Monday, June 26, 2006
100 Facts in 100 Days: Fact 17
We belong to a CSA.
We pay a fixed amount of money to a local organic farm sometime during the winter. Then for the entire farm season we get whatever the farm produces. So, if the deer eat all the pumpkins (as happened last year), then we get no pumpkins. But if the kale grows like wild for weeks and weeks, then we get an endless supply of kale. It is great. The fresh, organic veggies are great - I love love love fresh peas. And, it is nice to know that we might just be preventing some local farmers from getting a second job at Walmart to pay the bills. But my very favorite thing is that we get vegetables that we'd never buy at the store because what on earth do you do with kohlrabi? Well, let me tell you. You grate it, sprinkle with salt and wait. Then saute with butter and onions. mmm mmm good
2 Kohlrabi, peeled
1 tsp salt
1 med onion, peeled & diced
4 tbsp sweet butter
1 tbsp chopped fresh marjoram or basil
Grate the kohlrabi in a food processor or by hand. Sprinkle with salt and allow to sit in a colander for 30 minutes. Squeeze water out. Melt butter in a sauté pan. Brown onions and stir in kohlrabi. Turn heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 min. Uncover and turn up the heat to medium. Cook another 2 min. Add fresh herbs.
We pay a fixed amount of money to a local organic farm sometime during the winter. Then for the entire farm season we get whatever the farm produces. So, if the deer eat all the pumpkins (as happened last year), then we get no pumpkins. But if the kale grows like wild for weeks and weeks, then we get an endless supply of kale. It is great. The fresh, organic veggies are great - I love love love fresh peas. And, it is nice to know that we might just be preventing some local farmers from getting a second job at Walmart to pay the bills. But my very favorite thing is that we get vegetables that we'd never buy at the store because what on earth do you do with kohlrabi? Well, let me tell you. You grate it, sprinkle with salt and wait. Then saute with butter and onions. mmm mmm good
2 Kohlrabi, peeled
1 tsp salt
1 med onion, peeled & diced
4 tbsp sweet butter
1 tbsp chopped fresh marjoram or basil
Grate the kohlrabi in a food processor or by hand. Sprinkle with salt and allow to sit in a colander for 30 minutes. Squeeze water out. Melt butter in a sauté pan. Brown onions and stir in kohlrabi. Turn heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 min. Uncover and turn up the heat to medium. Cook another 2 min. Add fresh herbs.
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