What's In The Boston Box?
share distribution #10
Every other week/senior shares pick up on odd distribution weeks
this is the box that will be available
at our Boston Distributions on Thursday
Curly Kale: This mid-season curly kale is great for cooking or salads. I am going to make a Lasagna with mine this week!
Summer squash/zucchini: We grow a lot of these and use them as the base of a lot of our summertime meals because they are so versatile. Throw them on the grill this weekend!
Scallions: These guys are so tasty for garnishes or stir fries. They will store quite well in your fridge if you store them in an air tight bag or container.
Sweet peppers: Peppers of all colors. Great for snacking or cooking. Our peppers all will be turning to oranges and reds by the end of August.
Tomatoes: These are from our high tunnels and quite limited and highly coveted so just 1 or 2 at first so relish them. We have given them extra attention this year and it has paid off as they are looking quite good. Occasionally you might see some yellow shouldering around the stem scars, this won’t turn red so don’t wait to eat them up. Don’t put your tomatoes in the fridge, it degrades the fresh eating quality (unless you plan to cook with it and then it doesn’t matter).
Cantaloupe: This is a great crop of ‘lopes this year. So sweet and tasty. We pick our cantaloupes ripe and ready to eat or very close to it. If you are not going to eat it in a day or two best to put it in the fridge.
Yellow watermelon: That’s right, yellow! These are so sweet and tasty. Yes they have seeds but the variety flavor and reliability is well worth it. You can store it on your counter or your fridge if you have space and it should hold for a week or two.
Sweet corn: More corn this week. This is a yellow and white corn and so sweet and tasty and pretty caterpillar free so far. This corn doesn’t get a drip of spray and the caterpillars can move in with the winds as the season progresses, so you might see them later. If they gross you out, just chop off the tip.
Celery: We have a pretty great celery crop this year. This is one of my favorite crops to grow because its a finicky little beast and when it works out it is so much more tasty than the water pumped anemic grocery store stuff. That being said, it takes a bit of getting used to because our celery is a little more hearty and stringy then grocery store celery but so flavourful. You can make a really great gumbo with this (check out the recipe of the week) or chop into salads or do whatever you do with celery!
Thai basil: The Thai basil is beautiful right now and so delicious. I have been doing a lot of rice bowls lately and sprinkle this over nearly all of them. Treat it like a bouquet, trim the stems and put it right into a cup of water on your counter and it will last for a long time, even growing roots. Whatever you do, DO NOT put it in the fridge. It will turn brown and shrivel up.