Week 19; October 7, 2021
What’s in the box?
romaine lettuce
peppers
green onions (medium and large)
buttercup squash
delicata squash
potatoes
onions
hakuri turnips
spinach
carrots
salad mix (large and medium)
shiitake mushrooms (from our neighbors at Northwood Mushrooms!)
Notes on the box.
Remove tops from carrots for best storage.
Skins of delicata squash are edible. Skin of buttercup squash is edible, but if you got a “warty” one, you might want to cut those off before preparing it. The warty ones are so pretty! It will keep for at least a month if you’d like to save it as a fall decoration before eating it.
Store potatoes in a dry, dark area in a paper bag.
The skins of hakuri turnips are thin and edible and great fresh or cooked. The greens are also edible. We like to sautee the diced turnips and then when they are tender, add the greens to wilt in the pan and serve all together.
Hope you enjoy these mushrooms grown by our neighbors at Northwoods Mushrooms!
Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.
Lyra, is a nice creamy mild cheese. It’s one of the younger aged cheeses that I’m sending this season and was made in late May of this year. A taste of Spring before the cool weather comes again! And fresh cheese cureds! Have you tried adding them as a garnish to a nice bowl of chili of lentil soup? I really lvoe them that way.
Recipes.
Miso Roasted Hakuri Turnips - Some of the turnips have gotten big, but they are still very yummy! You can still use the recipe, just cut the turnips into smaller pieces.
Chicken and Mushroom Fricassee with Creamy Turnips - just in case you are feeling fancy :)
On the Farm.
We had the really fun experience of having Otto’s class out to the farm for a visit. We had three learning stations where kids were able to learn about cheese making, livestock on the farm, and vegetable growing. Then the kids all pitched in to help out with bulk harvesting beets. It was really fun and we really enjoy having kids out here!
