June, 2008

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Jun 08

Picking Peas

Our farmer mentioned that there were extra English peas to pick if anyone one was interested so I went last night to see how many I could get.

I picked for around an hour and a half and got about a half a grocery bags worth:

Peas before

And after an hour and a half of shelling by two people (while watching Shrek) we came up with this:

Peas After

So… around 4.5 man hours of work and we have two quarts of peas to freeze for later. Man, it sucks to be a farmer. I can’t imagine picking enough peas for the other 70 ish people in our CSA or even trying to grow and freeze enough to last through the winter.

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Jun 08

Why I love the in-laws

They have a very strong belief in a well structured cocktail hour :)

gin & tonic

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Jun 08

Shore Slaw

In progress

1 head of arrowhead cabbage quartered with core removed and shredded

3 carrots, grated

4 radishes, depending on size either grated or very thinly sliced

~1/2 cup of sour cream

3 heaping teaspoons cider vinegar

salt and pepper to taste

Shore Slaw

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Jun 08

Playing CSA Catchup

We’ve got a few weeks saved up here:

Week 2:

CSA Week 2

  • Mizuna
  • Green Onions
  • Potatoes
  • Cucumbers
  • Asparagus
  • Spinach
  • Herbs
  • Red Baby Bok Choy

Week 3:

CSA Week 3

  • Two kinds of kale (Red Russian & Tuscan aka Dinosaur)
  • Asparagus
  • cucumbers
  • herbs
  • potatoes
  • huge head of bok choy

Week 4:

CSA Week 4

  • Strawberries!
  • snap peas
  • herbs
  • mini potatoes (the last of the hot house potatoes, next comes field potatoes)
  • kale
  • lettuce

Week 5:

No Picture! We’re a the shore this week so my sister-in-law picked it up and we forgot to take a picture of it when she arrived. But here is what we got:

  • Baby Bok Choy
  • Radishes that my sister-in-law promptly ate most of
  • Strawberries that got destroyed as soon a possible
  • Tomatoes (oh they were so yummy!)
  • English Peas –This was the first time my wife actually shelled a pea! She loved it!
  • Scallions
  • Arrowhead Cabbage
  • Basil

We used the last few radishes and all of the cabbage and some carrots from the grocery store (blah!) to make a simple what we called “Shore Slaw”. We added some cider vinegar and light sour cream as well as some salt and pepper to finish off the mix.  The strawberries lasted for literally 5 minutes after they were washed and cut and combined with some local Jersey blueberries. YUM! The tomatoes have gone in salads, in and on omlettes. The peas have been shelled and are awaiting their fate in a salad. The basil has gone on eggs and omlettes all week. This week’s share has gone very quickly! Good thing it is almost Saturday again (ok so it’s only Wednesday)!