Stones Throw CSA’s Weblog

Sometimes, the bounty of a summer harvest is just too much of a good thing.

CSA member and newsletter editor Michele Decoteau discovered a great Web site for anyone interested in freezing their produce:

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/projects/weekend-project-freezing-fresh-produce-064230

The site contains basic information about freezing, as well as detailed information for freezing specific vegetables, fruits, and herbs.

There are related links for topics such as food safety and pickling.

Check it out!

Check back for more information on the gorgeous variety of winter squashes in your boxes, as well as the (maybe not quite so beautiful, but yummy) rutabaga!

Large shares:

beans (provider green, buttercrisp wax, gold of bacau wax, burgandy)
broccoli
cabbage
carrot (mostly orange, a few red and yellow)
cucumber (pickling and/or slicing)
salad greens (a mixture of baby lettuce and a variety of mustard greens)
kale
onion
sweet pepper
hot pepper (jalapeño, bulgarian carrot or hungarian wax)
potato
summer squash (zucchini, yellow and pattypan varieties)
tomatoes (heirloom plum, slicing and cherry varieties)

Small shares #1:

beans (provider green, buttercrisp wax, gold of bacau wax, burgandy)
cabbage
carrot (mostly orange, a few red and yellow)
cucumber (pickling and/or slicing)
salad greens (a mixture of baby lettuce and a variety of mustard greens)
onion
sweet pepper
hot pepper (jalapeño, bulgarian carrot or hungarian wax)
potato
summer squash (zucchini, yellow and pattypan varieties)
tomatoes (heirloom plum and slicing varieties)

Small shares #2:

beans (provider green, buttercrisp wax, gold of bacau wax, burgandy)
cabbage
carrot (mostly orange, a few red and yellow)
cucumber (pickling and/or slicing)
salad greens (a mixture of baby lettuce and a variety of mustard greens)
kale
onion
sweet pepper
hot pepper (jalapeño, bulgarian carrot or hungarian wax)
potato
tomatoes (heirloom plum and slicing varieties)

Large shares:

broccoli
cabbage
cucumber
beans
sweet pepper
hot pepper
cauliflower
carrots (yellow, orange and red!)
kale
onions
potato
tomato
squash

Small shares #1:

beans
broccoli
cabbage
cucumber
carrots (yellow, orange and red!)
kale
onions
potato
tomato
squash
sweet pepper
hot pepper

Small shares #2:

beans
broccoli
cabbage
cauliflower
cucumber
carrots (yellow, orange and red!)
onions
potato
tomato
squash
sweet pepper
hot pepper

Large shares:

broccoli
cucumber
beans
sweet pepper
hot pepper
cauliflower
carrots (yellow)
kale
onions
potato
tomato
squash

Small shares #1:

broccoli
cauliflower
cucumber
carrots (yellow)
kale
onions
potato
tomato
squash
sweet pepper
hot pepper

Small shares #2:

broccoli
cucumber
carrots (yellow)
kale
onions
potato
tomato
squash
sweet pepper
hot pepper

This spring we included a bunch of purslane in the share boxes. Recently I stumbled across this article on purslane that I thought was worth sharing http://gourmetfood.suite101.com/article.cfm/purslane_the_best_vegetable_youve_never_had . I used to sell purslane in my mix of produce at Farmers Market, but because of the tepid response from my customers didn’t worry too much about making sure it made it on the truck. But after this article, which echoed what I understood about purslane’s benefits, I decided to add it back to my market mix.

I will be adding it back into the share boxes from time to time also, if for no other reason then to take the opportunity to continue to stand on the growers’ soap box and preach about good food and good cooking!

Personally, I had always eaten purslane raw in salads, but a recent customer in Worcester told me that it is wonderful sauteed with garlic and other greens. Another customer squealed with delight and declared that purslane was the basic ingredient in salads when she was growing up (somewhere in Europe) and that she was so excited to find a source of it once again.

So, the next bunch of purslane in your box will hopefully elicit excitement and a quick google for recipes.

Martha