ugly CSA week 10

[cellio]

• 2 bell peppers, 1 medium green and 1 very large half-orange (hoping it'll keep going)
• 1 zucchino
• 1 large acorn squash
• 1 medium red onion
• 8 medium Bartlet pears
• 7 medium-large Macintosh? apples

Weight: about 9 pounds.

I like fall squashes -- butternut, acorn, delicata, all good! I would be happy to get more of those. (And I wouldn't say no to more onions; a singleton surprised me a little.)

The manifest said Macintosh apples. Most images I found are redder than these, but maybe that's an effect of when they were picked.

Last week's apples were very good as apple crisp. I might do more of that, or make applesauce, or maybe it's time to dry some. (I like dried fruit, but last time I made it I had a working dehydrator. Time to learn how to do that in an oven.)

Comments

[loosecanon]

apple color is influenced by how much sun it receives, as well, so interior apples (the ones under the most leaves) can be less showy.
My mac tree was rather pale as well, but that should not affect taste or texture much.

Nice haul!

[cellio]

Thanks for the information! I don't care about showy, just about taste (and knowing that they're ripe, which they seem to be).

[loosecanon]

Apples have a wide window of ripeness; under means crisp and crunchy, over means tender and sweet.

If you have a food processor, the shred blade may solve your above concerns.