fall CSA, week 1

[cellio]

The fall share is weekly for six weeks. This is the standard box.

• large bunch white turnips with greens
• 1 red onion
• 2 "sun tan" bell peppers
• bunch Japanese garlic chives
• bunch basil
• head hydroponic lettuce
• bag green beans
• 1 white acorn squash
• 4 d'Anjou pears
• 9 mini peppers
• 6 fingerling sweet potatoes

I don't know what "sun tan" bell peppers are. One is green; the other is mostly green but has a red patch. Do they taste like green bell peppers or something else?

I've never had a white squash before. Is this just aesthetics or is there something different about how it tastes?

I'm glad to have more sweet potatoes! Also turnips, though I'm particularly looking forward to the baby turnips we got last winter. So tender! We had the turnip greens tonight, sauteed in sesame oil with shallots. (I think the dish wanted garlic too -- note for next time.)

One of the pears has a small bruise, which just means I should eat that one first. I can manage that. :-)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think green peppers turn yellow/red when they ripen. So it depends on when they are picked.

[squirrelitude]

Yes, this! Green bell peppers are just unripe. I hadn't heard of "suntan bell peppers" before, but it sounds like a very clever way to market the in-between state that people would normally see as blemished, not knowing that it's just partially ripe.