CSA Week 2
Here's what was in the second week's bag from my CSA membership. Significantly more than last week, although still early in the season.
According to the letter included with it, this week's share included any of 3 varieties of lettuce (Tom Thumb Butterhead, Bronze Mignonette, and Flashy Green Butter Oak), one of 3 varieties of radish (French Breakfast, Cherry Belle, or Easter Egg); a spring mix; and a stir fry mix.
In addition to the Tom Thumb Butterhead, I think that this time we got Flashy Green Butter Oak (the variety that we didn't get last time). Although it doesn't look green, so what do I know. Actually, based on the photos I've found, I've got about 0% confidence in my identification of that lettuce.
Actually, we still have plenty of Bronze Mignonette from last week, because everyone in our household has been sick. As much as we like salad, it isn't what springs to mind when we think "comfort food"!
This week the CSA pickup was at the weekend Old Capitol Farmer's Market. We wandered around looking at stuff, as we always do. (Well, as much as we can with a 3-year-old in tow.) This time, however, there wasn't much need for us to buy anything else. We did pick up a couple of hydroponic tomatoes, but we know they're just not the same. Also, we saw one person with a sign that said "Strawberries Soon", so we're eagerly looking forward to that!
One update on last week's CSA share. While Dawn was preparing the rhubarb apple crisp using the rhubarb in last week's share, I tried raw rhubarb for the very first time. I'd no idea what to expect. I definitely didn't expect it to taste somewhat like a lime! I didn't get to sample much of it though, because the rest of it went into the rhubarb apple crisp, which was very good!
CSA Week 2
Here's what was in the second week's bag from my CSA membership. Significantly more than last week, although still early in the season.
According to the letter included with it, this week's share included any of 3 varieties of lettuce (Tom Thumb Butterhead, Bronze Mignonette, and Flashy Green Butter Oak), one of 3 varieties of radish (French Breakfast, Cherry Belle, or Easter Egg); a spring mix; and a stir fry mix.
In addition to the Tom Thumb Butterhead, I think that this time we got Flashy Green Butter Oak (the variety that we didn't get last time). Although it doesn't look green, so what do I know. Actually, based on the photos I've found, I've got about 0% confidence in my identification of that lettuce.
Actually, we still have plenty of Bronze Mignonette from last week, because everyone in our household has been sick. As much as we like salad, it isn't what springs to mind when we think "comfort food"!
This week the CSA pickup was at the weekend Old Capitol Farmer's Market. We wandered around looking at stuff, as we always do. (Well, as much as we can with a 3-year-old in tow.) This time, however, there wasn't much need for us to buy anything else. We did pick up a couple of hydroponic tomatoes, but we know they're just not the same. Also, we saw one person with a sign that said "Strawberries Soon", so we're eagerly looking forward to that!
One update on last week's CSA share. While Dawn was preparing the rhubarb apple crisp using the rhubarb in last week's share, I tried raw rhubarb for the very first time. I'd no idea what to expect. I definitely didn't expect it to taste somewhat like a lime! I didn't get to sample much of it though, because the rest of it went into the rhubarb apple crisp, which was very good!