Monday, June 20, 2011

First CSA delivery!

So, on Friday it happened! I headed over to pick up our first CSA box. I intended to have a nice sit down interview with Leigh Hauter, one of the owners of Bull Run Mountain Farm, but just as he handed me the bag to pick out my veggies, the skies opened up. It poured for about 20 minutes, during which I chose this week's food and then retreated, soaked and bedraggled, to my car. Next time!

Let's begin the picture apocalypse, shall we?

The bag was provided to us by Bull Run Farm as part of our subscription. It's a lovely big sturdy bag that will get more use than just veggie toting! It looks so innocent in this shot, doesn't it?



Here's what was hiding in that bag!
Keep in mind that in these first few weeks, you'll be seeing a lot of green -- greens like lettuces, herbs, etc are always the first things to ripen.








We got radishes,


and beets


and beet greens


and curly endive (aka frisee)

and pac choi


and garlic scapes.


We also got basil, tarragon, chives, and catnip. The cats were impressed with the chives

and the catnip especially.


Temujin, of course, didn't care.



We've got a great list of meals with these ingredients planned! First up will be ravioli stuffed with beet greens, homemade ricotta cheese, and Parmesan. Joe will be making a homemade tomato sauce (using up some of the canned tomato stash!) to go with it.

4 comments:

  1. LOL - Temujin thinks vegetables are stupid!

    Looking forward to reading more :)

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  2. Every time I see you or Joe mention CSA in a text format, my mind briefly logic bombs on why in the world either of you would be talking about the Confederate States of America ;)

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  3. You'll be seeing it a lot, so get the brain battened down for logic bombs! :D

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