CSA Share, Week 10
August 6th, 2008
Everything was so colorful today, it made me happy just to look at the reds of the peppers, the light purple of the eggplants, deep purple beets, and the yellow squash. No herbs, though, and no greens, chard, or lettuce mix — it was surprising to not get any of those in a single week.
The total pick-up comprised: 6 ears of corn, a small bunch of little beets, 2 Mariachi peppers, 3 Italia peppers, 1 red hot pepper (can’t remember the name), 2 yellow squash, 2 cukes, a quart of green beans, 3 small eggplant, and a quart of tomatoes.
I wish the farm included more specifics in the weekly newsletter or on their Web site about the varieties of vegetables we’re receiving. For instance, the eggplant isn’t described any further, but it doesn’t look like the regular eggplant you buy in the supermarket. And when I’m wrangling two kids during my pick-up, I can’t always remember the varietals when they are listed on the “what to take” board. I need to e-mail the farm to see if they can include those details somewhere for members’ reference.
If anyone in the Roxbury Farm share knows about the eggplants or hot pepper, please leave a comment! Thanks.
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I'm Dara, the chick in the kitchen. Living in the suburbs of Manhattan with my two boys, ages 3 and 5, and husband. Trying to feed my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Reach me at .
6 Comments
1. Grammy | August 7th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Looks like a still life, good enough to eat!
2. magpie | August 7th, 2008 at 10:36 am
I have the same issue with Roxbury - I often want to know the specific variety of something or another.
The small red hot pepper is a “red rocket” (I remembered to write it down).
We didn’t get beets, but we got one large eggplant instead of multiple small ones. And I too posted it about it, but in somewhat different form: http://www.magpiemusing.com/2008/08/csa-lists.html
Red Rocket! Thank you — I can sleep easier at night. Need to send that e-mail to Roxbury… — Dara
3. magpie | August 7th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Oh, and we got red potatoes and you didn’t. Weird, huh? Same town, same pickup day, different location, different stuff.
4. Allyson | August 7th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I was out of town this week and missed my share. That picture is gorgeous. I’m so jealous!
5. Allan | August 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am
The larger pepper that we got were called Sahuro Anaheim, though mine didn’t have the streaks of red which might be because it was a different pepper or because I picked up my share near the end. Also, we got beet greens but no beets. I wonder where they ended up!
Ours were definitely Italia peppers, I remember that from the board. I’ve never seen beet greens on offer without the beets attached! — Dara
6. Bard Bloom | August 8th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
You got some greens! On top of the beets! They’re good.