1 qt white shelling bean- shelled out to ~1 cups worth.
3 lb. sack cooking onions- bag of small to medium sized onions 1-3″ dia.
2 pc. Yellow pepper- got three little units
2 pc. Head Lettuce – red stemmed leafy vegetable. looked a bit like dandelion.
1 pc. Pie pumpkin
2 pc. Delicata squash- green and yellow striped squash
1 qt russet potato- 4 large longish units,
1 bunch turnip- looked good but greens were not edible looking
1 bunch carrot- huge carrots, felt like bugs bunny sized
1 pc. Red cabbage – this was substituted with regular cabbage I believe
This week’s bounty was friggin heavy, and looked quite plentiful in the box. I decided to use the usual purple box, instead of the multiple soft bags I had last week. The walk back to the car seemed longer than I would have guessed (I really need to start hitting the gym more often). I looked up recipes for the turnip greens, and I supposedly could eat them, but the blotchy yellow and poor finish ultimately changed my mind. I used to eat beets and toss the tops, and then I saw an episode of Chef at Home, and blammo I was cooking up the tops and now I don’t really enjoy the beets as much anymore. Go figure.
I also looked up the carrot tops and they are edible too, though in small portions. I took a bite out of some and the herby taste wasn’t too appealing. however, I’ll see about storing some in the fridge, since I do end up buying bunches of carrots, tops and all and I’m often looking for some parsley to finish off some dishes. The majority of the cuttings went to the composter, both my pop’s worms, and my naturemill unit. I’ll post something about the naturemill unit once we resolved the problems, or I’ll leave the story hanging….especially if I forget to post the followup.
October 17 update- So we ate the delicata squash, which was excellent, simply washed diced and roasted in the oven. It certainly did taste more like sweet potato than a squash. I washed and cut up the russet potatoes to learn that the core was rotted out. Not sure how that happens, but the outside looked good but the inside was hollow and brown. There didn’t seem to be any bore marks from the outside. I forgot to take a picture so no image posted. The peppers went into M’s shrimp couscous. The white beans were boiled in salted water and tossed into my servings of couscous. It was excellent. It had the texture and taste of hard boiled egg yolks. The carrots were surprisingly soft, despite it’s size and Flour loved to munch on a piece.
