Re: Wow!

[magid]

Ooh, I haven't had blackberries yet this year!

So far, the results are corn and tomato salad, some frozen (off the cob) corn, roasted potatoes with onions and zucchini, and the garlic went into a batch of apricot chutney (along with another onion). I really need to deal with all the leaves now...

And hi! Just out of curiosity, how did you end up meandering over here?

Re: Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Ooh, I haven't had blackberries yet this year! <<

If you get some later, check out:
"Blackberry Pork Ribs"
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/1274498.html
"Deer-in-a-Thicket"
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/770030.html
"Berry Sweet Dumplings"
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/968168.html

>>So far, the results are corn and tomato salad, some frozen (off the cob) corn,<<

My partner is fond of a corn dip that is basically sweet corn kernels with diced tomatillos and jalapenos, cooked in a skillet.

>>And hi! Just out of curiosity, how did you end up meandering over here?<<

I think I saw your post on DW's "Latest Activity" list, and wandered in because I like food and gardening. I don't actually know you yet.

Re: Wow!

[magid]

I've made fruit-with-dumplings before, but not with blackberries. And the other recipes look lovely but not practical for me, since I keep kosher. I hope I get enough blackberries at some point to experiment with them :-)

I've never made a corn dip, but I have made a corn dish that's just sweet corn kernels, a splash of milk (or milk equivalent), and some cayenne, which doesn't sound like much, but is fabulous.

I have a porch for gardening (mostly herbs, with some tomatoes and hot peppers thrown in for good measure), but with the farm share and a friend with a fruiting apricot tree, have been keeping busy enough in the kitchen in this hot weather...