winter CSA, week 7

[cellio]

• 5 Rome apples
• 3 celeriac (one small) (late substitute for the beets we were expecting)
• 4 medium blue potatoes
• 16 small carrots, generally around 4" long
• large bunch arugula (that is the one front right, isn't it? it's bigger than past arugula, but the bag back left doesn't look like arugula)
• bunch tatsoi
• bag mizuna (this is a new green for me)
• half gallon apple cider
• 2 pounds pastry flour
• small jar green tomato relish ("think of it as a more mature salsa")
• 6oz piece goat's milk Parmesaanen

The preview email, once again, included a picture not of the cheese but of the goat.

The cornbread recipe that came with the cornmeal in a past box calls for pastry flour, which I didn't have then but do now. Last time I made it with regular flour, so I'll see if I can tell the difference with pastry flour. Meanwhile, this bag of flour comes with a recipe for pancakes. Neither cornbread nor pancakes are pastry in my mind, but I'll assume that the term "pastry flour" is expansive.

(The CSA linked to a short article about the difference between pastry flour and regular flour, but the site goes overboard with annoying in-page ads, so instead of linking to it I'll summarize: pastry flour is lower in protein than normal flour, which means it's lower gluten, which means it makes biscuits, scones, pie crusts, and quick breads lighter and flakier.)

Comments

[cellio]

You are talking to somebody who has a bottle of homemade ginger syrup in the pantry, who adds pieces of crystalized ginger to ginger-molasses cookies (or just eats it like candy), and who thinks Jamaican ginger ale is a good start and generic American "ginger ale" is unworthy of that name. :-)

I haven't tried grating ginger root into a cake. Thanks!

[minoanmiss]

HOW HAVE I KNOWN YOU THIS LONG AND NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH YOU LOVE GINGER?! I have MADE A NOTE!

I really like using sugar rather than heat to extract the ginger juice because of the fresher flavor.

Jamaican ginger beer is a nice beverage. :) American ginger beer is ecru sugar water.

The cake I use is based on the Joy of Cooking's Fresh Ginger Cake. I like using a lighter syrup in it, like golden syrup or honey, rather than a lot of molasses.

I definitely have other ginger ideas. We shall discuss ginger at gingery length. :D

[cellio]

American ginger beer is ecru sugar water.

That is a perfect description.

Looking forward to gingery length!

[minoanmiss]

I just emailed you a bunch of my ginger recipes. :)