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This week’s share will include:

• Veggies: broccoli or cauliflower, lettuce, choice of arugula or tatsoi, Negi leeks, salad turnips, spinach, sunchokes, peppers, baby bok choy, Japanese sweet potatoes, parsnips, and choice of an herb.. Reminder to use the “extras” bin for anything you don’t want to take
• Add-on shares:
  • Mushrooms: lion’s mane
  • Fruit: pink lady apples
  • Flowers: done for the season

For those with half shares, this is “B” week. Remember to cross off your name when you pick up!

Serving Suggestions:

• The Murasaki sweet potato is definitely familiar to CSA regulars: purple skin with a white interior. Typically John refers to these just as Japanese sweet potatoes, as far as I can tell this is the first time he’s used the official varietal name of Murasaki. You can plan to cook these just as any other sweet potato! ♬ “boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew!” ♬
• The Negi leeks, on the other hand, are different than their American cousin. The Negi leek looks like a cross between a scallion and a leek. I’ve never cooked one but after reading about them it seems like you can use their green tops raw or with just a little cooking, unlike leek greens which need a long cook. Of course, I thought of one of my favorite apps when hosting, Alison Roman’s labne topped with sizzled scallions that I shared here last year. I’m sure they would also be great atop fall favorites like bowls of chili or potato soup.