June 24th, 2009 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

I searched long and hard this week for blueberries for us but they are only starting to come up.  I promise that as soon as the fruit is available, we will all be enjoying it.   We have produce from six different farms this week.  Sundance Farms shared the lovely sweet onions with us once again.  These won’t be available long.  I am keeping some of mine for the grill on the 4th of July!  They are great grilled or roasted.  Your stringless green beans came from Mills Farm in Athens (the folks that offer us grits) and the rattlesnake beans came from a new organic farm in Powder Springs, GA run by Farmer Brooks.  Full Moon shared the last of the lettuce with us, so enjoy that treat.  They also grew our cucumbers.  I have been eating cucumber slices with every meal.  The arugula and mustard greens are from our neighbor farmer, Rashid, and last but certainly not least is the first of the sweet basil grown by Whippoorwill Hollow Farms.  They are actually having a big festival at their farm this weekend if any of you are curious about seeing the farm.

I hope that you will all take the time to see the new film, Food, INC, currently playing at Midtown 8.  It will make the time you take to prepare your own fresh food so worthwhile.  Enough said – check it out!

The recipe this week will help you use your beans.  The rattlesnake beans are called that because of their speckled coloring and the way they grow on the vines.  These are just big enough that I would recommend shelling them, rather than eating them as a whole bean.  The other stringless beans are super just as they are.  I could eat them raw if you leave me alone with them.  They are so sweet.  Of course tasting all of our food at the farms, I get used to eating most of it raw (smiles). Below is your list of goodies for this week:

Cucumbers
Romaine lettuce
Arugula
Mustard greens
Sweet basil
Rattlesnake beans
Stringless Green Beans
Sweet Georgia onions

NOTE: Be sure to check your empty baskets well before returning them.  I am getting quite a collection of gifts from you all.  Last week we took off with someone’s black extendable dog leash.  Let me know if it is yours.  Have a great week and remember, I am always happy to TALK FOOD!

Namaste,
Margie Thorpe