Week 14; September 2, 2021
What’s in the box?
bell/sweet peppers
green top beets
sweet corn
tomatoes
pole beans
onions
garlic
cilantro
radishes
salad mix
cucumber
Notes on the box.
Notes on the box
This is the last of the sweet corn and the last of the cucumbers! It’s been an abundant season for both and we hope you have enjoyed them! If you’d like to preserve sweet corn, you can lightly blanche the ears (or leave it raw!) cut it off of the cob, and put it in a freezer bag for later use. You can make a quick refrigerator pickle with the cucumbers so they last a bit longer.
If you find your crisper overrun with peppers, you can dice them up and put them in a freezer bag and add them, frozen to stirfry or other recipes during the winter. No need to thaw first or do any blanching before cooking. You can can also roast them with some olive oil and freeze them for later use, too.
Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.
Cheese curds and Circle of the Sun cheese. Both cheeses are good for snacking or for putting into a chili or veggie soup before serving.
Recipes.
What to do with the peppers? Sliced up and eaten raw as a snack. Put them on a veggie sandwich. Sauteed with onions to serve with steak, tacos, on a brat or veggie sandwich, or mixed into some pasta. Pizza topping. Stuffed peppers!
Room Enough Time Enough Stew
Inspired by David Huckfelt’s music-
Sautee onions, garlic, chopped peppers in a pan. Add some chorizo or seasoned ground pork and cook through. Add some chopped pole beans. Add some fresh chopped tomatoes and stock of your choice. I used chicken. Add some fresh sweet corn cut off the cob. Simmer on medium low. Forget about it on the stove while you enjoy the company of your friends outside. Run back inside in a panic and shut it off. Serve with tortilla chips and fresh cilantro and oregano flowers and shredded cheese or fresh cheese curds.
On the Farm.
We are breathing a sigh of relief that we made it through August on the farm! Veggie growers often call August the heart of darkness. It’s a time of harvesting a lot of very heavy crops and crops that take a lot of work in hot weather while also still planting for fall and weeding crops that are still coming in. In September, things usually start to slow down and we can take a breath. You can see the shift in the types of veggies already. We will be enojoying more leafy crops again. Soon enough we will have winter squash! In fact, for my birthday on August 30th, Josh always finds the first ripe pumpkins and makes some pumpkin pies! It’s always a delight. We are all feeling the late summer vibes and enjoying sweaters in the morning chill.
Next Week
more peppers
tomatoes
radishes
greens
onions
potatoes