Landisdale Farm, week four
Saturday, June 28, 2008
I was feeling a little bit of deja vu when I picked up my CSA share this morning from Landisdale Farm: it’s nearly a carbon copy of last week’s share. Here’s what this week brought:
- two bunches of kale
two heads of lettuce
a handful of garlic scapes
four Walla Walla onions
a box of cherries
a box of black raspberries
I haven’t even touched my lettuce and onions from last week, and I still have lettuce and onions left over from the week before that. Really, how many onions can a body use? At least there are no more strawberries (and, in truth, last week’s strawberries didn’t really count - within a day they had turned to mush).
Another two bunches of kale really leaves me in a quandry: what am I going to do with more kale? I thought I was clever coming up with that casserole recipe to use up last week’s kale, but now I’m faced with even more of it. I may just give up and freeze it for a winter soup. I don’t think I can deal with trying to come up with Summer uses for kale.
It’s a good thing I bought more carrots from Urban Girls, as well as fava beans and peas from the Fair Food Farmstand - the need to supplement my CSA share with extra food is intense right now. It’s difficult to build meals around onions and lettuce.
I like massaged greens - a recipe from Renee Loux. Its quite delicious. But your post reminds me why I’ve been reluctant to join a CSA - you tend to get stuck with whatever you’re given.