July 1st, 2011 by Margie
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
This week we are thrilled to say hello to summer fruit in the form of blueberries! Let me know what you think. We will try very hard to have a type of fruit in the basket from now thru apple season. Blueberries, melons, peaches, and figs will be harvested from now til then. If I can, I will even offer fruit as an extra for those of you that would like more, especially when the farmers get into their bumper crops. For now, let’s enjoy our berries. Mine will be mixed into sorbet for something Blue in my red, white and blue parfaits for the 4th.
The baskets are not as much like a floral bouquet now that we are saying good-by to greens but look carefully before you cast the basket to the side. Each of you has a cured bulb of garlic in that fabric, as well as more sweet yellow onions. Now that Serenbe has cured the garlic, it can be saved unlike our green garlic that needed to be eaten quickly, not that garlic lasts long at my house anyway. Serenbe also harvested more green beans for us today. If you did not get these last week, they are tasty. I did a toasted garlic, olive oil and red pepper sauté for mine but they would be great just steamed lightly too. The green stalk is fresh fennel. We have not had this in awhile so if you are not familiar with it, I will be happy to answer any questions you have. Normally fennel tastes like a cross between celery, cabbage, and licorice. Roasting it, however, brings out a new flavor – as if pine nuts decided to join the party. Check out the recipe for orzo, green bean and fennel salad this week on the website for ideas.
Below is your list of goodies:
Green Beans – Serenbe Farm
Fennel – Woodland Gardens
Mixed cucumbers – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Sweet yellow onions – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Mixed squash – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Tomatoes – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Garlic – Serenbe Farm
Blueberries – Evies Country Garden
As you prepare for your holiday festivities this week, try to remember some of the fundamentals of Independence Day. We at Vegetable Husband fight weekly with politicians to keep the right to grow healthy organic food in our communities. Please keep supporting your local growing community so that these freedoms remain. It is all too scary what some food groups have become with all the laboratory versions of veggies out there. Strange fact – did you know that the original corn grown by the Native Americans here was only the size of your thumb? Happy eating and remember, I am always happy to TALK FOOD!