September 10th, 2008 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband customer,

I really have to face the music now.  Summer is truly ending.  I was told by my contact at the farm today that this could be the last week of tomatoes for now.  They will replant for a green house season of tomatoes but for now the romas that you have this week represent the end of summer.

For those of you that love the okra, it is back this week.  I am going to cook some with a few hot peppers and some tomatoes.  I am actually beginning to like okra for the first time in my life.  I think after tasting it raw on the farm, I realized that the less I cook it the better I like it!  Of course growing up in the south, I thought vegetables were these overcooked mushy things on the plate that were meant to hold salt and usually came from a can marked Del Monte.  See why I love going to the farms now!

You have sweet and hot peppers in your baskets.  The red jalapenos are in a clear bag.  Careful now – they are red for a reason.

Please continue to tell me what you like, what you dislike and what you have never had before.  I know some of you are tired of the eggplant season but it won’t be available much longer and frozen eggplant and tomatoes makes a nice winter treat.  Many of you had never eaten muscadines until last week.  Well you have a few more this week.  I am juicing mine.  Oh the juice is amazing!  You also have some summer apples to tease us for the upcoming fall apple season. Below is the list of your goodies for this week:

Eggplant
Sweet peppers
Hot peppers
Okra
Celeriac
Green beans
Roma Tomatoes
Potatoes
Basil
Apples
Muscadine

Be sure to check out the recipe for your celeriac.  It is from Farm 255 in Athens.  Do not hesitate to call or e-mail with any questions you have and enjoy the recipes I post on the website each week to help you use some of your ingredients.  Remember, I am happy to talk FOOD!

All the best,
Margie Thorpe