What's In The Boston Box?

DiStribution WEek #13

Every other week shares/Senior pick up on odd weeks.

this is the box that will be available
at our Boston Distributions on Thursday

Curly kale: The first pick of the fall kale is always the best kale. Tender and great for salads or cook it up.

Leeks: You know its fall when the leeks come into the share room. These are wonderfully flavorful and great sautéed and used in any recipe. Or make the classic French recipe potato leek soup.

Red potatoes: The first potatoes of the the 2025 season! These are great anyway you like potatoes. These are coming to you dirty because the skins are thin and we didn’t want to scuff them up in the root washer.

Sweet peppers: The peppers are starting to turn colors and we have a mix of different colored bells this week.

Crimson watermelon: These are the last of the melons. They have a dark pink flesh and thick rind and are sweet. Store the in the fridge and enjoy them for a last summer blast.

Sweet corn: This is our yellow variety. It is a meatier corn and has been pretty darn clean of caterpillars, though you may see that the tips have not filled due to droughty conditions in the field. This will be your last corn this year.

Tomatoes: The tomato flood is finally here so enjoy it while it lasts! Summer is fleeting! You’ll get standard red hybrids but also more unusual heirloom types in pink, yellow and orange. They are all ready to eat so if you know you can’t eat them all, stash the most ripe ones in the fridge for cooking or chop them up and put them in a freezer bag for winter use.

Broccoli: Surprise! You get the first of the broccoli. We were not expecting it just yet so we were delighted to pick these. They are beautiful heads.

Napa cabbage: Crispy and great for salads or stir fries or make pot stickers. Store it wrapped in your fridge for best storage.

Hot peppers (pictured below): This week you may receive (from mild to hottest): Anaheim, Serrano, Hungarian hot wax, or Cayenne. Anaheims are mild and look a lot like our Italia peppers so don’t confuse the two! Serrano are a deep green and similar to Jalapenos in flavor and look. Hungarian hot wax are yellow orange to red and have medium heat. Cayennes are picked red and are a skinnier then the hot wax.