Dear John,
It has been a whirlwind of a week. Right now I am tired and hungry-ish and don’t really know what’s in the fridge except that the only leftovers are a half-cup of macaroni noodles. Which does not a meal make. But may be enhanced into a snack? I will skip further preamble in order to peruse ingredients from the comfort of the couch.
In This Week’s Box
- Asian Pears
- Honeycrisp Apples
- Celery
- Cubanelle Peppers
- Delicata Squash
- Ginger
- Red Beets
- Spinach
- Sweet Onions
- White Kohlrabi
Garden Potential
- Starfish pepper
- Deciding how long to wait on the final jalapenos
- Lombok peppers
- Last of the tomatillos, for real
- Volunbeans for drying
- Tomato, possibly to ripen on counter
Still in the Fridge
- Apples: Gala, Empire, Jonagold, U-pick, Granny Smith
- Bartlett Pears, Asian Pears, Bosc Pears
- Greens: 1/2 a cabbage, 1/2 bunch collards, Savoy Cabbage, Romain lettuce, Dandelion, Red leaf lettuce
- Herbs: Fennel tops
- Leeks
- Cherry tomatoes
- Tomatillos
- Broccoli
- Edamame
- Baby Hakurei Turnips
- Peppers: Yummy, Lombok, Starfish, Banana, Jalapeno, Carmen
- Carrots
- Squash: Delicata, Red Kabocha, Spaghetti, Robins Koginut
- Garlic
- Potatoes: Blue, Sweet
- Sunchokes
Open Preserves
- Preserved eggplant
- Dill pickle juice
- Lacto-fermented green cherry tomatoes
- Lacto-fermented blueberry jalapeno hot sauce
- Lacto-fermented habanda jalapeno hot sauce
- Pickled red onion
- Pickled banana peppers with oregano, basil, and black pepper
- Plain pickled banana peppers
- Radish kimchi
- Sunchoke relish
- Green tomato chutney
- Sour cherry chutney
- Freedom berry jam
- Apple sauce
- Apple butter
- Quince jelly
- Probably still more uninventoried
Things we’ve already eaten
- Tacos! Braised collard stems with scrambled eggs and tomatilla salsa. Sweet potatoes and black beans with the fermented habanada jalapeno hot sauce. Take-out from the place near the canoe launch.
- Tomato sauce (butter and garlic and sage and one red pepper) with macaroni noodles
- Sweet potato and greens (mostly turnip, some spinach) gratin. Roux from here.
Things we may yet eat
- Soup of the week: Smokey beetroot and pistachio soup from Midnight Chicken.
- Or mix roasted beets with yogurt. Maybe adding some fresh ginger at the end?
- Squash pizza. With the pickled peppers? With goat cheese and lemon slices? With blackberries (from the freezer)?
- Remember a couple of weeks back when I was thinking of apple slaw. The recipe I was remembering then is kohlrabi and apple and ginger and we have all of those right now. Perhaps I will go prepare some for lunch.
Love,
Sarah
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