The fireworks are over, but the fireflies are out. We've been going out at dusk to catch them and admire their small, powerful bodies.
We hope you are feeling empowered by our harvest share goodies each week. May you run faster, think better, love more...and see lots of fireflies.
In this week's share:
1) 3 stalks fresh hardneck garlic: Garlic is planted in the fall. In recent weeks you've been eating the flowering stalks called garlic scapes. Now the plant has bulbed up and the second harvest is beginning. Fresh garlic does not keep as long as cured garlic. Today's harvest is fresh, just out of the ground, ready to use. The taste is superb. You will find the flavor more delicate than the garlic you buy in the store. Store in cool, dark place until you use it. You can cure your heads by hanging them in a dry place out of direct sunlight. Takes about two weeks. Here's a recipe.
2) two pounds tomatoes: keeping them coming from March Farms until ours are ready
3) one bag swiss chard: Swiss Chard is a versatile healthy green eaten widely within the Mediterranean. Like spinach with a lemon twist, it has a more delicate flavor than other sturdy greens like kale or turnip greens. Chard comes in different colors; the leaves are always dark green, but red chard has red stalks and yellow chard has yellow ones. No matter what color, chard is a nutritional powerhouse, a superb source of calcium and potassium, vitamin C, vitamin A and beta-carotene, as well as two carotenoids (lutein and zeaxanthin), which some studies have indicated can help protect the eyes against vision problems such as macular degeneration and cataracts. There is also evidence that consumption helps in blood sugar regulation. Here's a recipe for chicken enchiladas with chard. And another for sauteed swiss chard.
4) one bag red sorrel: this colorful green also has a strong lemony flavor. Great cooked in almost anything - pasta, scrambled eggs, beans, soup. Pecan crusted salmon with sorrel sauce.
5) one pint sweet cherries: from Red Jacket Orchard in Geneva, NY. Yum!
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