My CSA haul from yesterday

On 7 Jun 2006 08:29:02 -0500, "Bob Terwilliger"

virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz said:

Now I've got to figure out what to *do* with this stuff!

I think I have usually seen pea sprouts quickly stir fried..usually.

Christine

"Bob Terwilliger" wrote

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Unless I get a better idea, I'll either just cut the crookneck squash up
and put it into the catch-all tossed salad or I'll grate it and sauté it
with butter, parsley, and maybe some savory.

Any comments or suggestions?

Bob

I slice crookneck or straightneck squash and sauté in butter with snipped
dill. I also julienne squash and/or zucchini, toss in Italian dressing,
then grill on my indoor grill.

I did not know radish greens could be cooked - I'll have to try that with
our radish patch. It has been so dry that no radishes are forming,
although there are plenty of greens. Anything special you do with them?

Dora

Dora said:

I did not know radish greens could be cooked - I'll have to try that with
our radish patch. It has been so dry that no radishes are forming,
although there are plenty of greens. Anything special you do with them?

Just wash them and cook them in butter or oil with salt and pepper.
Obviously, there are other things you can do with them (like putting them
into a gratin), but that simple preparation will give you an idea of what
radish greens taste like so that you'll be better able to figure out how
well they work in more elaborate preparations.

The one caveat is that they're a lot more perishable than you might think,
so cook them as soon as possible after digging them up.

Bob

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Here's what came in my CSA box:

2 apricots
1 ambrosia melon
2 nectarines
2 pints cherry tomatoes
1 red-leaf lettuce
1 bunch mizuna
1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
1 bunch basil
1 bunch purple basil
1 round yellow squash
1 knobby crookneck squash
1 bunch Russian kale
1 bunch collard greens
1 big ziploc bag of pea sprouts
1 medium-sized turnip
4 big radishes
1 kohlrabi
2 spring onions
1 round red onion
2 torpedo-shaped red onions

Now I've got to figure out what to *do* with this stuff!

The apricots, nectarines, and melon will simply be eaten as is.

The cherry tomatoes will be used in a variety of ways:
- Panzanella (with ciabatta, bacon, lettuce, basil, and parsley)
- "Mediterranean" salsa with parsley, onion, olives, and balsamic vinegar
- "Chalsa" is a chutney-salsa hybrid; the recipe is from _The Bold
Vegetarian_.

The radish greens will be cooked in butter with half of one of the
torpedo-shaped onions and some of the radishes.

The mizuna will go into a soba salad with soy, ginger, and sesame oil.

I'm going to try a pickle experiment. I've got a "base" recipe for pickled
turnips (which I posted here a couple days ago); I'm going to replace some
of the turnips with the kohlrabi and a radish. (The radishes are about the
size and shape of big kumquats.) The round red onion will also go into this.

The collard greens, kohlrabi greens and turnip greens will go into a gumbo
z'herbes.

The pea sprouts, lettuce, spring onions, and the remainder of the radishes
will go into tossed salads.

I'll have pea sprouts left over from the salads; they'll go into sandwiches
and be used as garnishes.

I'm going to strip the kale leaves and then cook the kale with red onion,
vinegar, and sugar in a crockpot (which I put on the patio this time of
year). The resulting relish will be put on bockwurst in toasted French
rolls.

That leaves the purple basil, the round yellow squash, and the knobby
crookneck yellow squash. I'm undecided on what to do with them. I'll tell
you what I'm thinking, but I'm hoping that you'll give me some other ideas.

The purple basil leaves are kind of tough, so I don't want to put them into
anything uncooked. I'm thinking of doing a beef-and-basil stir-fry with it.
Maybe I'll put some pea sprouts into it as well.

The round squash will be stuffed, though I don't have a specific stuffingin
mind.

Unless I get a better idea, I'll either just cut the crookneck squash up and
put it into the catch-all tossed salad or I'll grate it and sauté it with
butter, parsley, and maybe some savory.

Any comments or suggestions?

If you want to make a very nice tomatoe sauce cut the cherry tomatoes in
half and place in a bowl. Cut up a small onion and and lightly crush a
few cloves of garlic and then combine with the tomatoes. Add a little
bit of olive oil and salt and toss, then spread evenly on a shallow
roasting pan.

Roast at 350F for about 30-45 minutes. Then run through a food processor
and enjoy.

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Here's what came in my CSA box:

Remind me -- what is a CSA box.
Thank you,
DeeDee

Bob Terwilliger said:

Here's what came in my CSA box:

2 apricots
1 ambrosia melon
2 nectarines
2 pints cherry tomatoes
1 red-leaf lettuce
1 bunch mizuna
1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
1 bunch basil
1 bunch purple basil
1 round yellow squash
1 knobby crookneck squash
1 bunch Russian kale
1 bunch collard greens
1 big ziploc bag of pea sprouts
1 medium-sized turnip
4 big radishes
1 kohlrabi
2 spring onions
1 round red onion
2 torpedo-shaped red onions

Now I've got to figure out what to *do* with this stuff!

Well, no matter what, you ain't gonna have a *going* problem... I think
it would be fun for you to eat those torpedo-shaped onions last! hehe

Sheldon

Bob Terwilliger said:

Here's what came in my CSA box:

2 apricots
1 ambrosia melon
2 nectarines
2 pints cherry tomatoes
1 red-leaf lettuce
1 bunch mizuna
1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
1 bunch basil
1 bunch purple basil
1 round yellow squash
1 knobby crookneck squash
1 bunch Russian kale
1 bunch collard greens
1 big ziploc bag of pea sprouts
1 medium-sized turnip
4 big radishes
1 kohlrabi
2 spring onions
1 round red onion
2 torpedo-shaped red onions

man, i have so much envy! My dogs drained my savings to nothing and between
that and my health insurance deductibles I was tapped, so no CSA this year.

I shall live vicariously through you.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Christine Dabney wrote on 07 Jun 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

On 7 Jun 2006 08:29:02 -0500, "Bob Terwilliger"

virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz said:

Now I've got to figure out what to *do* with this stuff!

I think I have usually seen pea sprouts quickly stir fried..usually.

Christine

In salads, stirfries, as a quick sidedish, boiled/steamed or fried, soups
and in spring rolls

I like them as a side, steamed and sprinkled with crushed hazelnuts or
sesame seeds.

--
-Alan

DeeDee said:

Quoted message said:

Here's what came in my CSA box:

Remind me -- what is a CSA box.

CSA stands for "Community Supported Agriculture." People buy a share in a
farmer's crop at the beginning of the season and each week they get a box of
fresh produce. To find one near you go to www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/.

Bob

Alan wrote about pea sprouts:

Quoted message said:

In salads, stirfries, as a quick sidedish, boiled/steamed or fried, soups
and in spring rolls

I like them as a side, steamed and sprinkled with crushed hazelnuts or
sesame seeds.

I think I'll be getting pea sprouts in my CSA box every week, so this is
very helpful. Thanks!

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote on 07 Jun 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

Alan wrote about pea sprouts:

Quoted message said:

In salads, stirfries, as a quick sidedish, boiled/steamed or fried,
soups and in spring rolls

I like them as a side, steamed and sprinkled with crushed hazelnuts
or sesame seeds.

I think I'll be getting pea sprouts in my CSA box every week, so this
is very helpful. Thanks!

Bob

In some pasta dishes too.

--
-Alan

Bob wrote: I'm going to try a pickle experiment. I've got a "base"
recipe for pickled turnips (which I posted here a couple days ago);
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I used to have a very simple recipe for pickled turnips but have lost
it, really never wrote it down. I missed your p;osting. Wouls you e so
kind as to send it to me? Thanks. Jeanette

Jeanette said:

I used to have a very simple recipe for pickled turnips but have lost
it, really never wrote it down. I missed your p;osting. Wouls you e so
kind as to send it to me? Thanks. Jeanette

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/msg/3c2462236f566120

Bob