CSA weeks 4 and 5

We missed week 4 because we were in Seattle, but arranged for some friends to benefit from our loss. Here's what we missed:

• Red Round or French Breakfast Radishes
• Red Round Tomatoes
• Arugula
• Baby Bok Choy
• Parsley
• Monroe Avocado
• Sugarcane
• Salad Mix: pei tsai, red kale, tatsoi, frisee, mixed lettuces
• Acorn Squash
• Carambola
• Green Beans

Aww, we missed Sugarcane!

Here's week 5:

• Corn (2)

Grilled, served with butter and rough Inca salt that our old housemate brought back from Peru.

• Pei Tsai

Salad.

• Eggplant

Once again, excellent baba ghanoush. Until Ase jumped up and started scarfing it during M's birthday party. Bad dog!

• Komatsuna

This was really good. Wilted for about 10 seconds in boiling water, dressed with mirin, rice vinegar, sesame oil, chili paste, and black and white sesame seeds.

• Callaloo

We've finally found a way to make Callaloo taste good!!! Adapted from this. Cook up some onion and garlic, with a 1/4 habanero and some thyme. Add a can of chopped tomatoes, then place the chopped Callaloo on top to steam, stirring after about 5 minutes, for a total of 15 minutes, then rest 15 and enjoy. This was served as a side to a West Indian Goat Curry. Also: pressure cooker worked much better on the goat than last time's braising.

• Chard

Cooked up with bacon and linguine in a pasta. Was good but not great. Actually, too much bacon!

• French Breakfast Radish w/tops

At most of them with a bit of butter and salt in the morning. The rest went into salad.

• Scallions

Went into various things. Some leftover actually. Go Green Bags! (sound)

• Grapefruit (2)

M ate. I don't really care for them.

• Green Bell Pepper

Sliced and cooked with some garlic, chili powder and onion in UFO Hefeweisen on the grill with some brats. Very good.

• Carambolas (2 + 1 extra)

Not sure, I've been meaning to make some fancy desert but haven't gotten around to it. Probably will just slice and serve over ice cream. Will make a coulis if I can.