farm share
Jun. 16th, 2008 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rushthatspeaksMy household has purchased a share in one of the organic farm collective delivery services around here-- this one delivers by tricycle-- and I've decided to make a note each week of what they send us so that at the end of the summer it will be easy to review and we can decide whether to do it again. This is mostly for future reference.
The first delivery was today.
Inventory:
Live herbs:
one dwarf sunflower (okay then, harvest-your-own sunflower seeds it is)
one sweet basil
one Thai basil
one cinnamon basil
one spicy bush (which I looked up and apparently it is uber-basil or something)
Veggies:
about one pound young pea shoots (had an interesting time figuring out what they were)
Fruits:
one quart strawberries
Groceries:
one large circular loaf cranberry-walnut bread
one jar strawberry jam
one dozen eggs (one duck egg, the rest chicken)
ETA: We got a note from the place saying that it wasn't a duck egg, it's just that about a third of their flock of chickens is a breed of chicken that lay multi-colored eggs, some of which greatly resemble duck eggs (seriously, this was a perfect match against several online photos).
Also, What We Did With The Food:
Picked-over and washed pea shoots wilted slightly in blood-orange-infused olive oil and tossed in tangerine balsamic vinegar and a dash of salt, on top of thinly sliced strawberries, on top of lightly toasted cranberry-walnut bread. With choice of strawberry rhubarb jam, hot pepper jelly, sweet Tabasco, or (definitely the winner) both strawberry rhubarb jam *and* hot pepper jelly.
Incredibly light, incredibly summery, with a light hint of citrus and a taste that can only be described as fresh and green.
We've had eggs on corn griddle cakes and eggs in a broccoli quiche-- the thing is, we already had a dozen eggs in the house. Tomorrow I am attempting a souffle in self-defence.
The first delivery was today.
Inventory:
Live herbs:
one dwarf sunflower (okay then, harvest-your-own sunflower seeds it is)
one sweet basil
one Thai basil
one cinnamon basil
one spicy bush (which I looked up and apparently it is uber-basil or something)
Veggies:
about one pound young pea shoots (had an interesting time figuring out what they were)
Fruits:
one quart strawberries
Groceries:
one large circular loaf cranberry-walnut bread
one jar strawberry jam
one dozen eggs (one duck egg, the rest chicken)
ETA: We got a note from the place saying that it wasn't a duck egg, it's just that about a third of their flock of chickens is a breed of chicken that lay multi-colored eggs, some of which greatly resemble duck eggs (seriously, this was a perfect match against several online photos).
Also, What We Did With The Food:
Picked-over and washed pea shoots wilted slightly in blood-orange-infused olive oil and tossed in tangerine balsamic vinegar and a dash of salt, on top of thinly sliced strawberries, on top of lightly toasted cranberry-walnut bread. With choice of strawberry rhubarb jam, hot pepper jelly, sweet Tabasco, or (definitely the winner) both strawberry rhubarb jam *and* hot pepper jelly.
Incredibly light, incredibly summery, with a light hint of citrus and a taste that can only be described as fresh and green.
We've had eggs on corn griddle cakes and eggs in a broccoli quiche-- the thing is, we already had a dozen eggs in the house. Tomorrow I am attempting a souffle in self-defence.
