Week 13

Hello-
Cool, rainy start to week 13 that is reminding me that the summer is starting to wane. Of course, we often have a really nice September and the first half of October here in CNY, so it's not like the good times are over yet... but still, it makes me think.

This week you're getting a nice variety:
Green Cabbage
Broccoli or Cauliflower
Summer Squash
Red Cipolinni onions
Bag of assorted tomatoes (to find out what kinds they are, see my last post)
Cherry tomatoes
Dill
Salad mix (lettuce, asian greens, beet greens and baby swiss chard)
Arugula

I have just been given a whole bunch of recipes, so I'll be posting them soon.
Here's one that has been tested and found to be very tasty:

Broccoli-Cashew Salad - 4 servings
3 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 Tbsp red or white wine vinegar
1/8 tsp salt
2 cups broccoli florets, cut into small, uniform pieces
1/2 cup roasted, unsalted cashews
1/4 cup slivered red onion
1/2 tsp red-pepper flakes

Combine mayonnaise, vinegar and salt in a large serving bowl. Whisk until smooth.
Add the broccoli, cashews, onion and red-pepper flakes. Toss to coat. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Week 12 (I think!)

Hi everyone-
Same old story- I've been so busy I barely check email anymore, but things on the farm are going pretty well, as you may have guessed by the increasing weight of your bags every week.
This week has an especially pretty bunch of vegetables (tasty and aesthetically pleasing!)
You're getting:
Purple Viking potatoes (purple skins with pink splotches and very white flesh)
Rainbow carrots- an assortment of white, pink, orange, yellow and "Purple Haze" carrots
Beet Greens (which aren't green at all :>)
Saffron Shallots
Assorted summer squash- in all shades of yellow and green
Hot peppers (they are roughly equivalent to Jalapenos)
Assorted cherry tomatoes (including the sweetest of the sweet, Sungold, Black Cherry, Sweet Chelsea (big round red ones), Principe de Bourgese (red with a pointed end) Fargo Yellow Pear, and Juliets (firm, red, oval ones)
Broccoli or Cauliflower
Bag of assorted tomatoes- Note if you get a green tomato, it's not unripe- it's a variety called Aunt Ruby's German Green, and it's one of my favorites for sandwiches.

Arranged on a table, that would be quite a colorful picture!

My little sister (who's not so little anymore...) has expressed disbelief at the idea that tomatoes come in other colors than red, and I realize that many of the varieties that we grow at Lucky Moon are fairly unusual. So here's a list of the tomatoes that are grown at the farm, and where I can, I'll include a picture:
Sandwich Tomatoes-
Brandywine- ever popular, large pink tomato, probably the most famous of the Heirloom tomatoes

Aunt Ruby's German Green- green tomato that's beautiful when sliced- has a faint yellow-pink blush on the blossom end

Striped German- rainbow tomato!

Black Krim- dark purple tomato

Rutgers- the Campbell's soup tomato- it's a bright red

Cosmonaut Volkov- Large, round, bright red tomatoes

Jubilee- yellow/orange

Green Zebra- small round tomatoes, but they turn faintly yellow with dark green stripes

Rose de Berne- perfect small round tomatoes that are a lovely rose-pink color

Spring Shine- Small pink tomatoes with greenish shoulders

Paste Tomatoes- good for sauce or fresh eating!
Amish Paste- large, dark red, ox heart tomatoes (apparently the way they are shaped, but I've never seen an ox's heart, thankfully)

Orange Banana- medium-sized, oval, orange tomatoes

San Marzano- smooth oval , red tomatoes that are the classic Italian paste tomato

Cherry Tomatoes- so sweet and juicy!
Sungold- our favorite sweet orange bites of heaven

Fargo Yellow Pear- not the most flavorful, but the yellow pear-shaped fruits are so cute!
Black Cherry- dark purple, and very sweet

Principe de Bourgese- Italian-type, dark red with a pointed end, very good tomato flavor

Sweet Chelsea- large round, red cherry that has a wonderfully sweet flavor

Juliet- plants produce loads of firm, oval, blemish-free tomatoes that are great for drying, slicing in salads, adding to pasta or just eating fresh


Bon Appetite!
Sarah