[local eating] Farm share, week 20 (end of regular season)

[magid]

I've got the extended share, so I'll have two pickups in November and December, at the inconvenient time of 2:30-6:30 Friday afternoons (which of course means aiming to get there by 2:30 at the latest, given when Shabbat starts). It'll be strange to have no pickup next week!

This week's haul:

• a third of a pound of spinach
  
• a third of a pound of mesclun
  
• a bunch of collards
  
• a pumpkin
  
• two pounds of potatoes
  
• two medium purple kohlrabi
  
• a bunch of cilantro (given away; the woman I offered it to gave me her kohlrabi in return)
  
• half a pound of green tomatoes
  
• a pound and a half of Hakurei turnips
  
• a pound and three quarters of carrots
  
• a pound and three quarters of yellow onions

I'm rather surprised that there weren't sweet potatoes or leeks, but then I realized that they have to store things for the winter and deep winter shares; it'll be interesting to see what I get. And I'm glad there wasn't bok choy: I still have both heads from last week that I really need to do something with.

First thoughts: pumpkin pie; kohlrabi slaw (perhaps with apple if I make it to a farmer's market); green tomato pie (unless I pickle them, but for some reason, the idea of that is extremely unappealing, perhaps because I saw them when little and never got over it); green salad with turnips; carrot pickles; stew with collards, carrots, onions, and sausage; stir fried bok choy with spicy ground turkey.

Comments

The end of the season...

[gothtique.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow is the end of my farm share as well...the end of the season.
I miss it already!
... and so the seasons go.
SIGH

Re: The end of the season...

[magid.livejournal.com]

I'm lucky enough to have a winter share (in two parts technically, but whatever) that will take me to March. And then I'm going to see how I do with whatever I've frozen/canned to get me through to June again.

(The particularly tricky part is having Passover in there, which means clearing a lot of things out that I'd otherwise make last the whole time.)

[cutieperson]

not only did we have the bok choi, we had the collards, chard, and random other greens from previous weeks. i had chillguru take all of them and make a mess of greens just to get them taking up less space in the fridge.

[magid.livejournal.com]

*nod* I've been working on finding more space in the fridge myself.

I had one head of bok choy as part of dinner last night. I don't know why it's easier to think of things to do with the collards/kale than the spinach and bok choy that need dealing with faster :-/ Not to mention the salad greens that are just hard to face; salad for 1 is challenging for me when it's cooler out.

[cutieperson]

:nodnod: we had a simple salad with asiago, cranberries, and apple last night alongside some salmon. but i am sure there's still a ton of greens left. i am more in the mood for stews i this weather.

[magid.livejournal.com]

My impromptu salad was with pear, walnut, and feta, plus some strawberry vinegar I'd made earlier this year. (Along with leftover potato-leek soup.) Still tons left, and I want heartier things in salad in the autumn/winter, when it really is more stew weather. (Which I suppose is why collards are easier to think about, with some sweet potatoes and spicy something in a stew.)

[(Anonymous)]

Pumpkin pie!

[magid.livejournal.com]

Working on it: pummpkin halves baking now, with seeds to be roasted in a bit for snacking (currently contemplating seasoning them with salt, cumin, and cayenne).

[(Anonymous)]

Yum yum yum!