CSA Weekly Report: Lancaster Farm Fresh

Thursday, September 20, 2007

It’s only a few days from officially being Autumn - does this week’s share from Lancaster Farm Fresh reflect that?  Sort of.  At least the tomatoes and corn have stopped coming in fast and furious, which is a sure sign that Summer is over!

This weeks share includes:

1 bunch German parlait radishes grown by Meadow Valley Organics
1 bunch daikon radishes grown by Elm Tree Organics
1 head radicchio grown by Scarecrow Hill Farm
1 head leaf lettuce grown by Scarecrow Hill Farm
2 lb. bag beets grown by Farmdale Organics
3 eggplants grown by Riverview Organics
1/2 lb. young kale grown by Elm Tree Organics
1 butternut squash grown by Hillside Organics

I’m a little bummed out the eggplants are those teeny baby ones - I had visions in my head of making a meal out of them.  What do you do with a couple of very small eggplant?  I don’t know - this is why I stopped growing them in the garden.

I plan to roast and freeze the squash and beets, and blanch and freeze the kale.  I’ll be using the radicchio in a pasta bake, and I’m trying something new with the Daikon tonight for dinner (a full report on that later).  There’s not much you can do with regular radishes except nibble on them as snacks, is there?  I don’t know, I was thinking I might try pickling them or making radish relish.  The lettuce?  I hate to say it, but it will probably just end up as fodder for the compost pile - we still haven’t eaten last week’s lettuce and I already preserved insane amounts of lettuce in the Spring as cream of lettuce soup (minus the cream, frozen).  With just three or four weeks left in the CSA season, I seriously hope the shares don’t devolve into masses of lettuce - what a let down that would be!