Sept. 12, 2015 - Share # 12

Zucchini and summer squash on the march to your share box!

WHAT'S IN THE BOX:

ZUKES/SUMMER SQUASH

GREEN BEANS

TOMATOES

RADISHES

KOHLRABI

BEETS

KALE

ARUGULA

CELERY

POTATOES

ABOUT THE BOX:

So everyone's talking about spiralizers -  is it the latest healthy food trend, or a desperate attempt to vanquish the hordes of zucchini appearing on your doorstep (or in your share box) by turning them into zoodles? Yes, you read that correctly, and as you might guess, zoodles are grain-free noodles, usually made from zucchini, and with the use of the aforementioned spiralizer!

We don't have a spiralizer on the farm and continue to stir-fry and roast our zucchini in the old-school way. But if we did have one, our plates would probably look kind of curly for a while as we experimented with a variety of zoodle recipes!

If you aren't familiar with kohlrabi, the light green, slightly knobby root veggie in your share, its flavor has been described as a cross between an apple and cauliflower! Slice it thinly and add it to your raw veggie plate; it dips nicely into hummus. Or roast 1/4" slices to bring out its rich sweetness. Always peel kohlrabi first, as the skin tends to be tough, and check out these Five Ways to Prepare Kohlrabi from The Kitchn food blog.

With arugula in your share, it's a good time to cook up a batch of Arugula Rice! The ingredients might look a little unusual, but this dish is a farm favorite. |And while you're in the Frog Holler Recipe Box, you might as well remind yourself of the recipe for Beet Caviar. This recipe was brought to us from an intern who had spent her time in the Peace Corps in Kazakhstan. It was a staple there and now makes a regular appearance at farm lunches and gatherings.


 NOTES FROM THE FARM:

Just out of the egg!

 Remember those cute little puff balls who were hatched last July? Well, there has been a shocking development and our intrepid CSA reporter caught up with Harriet Hen to get the details.

CSA Weekly: Excuse me, Ms. Hen - might I have a word, I mean, a cluck with you?!

A little bigger!

Harriet Hen: Buck buck - whatever for??

CSA: I don't see your babies around!

HH: Babies? What babies?

CSA: Aha, Ms. Hen! Just as we thought! We understand that the gate was opened from the pen where you were staying with your baby chicks so that you could lead them into the yard. But instead you made a beeline for the other coop, hopped inside and into a nest, and your babes never saw where you went!

Bigger still!

HH: Exactly! And a pretty good escape it was! Let me tell you, those are not babies! I say again - what babies? They might have been cute little fluff balls nestled under my wings at first, but let me tell you, they are teenagers now and they still try that stuff and they don't fit! And they're always pushing and shoving and some of their voices are changing so they kind of crow-k! They're starting to do bugs now, so they'll just have to get along without me.

CSA: I see. Well, we understand that you didn't exactly lay those eggs anyway so they really weren't your babies. Ms. Hen, you're either the world's best or the world's worst mother!

HH: I am neither. I was presented with a situation and did what I had to do. Now I want to have some adult clucking, instead of all these silly peeps.

CSA: Yes, well what's next for you Ms. Hen?

HH: I'm going to take a little "me" time - get into T'ai Chik or Crow-ga.

CSA: And the chickens formerly known as your babies?

HH: What babies? Oh, oh yes - they'll be fine. They happen to live on a farm where they are absolutely doted on - they get lettuce and greens and melons and oatmeal, and sometimes they are even hand-fed. They are lucky clucks!

Too big!

 CSA: Thank you Ms. Hen - you did a great job - we'll take it from here!

And thanks everyone for bringing your boxes back - have a great week!