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This week’s share will include: 

• Veggies: kale, cucumbers, lettuce, garlic scapes, fresh white onions, carrots, broccoli or cauliflower, zucchini, and choice of an herb.
• Add-on shares:
  • Fruit: cherries and black plums
  • Flowers: sunflowers or snapdragons
  • Mushrooms: expected every week unless we hear otherwise
  • Eggs: expected every week unless we hear otherwise

Serving Suggestion:

• One item stood out to me in this week’s update: garlic scapes. We typically only get them during the first week or two of the CSA. I was curious so I looked back through the last 8 years of updates since I’ve been updating the website and I think this is our first-ever July delivery with garlic scapes! If you are like me, you’re probably trying to think of additional ways to use them.
  • For the first time this year I tried grilling my garlic scapes. I hoped it would tame their strong flavor and it definitely worked! I rubbed them with some olive oil, salt and pepper and grilled tucked between and around my burgers. They got soft and charred in some places and I imagine would be much easier to add to other preparations that way versus raw.
  • If you’re not grilling, I would throw them on a sheet pan instead after oiling and seasoning. I’d guess that 425 for 15min should do the trick but keep an eye on them.
  • With the right marketing manager, maybe simply roasted and salted garlic scapes could be the next shishito pepper? A strong flavored green veg that ends up on restaurant menus as a high margin starter that’s more about the communal experience than anything.