CSA Week 22 – The Last Week of the Season
/This was the last week of the 2015 Gorman Produce Farm CSA. I took an extra bag because I anticipated a lot of food. I’m glad I did.
The main part of the share included:
- 2 kinds of lettuce
- Broccoli
- 3 watermelon radishes
- Pac choi
- Tatsoi
- 4 beets
- 2 bunches of turnips with greens
- 4 garlic
- Honey
- Parsley
- Chard
- Radicchio
The 6 pounds of sweet potatoes and 1/2 pound of spinach did not fit into the picture!
The overage table was pretty full to and we were not limited to one or two items. I got carrots (with tops still attached), Brussel sprouts, bell peppers, and snacking peppers.
When I got home I had a lot of processing to do:
- The sweet potatoes are cured so will keep outside the refrigerator but they had gotten wet (rainy day) so I spread them on a big tray to dry.
- I cut the tops off the carrots and copped them up with the parsley…the pulp is on a tray drying.
- The turnip tops are cleaned, cut into pieces and in the freezer for use in winter soups.
- The Brussel sprouts are cut from the stalk and clean – ready to roast or toss into a stir fry.
- The Pac choi, Tatsoi and Chard leaves are in a bag – clean and ready to easily cut up. The stems are collected into a small bin; I’ve discovered that I like to cook the stems a bit more than the leaves so it is convenient to have them together rather than still attached to the leaves.
The crispers are full…the 3 bins I have for the overflow of veggies are full too. I’m focused on eating the ones most in danger of spoiling first!
