Brief Food Musings

[swordmage]

When I stopped by CSA today, there were chickens!

I suspect they may have belonged to the man who provides eggs, Josh, but it still made me delightfully happy. Big, fat chickens scratching about in the dirt of the courtyard.


We're now on our third CSA session, and each time, I fall more in love. We're currently getting pretty much all our produce through them, which means there's some experimentation. But I really love certain things - the citrus is always a pleasant surprise, seeing I'toli onions in the box makes me grin, and having that onion-y smell next to me as I drive home... True, I need to figure out what to do with beets and radishes - they confuse me.

*grin* I am pleased.

Comments

[reynier.livejournal.com]

Awwww.. now I miss raising turkeys. I wonder if my landlord would let me raise chickens...

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

There's a pretty strong urban chicken community in Tucson. I know CSA's done a few workshops lately...

[dverning.livejournal.com]

Radishes are great raw in salads. Wash and slice thinly.

Beets are easy. Treat 'em like potatoes. Boil, cube, and then fry with butter and onions... (Better with turnips, but works with beets.) You could also try for gazpacho.

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

EWWWW!!

Beets are gross...only should be used for compost.

Says the girl who was force fed them almost every dinner as a child in the upper midwest. YUCK!

[shade-scribbler.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, radishes are good sauteed. The flavor mellows when you cook them so they are good sauteed in butter with a little parsley or you can even throw them into a red wine stew. You just need to balance the peppery flavor with something earthy.

[kittenfemme.livejournal.com]

Roast the beets! I'd have to check with someone on the temp/time but I'm pretty sure that's what my mother does with them and they're delicious. Radishes add a nice peppery crunch to a salad. Especially a salad with feta.