A carrot loving dog!
Luscious paw paws! YUM!
frosty parsley on tuesday morning.
Just two more pickups for the 2008 CSA season! Hard to believe that we have already eaten our way through so much of the year! Thanks for belonging to our farm this year and taking an interest in a little slice of the world and what happens to an agriculutral family that lives on that land. It makes a huge difference to us to know that if our farm was wiped off the map somehow, that there would be people who would know and it would matter to.
Yesterday was the day that comes only once a year, and that is the one where it is permissible to throw rotten or frost damaged tomatoes at each other. Soon after our first killing frost of the year, we will give into the urge to toss a few really gross ones at each other as we duck behind what is left of the once lucisous plants. We try not to really hit each other too much, but its acceptable to let a really sloppy, wet one land near by with a little warning splatter to land on the other. Its fun to get that kind of thing out of the sytem once in a while, but its also nice to take a shower afterwards and to leave those stinky clothes outside until the next laundry day.
The house has been full of Paw paw seeds this week, we got a bushel of paw paws from Cornell's orchard and we are eating them like crazy and have been freezing some for winter use, too. We would like to grow paw paw trees of our own someday, so we are saving all the seeds in order to plant them later. Today i realized it was out of hand as i saw four piles of the large, shiny seeds scattered on various tables, and counters. It is time to consolidate them all in one place! But, what, you say, is a paw paw? It is the largest native fruit in north america, they have a great tropical taste similar to a banana, or some say a mango or pineapple. Simply scrumptious! Can be cut open and eaten with a spoon tastes like a soft banana custard.
Reminder: October 25th will be our last csa event of the year. We will be planting some garlic, though its is going in the ground fast! we planted three more beds today. Then we will enjoy a potluck that should be very nice, please put it on your calendar and come on up!
This week's share:
Lettuce
Celeriac
garlic
potatoes
leeks
parsley or cilantro
carrots
apples
Next week's share:
greens, onions, cabbage or cauliflower
Baked apples:
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup honey
12 large sweet apples
butter
cinnamon
boiling water
mix nuts and honey (can add raisons) core apples to within half inch of the bottom, do not pierce bottom of apple
fill cavity with walnut-honey mix. dot top of each apple with butter and cinnamon
put apples in oven proof dish just big enough to hold them. Pour boiling water to one inch level, cover with foil.
bake 30 minutes at 375 or until tender but holds shape. serve warm or cold
from farm fresh recipes
Summer in winter celeriac carrot slaw:
1 large or 2 small celeriac bulbs
2 large carrots
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 T sherry vinegar (red wine or lemon juice work)
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp dijon mustard
1/3 cup olive oil
1 T sour cream
freshly ground pepper
peel celeriac with a sharp knife (or wash well and trim hairy roots off). Grate celeriac and carrots into large shreds. you should have about four cups. Mix together other ingredients. pour over veggies and toss gently, marinate for 30minutes before serving. from asparagus to zucchini cookbok, third edition
have a lovely week, and stay warm!
liz and matthew
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