September 2nd, 2009 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

This is such a beautiful day to go and gather all of our food for us.  Your food has truly been kissed by perfect weather this week.  We are seeing a few more of the season’s tomatoes.  As a matter of fact, the large tomatoes we have this week are a last minute surprise from Mills Farm in Athens.  She was still picking more when I left today.  They won’t be perfect because of the season but they will be free of pesticides and flavorful.  Enjoy!

We had a chance to enjoy two types of fruit this week and I was completely ok with that.  I hope you are too – you have muscadines and apples this week.  Please know that the grey spots on your apples will wash completely off.  They are a natural formation that protects the fruit while it is on the trees.  Take a sponge and cool water to them and watch them clean up.  I’m eating mine with yogurt for breakfast this week!

The peppers came in abundance so I thought that cilantro would be a good herb for us.  The hot peppers are separated in a plastic bag.  Some are hotter than others.  The larger light green ones are the mildest of the hot peppers.  Of course taking out the seeds always helps to cool down your peppers.  You also have several sweet peppers loose in your basket again this week.  These will come and go before we know it.  Enjoy them sliced in salads or cooked in with your eggplant.  I made a cold eggplant dip this week that was great with peppers and garlic.  Just threw everything in the crock-pot and walked away.  Below is your list of goodies for this week:

Heirloom tomatoes
sweet peppers
hot peppers
eggplant
okra
swiss chard
cilantro
muscadines
apples

The greens are swiss chard this week from Steve Miller’s farm.  Lightly steam or sauté in olive oil and eat right away.  I would suggest maybe one little hot pepper added to the pan for spice if you are game!

Have a beautiful week and remember I am always happy to TALK FOOD!

All the best,
Margie Thorpe