Food Stuffs
Tommy and I signed up for a CSA (community shared agriculture), and as a result, get about 10 lbs of vegetables weekly from a local farm. I want to believe that we are eating more vegetables as a result. We’re DEFINITELY eating more salads as a result. Each week we have gotten, among other things, 2 heads of lettuce. We don’t even make it through one head before the next week, when we get 2 more heads! Time to start giving away lettuce.
But the other vegetables have been fun to cook with. Spring in South Carolina yields plenty of greens, broccoli, turnips, radishes, and an abundance of strawberries. Last week we got an unidentified vegetable that I had never seen before. After a few long internet searches, I finally found what this vegetable was: Kohlrabi. Once finding out what it was, I began trying to figure out how to prepare it. It sounds like it is a lot like broccoli stems in texture and taste, only a tad bit sweeter. It can be eaten raw or cooked. I am going to cut it up into bitesize pieces and roast the pieces along with the cute little baby squash that we got.
I pick up my box on Wednesdays after work. Every Wednesday I find myself anxiously waiting to find out what is in the box for that week. This week we’re supposed to be getting fresh eggs too! I am also learning what grows in South Carolina and when it grows. The vegetables will keep coming through mid-July. I think that once the summer heat hits, we will be transitioning away from the greens (the heat kills them) to water melons, canteloupe, beans, and peppers.