CSA Food & Farm Notes Last (and I mean it this time) CSA
Date: December 12th 2011
Food and Farm Notes
In Your Share December 13th
Scallions
Golden Turnips
Garlic
Black Radish
Lettuce
Stellaria
Sunchokes
Well, this is it.
The 2011 CSA Season finally comes to an end.
I picked the stellaria and lettuce from the hoophouse last Thursday and also rescued the scallions from the field that day. It’s a good thing that I did because it didn’t get above freezing for the next couple days and it got down into the single digits here one night. Even the hardiest of vegetables can’t make it through weather like that.
But we aren’t worried. We have a 45-cubic-foot freezer full to the gills with frozen corn, beans, edamame, kale, choi, winter squash, tomatoes, as well as strawberries, raspberries, aronia and more. We have boxes of turnips, winter radish, potatoes, carrots, sunchokes and burdock in the root cellar, boxes of sweet potatoes in the basement, jars and jars of canned tomatoes in the pantry and long strands of braided garlic and onions hanging from the ceiling in the garage. All in all, we have more than enough produce to last us until the first chives, sorrel and overwintered spinach are ready to harvest from the field in April.
In this household, buying produce from the store is considered blasphemy, and our full larder means there is no fear that that sacrilege will be committed this winter.
Thanks to all of you who stuck with me to the very end this year, coming out in the dark and cold to pick up your bag of vegetables. I look forward to seeing all of you in the spring.
Oh, by the way, if you are wondering what to do with those scary-looking black radishes, they are the key ingredient in one of my favorite breakfasts. All it is is thick slices of black radish on a high-quality bagel. That’s it. It is simple, but wonderful. The crunch of the radish is a perfect compliment to the chewiness of the bagel. The doughiness of the bagel is the perfect foil for the pungency of the radish. You can add cream cheese or even lox if you want, but you don’t need them. Give me a black radish, a bagel and a cup of coffee and you have a happy man.
Henry
P.S. for Bloomington/Normal members: I'll be in my Prius this week instead of the truck, but otherwise same time same place.
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