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CSA: Week Two

Greens aplenty

The week two share is here and as you can see above, we are swimming in greens, four distinct kinds including a double portion of pak choi. As an even greater test of our ability to hang with the CSA's diet, Dinka and the kids left for Austria today, leaving all eating responsibilities behind with me. If I manage to eat everything in this week's share by myself, I think I will have eaten more greens in a week than I have in two months but I am certainly going to try. We also got another pint of strawberries this week, which have been delicious. For me, they bear little resemblance to anything I've gotten from the store but remind me greatly of those that I used to eat from my grandpa's small patch or the ones I used to steal from my aunt's colander when she was preparing to make jam.

We finished last week's share without a problem and enjoyed the new greens (tatsoi, braising greens), mostly due to Dinka's expert preparation (cooked in a little olive oil with garlic).

In this week's share:

Carrots and radishes
The first thing to disappear

Comments

I just came across this - and since you're updating regularly I had a question about CSA - - -

How much food do they give you? Is it enough to serve you every night for the whole week? Or do you get supplements from the farmer's market/store?

Thanks for the help! :D

Posted by EKl at June 21, 2009 11:34 PM

Hi Elizabeth! It's a little early for me to draw too many conclusions but so far, the CSA has provided enough greens for our family (two adults, three small kids) for the week and small quantities of everything else. We've been supplementing with a few vegetables and more fruit from the store. As the growing season progresses, I'm guessing that we'll buy fewer and fewer vegetables but we'll still need to supplement with fruit since I think they're growing less of it in our particular CSA.

Posted by Lincoln at June 22, 2009 11:47 PM

You must have been a good strawberry thief because my mother doesn't remember this at all. (Or her memory is going...)

Posted by Katie at June 24, 2009 9:38 PM