Farm share week 8, and an organics delivery

[magid]

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?

Also a Boston Organics week for me. The delivery included:

• three stalks of broccoli
  
• four bananas
  
• a cantaloupe
  
• a cucumber (the usual supermarket size, which tends to have largish seeds. I have the smaller ones, which I like better. So, anyone want it?)
  
• a bag (half pound?) of green beans
  
• two ears of corn (Given what they said in the newsletter, I wonder if it's the same place that Red Fire got their corn from last week.)
  
• three oranges
  
• three nectarines
  
• five Fortune plums (I suppose I shouldn't share my fortune, eh?)
  
• four heads of garlic

The newsletter listed all the regional items (ie, New England), and mentioned that they're going to have Maine blueberries for the rest of the season. Yay!

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.

Comments

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Fennel is used in small quantities, really. It packs quite a punch.

[magid.livejournal.com]

I remember roasting it once, as an experiment, and the punch was quite diluted. The amount I have this week, though, is the equivalent of a couple of mouthfuls roasted, and perhaps six or eight big bites raw. So putting it in sauce would work pretty well.