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This week’s share will include:
- Veggies: spinach, choice of arugula or tatsoi, baby bok choi, lettuce, garlic, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, sweet potatoes, rutabaga, Honeynut squash, and choice of an herb (cilantro or dill).
- Add-on shares:
- Fruit: paused, final fruit will be next week
- Flowers: not mentioned in this week’s update, I believe we have completed all 10 weeks
- Mushrooms: expected every week unless we hear otherwise
- Eggs: expected every week unless we hear otherwise
- For those with half shares, this is “B” week.
Serving Suggestions:
- In all my years of writing CSA emails and website updates, I don’t think I have ever shared any information in Serving Suggestions about the humble rutabaga. The rutabaga is typically in the Stock Up share, but this week we get the uncommon treat of having it included in a regular share. By my count this is only the second time in the last ~8 years that we received rutabaga.
- So, what is a rutabaga? It’s sort of a cross between cabbage and a white turnip. It seems common to English/Irish/Scottish environs, and is even commonly carved as a jack-o-lantern in Britain. It’s one of the traditional ingredients in a Cornish pasty. It’s often served boiled and mashed, sometimes combined with other roots like carrots or potatoes.
- What should you do with one? Here’s what the internet thinks:
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