Wednesday, July 27, 2016

We decided to do something different and a little crazy for a modern American family of two working parents (working outside the home, that is) and a little one.  We signed up to be a part of a CSA – community supported agriculture.  We pay a weekly fee to receive farm-fresh produce and eggs every Wednesday (with the help of Jessica who is also on this crazy train with me).

Our bounty included a huge watermelon and some mystery gelatin.  I HAD to make breakfast dinner.  Luckily I had one russet potato and was able to make some fried potatoes. Jeremy was a fan and said they tasted like the ones at Lambert’s.  (SUCCESS!!!)

The mystery dark orange jelly was actually cinnamon peach marmalade. Delicious on biscuits!! I told Jess to eat some of hers, but she was a chicken. So I told her to feed it to Satie, but that didn’t take either.  Oh well!  Snooze you lose on the ooze!!

This is what the bounty looked like when Jessica loaded it into her car.  You can’t really tell from this picture how big the watermelons were. They were ginormous and DELICIOUS!!!  I ate on mine for four days and took it to a party at Ab’s for a bunch of people. There is still watermelon left…which is shocking because it was DELICIOUS!!!!!

Here’s came in one bag.  You can see that those are some huge carrots, a beautiful head of cauliflower, and a perfect cantaloupe.  It was the best cantaloupe either of us have had all season.

The mystery containers included marmalade, diatomaceous earth, and bath salts. And yes, that is fresh ginger. I made lentil soup, topped with cilantro and a big dollop of sour cream.  Yummy!!

Somebody is excited over some veggies!