Fall CSA #8 October 25
This week was all about chicken - our Chanteclerc Heritage Chickens we cooked 5 in 3 days and sold more than we should have! We were so happy with this endeavor and are looking froward to a great season next year! I am in the works of writing a post about it and it should be posted on the site soon.
In your basket this week:
1 Chez Nous Tomato Sauce
1 bag of Arugula
1 Bag of China Rose Winter Radishes / baby Hakurei Turnips (all greens edible)
1 bag of Carrots
1 bag of Brussels Sprouts Greens ( Taste like Brussels Sprouts)
Rosemary (perfected for roasted potatoes or vegetables...roast...last a long time!)
Much like last year this Fall has seen quite a bit of rain, after 2 years in a row of this you can bet nest year I will be getting that garlic in extra early since the saturated soils make it hard to plant them now. I have my fingers crossed that we are able to plant soon we have some really nice seed this year. All the water, has also caused us to start pulling our carrots out early since they are getting damaged by all the water. They are so tasty but you might get the odd one with a bit cut off!
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| We finally got some fantastic carrot beds...only to have them receive too much water. You will see some unique carrots shapes! |
Needing to free up some room in the freezer, it was time to pull out some of our Tomato sauce which counts as 2 items. We make it with a mixture of all our tomatoes- every color, shape and size and add organic onions and our garlic fried in organic olive oil or organic coconut oil and herbs.
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| China Rose Radishes are pretty spicy. They should be separated from the greens. The greens can be cooked or juiced. When making soup- it is surprising how the greens lose their spiciness and prickliness and become soft and delicious! See recipe for soup. The roots really last a long time and can be eaten raw or roasted.
Here are two different radish top soup recipes:
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| I included some baby Hakurei Turnips. I think cooking these whole would be great and look really nice! |
Shirley and Rich
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