magid

a bunch of collards
one and a half pounds of white onions
a pound of carrots
a pound of summer squash
a bunch of basil
two green bell peppers
a quarter pound of hot peppers (I chose a variety, from a long thin red kind to what might be Godzilla jalapenos)
a pint of tomatoes (some heirloom varieties)
a stalk of broccoli
a pound of wax beans (green beans having vanished before I got there)

And no lettuce, for which I'm grateful, actually: I just finished last week's lettuce in this morning's salad (whereas I can get through an almost infinite number of cherry tomatoes...).

First thoughts: saute the collards with some onions and a bit of carrot, plus some kind of spicy dressing, perhaps with ground turkey; roast the summer squash with basil and a tomato; roast or pickle the carrots and the beans; hot pepper jelly for all the peppers (though I suspect I have too many hot peppers, especially once I include the ones from the porch); tomato-feta salad.

Yesterday I deposited checks from the insurance company before going to redeem my car, and was surprised to find that the ATM had been changed. There's no longer an envelope to put checks in. Instead, each check is sucked in and scanned, verifying the value on screen, with an image of the check included on the paper receipt. It makes a lot of sense, what with saving paper, and likely fewer errors keying in amounts as well. Have these kind of ATMs been around for a while and I just missed them, or is this a new thing in the area?