CSA share blogging #5

Oof. I've forgotten about posting this -- gone the same wayside of all posting here. But I did at least have notes for what I meant to post.

Of what remained of the share from three-weeks ago, the canary melon turned out to be green-fleshed, with a texture crisper than honeydew. Most of the slender cukes went into sushi rolls (Janni has been teaching herself to make them) with the leftovers joining a salad.

Two weeks ago, the summer dearth continued (enough of one, there was no share last week). We got:

six small purple potatoes
basket of tomatillos
a couple nopales (prickly pear pads)
a nickel-bag of fresh basil
two very small yellow summer squash
three heads garlic
four yellow peaches

The purple potatoes were exactly what it says on the tin, purple skin and flesh -- and while I'd like to report they had a refreshingly different heirloom variety flavor, as far as I could tell they tasted just the same as light-skinned white potatoes. The basil was quickly used up, including in salads and a Thai curry dish (that included the squash), the peaches were yummed down quickly, and the tomatillos and nopales were traded to the neighbor in exchange for, um, that may have been the cherry tomatoes? I've forgotten already. Ah, well.

Tomorrow I'll post about today's share, if I remember.

---L.