BOX CONTENTS

Please note: this box summary is written the week before you receive your box. It is updated but not all the boxes packed for your delivery day will be exactly the same, although it is likely that all the boxes at your dropsite will be the same. Some things may be in your box that are not listed, and some listed things may not be in your box. As always, be sure to thoroughly wash all of your vegetables.

The page numbers listed below refer to cooking tips and recipes in Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables as provided to all shareholders. Some recipes are listed at AngelicOrganics.com/RecipeService

BRASSICAS

• Brussels Sprouts*-These are AWESOME!, pp. 253-256
• Kohlrabi*-This is in my top 12 vegetables, pp. 201-204

ROOTS

• Rutabaga*-I, Diana, used to work at a paddlesport shop called Rutabaga, and as a result I have a special affinity for these guys! pp. 295-298
• Beets*-with greens. Both Bob and I rank these in our top 5 vegetables. pp. 55-62
• Potatoes-pp. 289-294
• Celeriac*-with tops. Perhaps try cream of celeriac soup, pp. 270-273

COOKING GREENS-pp. 81-94

• Spinach*--very tasty, the best so far this year thanks to the cold weather last week.
• Red Russian Kale*-Bob’s favorite kale; also he considers it the most attractive. Whereas Toscano is perhaps the coolest of the kale varieties, it is less attractive.
• Winterbor Kale*-besides being sweetened by the cold, these cooking greens are super good for you, your family, and your friends.

ALLIUMS-pp. 121-128

• Garlic
• Onion(s)-unlikely; yellow storage

FRUITING CROPS

• Popcorn-Perhaps test pop a few kernels, otherwise let dry a couple weeks more for optimum popping!
  

* = sweetened by the frost

********

Diana writes...

I was just doing some math in my head as Amy and I pushed a stack of bagged carrots into the coolers. We are currently packing about 810 boxes for winter-shares. We always cushion our numbers, so as we prepare for next weeks pack we will weigh out 830 bags of 2 lbs. of carrots. At the time Amy and I were pushing in the bins, our crew had bagged over half of the counted number, leaving about 240 bags empty. Having those numbers in my head, I did a little adding, subtracting, and multiplying and concluded that Amy and I were currently pushing around approximately 1,180 lbs of carrots. This is on top of the 2 heavy wooden bins. It gave me a good work out. I had to take off one of my layers when we were done, which probably had nothing to do with the fact that we are currently 68 degrees outside. I checked with Weather Underground and the average high for November 4th is approximately 52 degrees.