Landisdale Farm, week three

Saturday, June 21, 2008

I nearly cried with joy today when I picked up the CSA share from Landisdale Farm.  There were zucchini.  True, five small zucchini...but it was something different.  And I’m happy to see the garlic scapes, even though I’m slightly garlic scaped out (I cannot believe I just said that).  But I cannot abide more lettuce, strawberries, and onions.  ¡No mas!

I accidentally let slip a “more strawberries?” at the Landisdale stand.  The poor chick behind the counter was bemused in the extreme.  I felt like I had to apologize for being sick of strawberries.  But six pints within three weeks from the CSA and another 12 pints-ish from my garden?  That’s brutal.  My freezer overrunneth with strawberries (and we are not much in the way of jam eaters).

We had the kale at its baby stage in week one (some of which I still have lingering in the fridge) and now we’re getting it in its adulthood in week three.  I’m a little ‘meh’ on the subject of kale.  I could eat tons of lacinato kale, but regular kale?  Well....maybe I’ve just never hit on quite the right recipe.  I do like kale in soup, but this is not exactly soup weather.  I may end up freezing all of it and using it up over the Winter unless someone has a suggestion for a great Summery kale recipe.  Ideas? Suggestions?

I took a look at what else Landisdale Farm is selling - they seem to have lots of other things other than strawberries, lettuce, onions, scapes, and kale, so I’m hoping next week will bring even more variety.  More strawberries next week may send me over the edge.