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CSA Share, Week 16

September 18, 2008

I’m having a mixed-up week. We were sitting at dinner Wednesday night when all of a sudden I realized it was not Thursday, it was Wednesday and that meant I had to go pick up my farm share. I almost missed it altogether this week, and I would have been more than kicking myself if I had.

We received 3 ears of corn, 3 Carmen peppers, and nice-sized bunch of beets with beautiful greens still attached, a little basil, lettuce mix, a smallish eggplant, a bag of carrots, a pint of Ping Pong tomatoes, 6 large plum tomatoes, and a quart of slicing tomatoes.

I also got an extra set of beet greens from another member who didn’t want them (even though I provided cooking tips!). I twisted the stalks in my hands to detach the greens from the beets and was splattered with blood-red dots of beet juice in the process. It was that kind of day.

I have no big plans for this week’s haul, other than trying Fluffy Carrot Muffins (without the frosting, though). Last year I found the carrots to be kind of bitter; hopefully that’s not the case this time around.

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