Last week I made a trial run of applesauce, using this really easy applesauce recipe. Sure, it was sweet, but it's so much yummier than the watery, bland store stuff. I have a ton of apples that need eatin' so I plan to try a bigger crockpot of the stuff some time this week. I had it with pork chops from Chestnut Farms...delicious!
The brave folks at Chestnut Farms drove through the Western MA ice to distribute shares today. It was rainy here, and luckily most of the ice had melted. But yuck, what a job. It makes you remember that you have to be outside in all kinds of weather as a farmer, and I'm sure that the share distribution is one of the less messy jobs. I worked from home today. The building manager called to kick my car out of the parking lot for plowing, so I took a quick hop down to the drop-off location to pick up my share early. Normally I get there a couple hours later, so I was amazed at the dozens of coolers they distribute! I know that they were recently able to quit their square jobs to be farmers full time. Such a wonderful thing.
This month's share:
- 1 maple sugar cured bone-in ham steak.
- 1 lamb shoulder (yay! I have no idea how to cook this, but it looks beautiful).
- 1 package of ground beef.
- 2 shank steaks.
- 1 chicken breast.
- 1 package of maple sugar cured hickory smoked bacon.
- 1 package of steak tips.
- 1 large rib steak.
3 comments:
No difficult frosts? I've got 4 inches of snow outside my apartment in Belmont, and we had 16 inches a couple weeks ago. I think it's safe to say not much is growing outside right now around here. I'm very grateful for the meat CSA too and looking forward to the yummy ham, but all my veggies will come from storage.
I'm talking several concurrent days of 10 degrees and under, ice skating weather. We've had big snows, but they melt in a couple days. It's been pretty warm, but that's supposed to change.
One year I had cabbages that had frozen and started to regrow in 45 degree weather in January. I though that was remarkable. I know that the Food Project "stores" those turnips in the ground over the winter, and I suspect that they grow just a bit on warm days.
I have a month or so of veggies left, and no access to a veggie CSA until June. I'm going to have to remember how to shop the produce aisle for a few months, unless I can find another local source.
YEAH! The local CSA registration opened today, so my form and payment will be in the mail tomorrow to guarantee that I get a share. Everyone from 2008 and those on the waiting list (me, thanks to you educating me about this!) get early registration before it's open to the general public. A veggie share is $400 for 18 weeks, or a super veggie is $600. I think I'm just going to get the basic to get me started. I think I'm going to do a fruit share too. It's only $100 for 12 weeks, but it's only enough fruit for one person they claim. It's mostly berries, peaches, and apples, and we tend to pick several bushels of those in the fall anyway, so I'll give it a try too.
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