First CSA box
I might switch to weekly from fortnightly: the amount of veg I got is more like a week’s worth. Well, it is supposed to be a week’s worth for a family of four, but I imagine that’s a family that doesn’t eat so many veggies as I—and also some families of four would have lunch at work and/or school, and have dinner as their only veggie-including meal at home.
At any rate, the booty includes:
- 4 leeks
- 1 bunch of red chard
- 1 bunch of dandelion greens
- 1 bunch of collards (quite young & delicious looking)
- 1 head of Romaine lettuce (spectacular)
- 1 bag of navel oranges
- 1 bag of clementines
- 1 bunch of pascal celery
- 1 head cauliflower
- 4 crowns of broccoli
All of it was wonderfully fresh and healthy looking. I’ll easily eat that in a week.
Fortunately, I’ve been saving the plastic bags from produce I buy at Whole Foods, so I was able to bag it all and put it in the refrigerator.
I can’t wait to have it. I have a 3.5 quart cast iron Dutch oven I’ll be using so I can fit in an entire bunch of greens. Of course, I still will measure out 2 scant servings of starch and 2 servings (i.e., 8 oz) protein. So though I will use a bigger pot, the difference will be only in vegetables—and greens cook down a lot.
A nice thing about living in California is that your local produce can include oranges & clementines!
The celery we got from our CSA wasn’t like what we get in the supermarket. It was smaller, stronger tasting, & bitter.
Ethan
2 March 2011 at 7:30 pm
I’m suspicious of the citrus—I would think those would have to come from southern California.
Yeah, I think I know that kind of celery: really for cooking.
LeisureGuy
2 March 2011 at 8:51 pm
Might be worth asking about. My CSA was always very clear about where their produce came from (i.e., telling us the specific farm from which it was sourced). Part of the point of a CSA is to know exactly where your food is coming from and how it was produced.
Ethan
3 March 2011 at 8:03 am
I’ll be talking to them later today. I’m switching to a weekly box. When I talk to them, I’ll ask about the oranges.
LeisureGuy
3 March 2011 at 9:18 am
The oranges and mandarin oranges are from the same farm in Hollister that grows all the other produce. Must be a very good operation: the fruit and veg are just beautiful.
LeisureGuy
4 March 2011 at 5:07 pm