CSA delivery 7/21/2008
Oops! I forgot to send out a quick e-mail on Monday night.
In the box this week:
beans!
garlic (in the bottom of the bean bag)
dill (not for Michelle!)
Swiss chard
blueberries (from Rambo farms)
Finally, the beans are in. They should be in your boxes through the end of the season and I have several different varieties: yellow and green Romas (flat), yellow wax, and royal burgundy. These are much better than the green snap beans that you find in the grocery store, which are made to take the abuse of shipping and are a bit tough. The yellow beans are sweet and tender and are my faves. I mixed up a few varieties to make your dinner plates interesting (and to make a generous bag).
The garlic is a little small this year but full of rich garlicy flavor. This variety doesn't store well so please use it up in recipes. I was chased out of the fields while picking them by the rain storms and apologize for the small amount. I'll try to get more harvested this week for next week's delivery.
The blueberries come from a neighbor. It's an amazing picking process as they have a giant harvester that goes over the blueberry rows and has "fingers" that pull off the ripe fruit. After that it goes through a conveyer belt and is sorted by dozens of migrant workers in sterile caps and outfits. Those berries were picked Monday morning just before I got to Rambo's, with rain still on them. No refrigeration means they were full of fresh from the field flavor and I hope you enjoyed them.
I'm thinking of switching deliveries from Mondays to Thursdays in a few weeks. Does this cause a problem for anyone? I'm thinking of the knitting group folks, especially since some of you come into Hyde Park from other neighborhoods one day a week. A Thursday delivery will give me an extra day of harvesting and will help create a more generous weekly delivery during the peak growing season. A few of the early deliveries were small and I want to make up for it with beans, tomatoes, and peppers. I'm thinking of switching to Thursdays in mid- to late-August.
Did you guys see me on the cover of the Tribune's food section last week? Sorry I didn't shamelessly self-promote then, but here's a link (without dorky photo of me with a pickle jar on my head): http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-home-pickling-preserving-16jul16,0,5750295.story
In the box this week:
beans!
garlic (in the bottom of the bean bag)
dill (not for Michelle!)
Swiss chard
blueberries (from Rambo farms)
Finally, the beans are in. They should be in your boxes through the end of the season and I have several different varieties: yellow and green Romas (flat), yellow wax, and royal burgundy. These are much better than the green snap beans that you find in the grocery store, which are made to take the abuse of shipping and are a bit tough. The yellow beans are sweet and tender and are my faves. I mixed up a few varieties to make your dinner plates interesting (and to make a generous bag).
The garlic is a little small this year but full of rich garlicy flavor. This variety doesn't store well so please use it up in recipes. I was chased out of the fields while picking them by the rain storms and apologize for the small amount. I'll try to get more harvested this week for next week's delivery.
The blueberries come from a neighbor. It's an amazing picking process as they have a giant harvester that goes over the blueberry rows and has "fingers" that pull off the ripe fruit. After that it goes through a conveyer belt and is sorted by dozens of migrant workers in sterile caps and outfits. Those berries were picked Monday morning just before I got to Rambo's, with rain still on them. No refrigeration means they were full of fresh from the field flavor and I hope you enjoyed them.
I'm thinking of switching deliveries from Mondays to Thursdays in a few weeks. Does this cause a problem for anyone? I'm thinking of the knitting group folks, especially since some of you come into Hyde Park from other neighborhoods one day a week. A Thursday delivery will give me an extra day of harvesting and will help create a more generous weekly delivery during the peak growing season. A few of the early deliveries were small and I want to make up for it with beans, tomatoes, and peppers. I'm thinking of switching to Thursdays in mid- to late-August.
Did you guys see me on the cover of the Tribune's food section last week? Sorry I didn't shamelessly self-promote then, but here's a link (without dorky photo of me with a pickle jar on my head): http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-home-pickling-preserving-16jul16,0,5750295.story