CSA share blogging #3

Of last week's share, the tomatillos went to our neighbor, the corn and peaches (the latter being, I learned, a type called Saturn) were eaten that day, and the watermelon was large enough to last two days. Some of the leek-onion-things have been used, but the carrots are waiting their turn.

The experiment of leaving the probable pickling cucumber in the leftover* pickle juice worked -- took a week and a half to get most of the bitterness of the skin, but they still had a good crunch at that point. I've cut up an older pickling cuke I'd forgotten about and popped that in for round two.

This week it's:

two ears of sweet corn
one basket of Saturn peaches
one medium zucchini
two large green tomatoes
three medium red onions
another jar of honey
another bunch of rosemary

Which is a bit of a thin week again. The sign said there was also supposed to be beans (the Tuesday pickup got black-eyed peas) but we were slotted for one of the last pickups, so I expect they ran out. Of note: no greens -- our high season for that is January-March, when it's not too hot for them.

Corn gets boiled tonight (yum!); peaches are in the fruit bowl for whoever gets to them first; and the zuke is a probable stir-fry again, this time likely with red instead of yellow onion -- maybe with cumin? -- we'll see. The honey and rosemary go on their respective shelves, and tomatoes await ripening to learn their fate.

As do we all.


* Which we have a lot of -- I'd quip that Eaglet eats sweet gherkins like popcorn, but honestly, they eat pickles much more frequently than they do actual popcorn. But regardless, we end up with a lot of pickle juice.

---L.