Happy Summer!
CSA weather report…warm, breezy, humid (it’s summer J )
This email includes…
- What you need to know
- Click Activism – changing the world one click at a time
- Events
- What you actually got last week
- Contest
- And now for something completely different…
CSA words to live by…when trying any new food that
you’ve never eaten before…START SLOW! Read up about it (make sure
it doesn’t interfere with any medications you might be taking or any health
conditions you might have), see what traditional/conventional ways it’s
prepared (cultures that have been eating certain foods for many years basically
have a good idea what they’re doing and we can learn from that), try a small
portion, see how your body/digestive system reacts, and proceed from there.
Then try preparing in different ways and see what you come up with, and feel
free to ask for suggestion/info/recommendations!
Paraphrased wise words by a nutritionist that I read and
don’t remember where I read it or who said it, BUT it’s pretty smart info
regarding eating seasonally in our part of the globe…
Spring… is all about detoxing (what we get
from the CSA at this time is a lot of green things that are really good to help
clean us out from whatever we accumulated during the winter)
Interesting piece about spring greens (out of the 14 listed,
we get 12 of them with our CSA…watercress nutritionally and botanically similar
to Peppercress) and detoxing…
Summer is all about being hydrated (the
popular summer foods are all full of water…Tomatoes, Lettuces, Summer Squashes,
etc.)
Fall/winter is all about storing energy (we
get all the dense vegetables…Sweet Potatoes, Winter Squashes, etc…. that are
energy powerhouses to fuel us through the winter) to get you through the winter
to make it to…Spring!
Week #4
June 28, 2018
- Lettuce – 1 head
- Peas, Snow – ¾ lb.
- Greens, Mustard* – 1 bunch
- Peas, Sugar Snap – ½ lb.
- Dill** – 1 bunch
Total Items: 5
Flower Share - #2
Yarrow
Herb Share – June 2B
Marjoram AND Savory, Summer
*On the list of the world’s 100 healthiest foods…
** On the list of the world’s 100 healthiest foods…
1.What you need to know (will be either new info to
first time CSA members, or reminders/old hat to returning CSA members)…
Before you leave the house…BRING BAGS
to pack up your food (CSA members are responsible for packing up their own
shares) – canvas/plastic/paper…bring whatever suits your fancy. The CSA does
NOT provide bags for CSA members.
Time – 3:30pm to 7:30pm
IF you need to pick up later than 7:30pm, call the Cinema
Arts Center Box Office between 3pm to 7:30pm at 631-423-7610 xt. 0 and we can
pack a bag for you and leave it at the Box Office but it MUST be picked up
before the Box Office closes (call the Box Office to check the time…lately it’s
been 9:30pm). If not, it won’t be there on Friday.
Place – Sky Room Café in the Cinema Arts
Centre at 423 Park Ave, Huntington (if otherwise, you’ll be informed…like this
week)
Parking – park in the all the way around at
the back of the building by the day care center (you’ll see a fenced in
playground area with a sandbox)
When you arrive at the CSA –
- Check in at the desk with our friendly CSA worker
- Read the Wall Chart that tells us every week what we’re
getting, how much we’re getting, and what the farm charged us for it…some
weeks it’s take one of everything but SOME WEEKS IT’S NOT!!! So you have
to make sure you read the Wall Chart every week, and not assume anything.
You can also ask your fellow CSA members that are working that day what
the story is for the day (they should have name tags on).
Before you leave the CSA – Make sure you have
everything on the list! If you get to talking with people, have kids with you,
etc., it can be easy to be distracted and if you get home and find out you
don’t have everything that was on the list, you’re out of luck because at
7:31pm the food is donated to a local food organization that’s waiting to pick
it up and get on their way.
2.Click Activism – changing the world one click at a time
- Demand that Amazon reject unlabeled GMO Apple snacks…
- Tell your Senators and Representatives to protect
organic standards in the upcoming Farm Bill, and protect the environment
(next one isn’t for another FIVE years!)…
Monday, June 25th to Sunday, July 1st
The Toxic Home Transformation Summit
Online conference
FREE
To sign up…
If you’re eating organic and your home has got toxins
in it (hmmmm…does it? Or doesn’t it?) you might want to get rid of them. Where
to start? Check out this free online summit.
You also have the option of purchasing access to all the
online lectures (hard to keep up with the amount of information being given in
a relatively short amount of time). The most well-known participant, if you
keep up with the world of alternative medicine and environmentally healthy
living, is Dr. Joseph Mercola. Topics covered range from green cleaning
products and green dry cleaning, keeping your kids and pets toxin free, to
non-toxic building materials and mold, and much more.
Thursday, June 28th
7:30pm
Riverblue (speakers and reception)
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington
For more info and to buy tickets…
If you didn’t make it to our first CSA Culinary
Extravaganza, you probably didn’t get to see author Beth Fiteni at Book Revue
with her book about organic/green/eco clothing, The Green Wardrobe Guide.
HOWEVER, tonight she’ll be speaking with the film Riverblue about the
ecological consequences of wearing and buying non-organic bluejeans. Her
thought is…if we’re eating organic, when are we going to start wearing organic.
Also speaking will be someone from the NYC Fair Trade Coalition. Food for
thought…
Saturday, June 30th
10:30am, 11:30am OR 12:30pm
Rescheduled Annual CSA Strawberry Pickin’ Farm Tour (rain or
shine)
Green Thumb Farm
2 Rose Hill Rd (just south of Montauk Hwy)
Water Mill
For more info and to RSVP:
631-726-1900 (call between 9:30am and 4:30pm)
Directions are basically to go past the Green Thumb Farm
farm stand (if you’re headed east), make the first right and the first driveway
to the right is the path to the farm tour. Park along the road and walk down
the path and there should be a sign-in table right there.
We’re invited to visit our farm twice a year so this is one
of them (next one not till October). It’s a one hour walking tour of a small
section of the farm (it IS 100 acres) that ends with us getting set loose in
the Strawberry patch to pick Strawberries! Everyone that comes is given a quart
basket to fill. The event is rain or shine.
We also get a 10% discount on everything purchased at the
farm stand.
It’s for CSA members and immediate family only. If you’re
sharing a CSA share, the way people usually work it out is one person/family
goes in June and the other takes October, as your share partner isn’t
recognized as a CSA member by the farm, but they are with the CSA.
Suggestion for somewhere to eat before or after your Green
Thumb Farm visit…Bay Burger in Sag Harbor (not far, and everyone I’ve sent
there so far has liked it). The unheralded star of this place are the 2 veggie
sides (from local farms). They may have local beef, sometimes there’s a grass
fed option, TWO veggie options (Black Bean and Falafel) and the best fish
sandwich…ever. These people bake their own burger buns. There’s also locally
made ice cream from Joe & Liza, and craft local beer. There’s also a
separate room if you have younger kids that has kid friendly TV.
4.What you actually got last week
Week #3
June 21, 2018
- Lettuce: Crisp, Red OR Leaf, Red – 1 head - $3.25
- Rhubarb* – 1 bunch - $3.75
- Cress, Curly** – 1 bunch - $3.25
- Peas, Sugar Snap – ½ lb. - $3.50
- Tarragon*** – 1 bunch - $3.50
- Strawberries – 1 pt. - $3.50
Total Amount: $20.25
(We pay $20 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get a
bit more and it adds up over the course of the season. This week we got an
extra $.25…whoo-hoo J ! So far that
total is $.50 which doesn’t sound like much, but…just wait and see! We seem to
always get at least one CSA share’s worth of food every year that we don’t pay
for…some years two, and some between one and two…it’s all good! J )
*Rhubarb - there is no Veggie Info Sheet so
here’s some info…
The most important thing to know is…do NOT eat the
leaves! They are poisonous so cut them off when preparing them
Can be used in sweet AND savory recipes
Simplest recipe ever…
Rinse off Rhubarb
Cut off any leaves on the one end (cut off ¼” of the stalk
so you have NO leaf bits), cut off ½” off the other end (root end)
Cut the Rhubarb into 1” to 2” pieces
Put in a heavy pot and cover and cook over low heat for
about 10 to 20 minutes. Stir frequently at first till Rhubarb starts producing
its own juice.
When softened, sweeten to taste (common ratio is 1 part
sweetener to 4 parts Rhubarb…can use Honey, Maple Syrup, Sugar…whatever)
Great topping for Oatmeal, Ice Cream, Pancakes…whatever! J
General Rhubarb health info…
Culinary article about Rhubarb…
Rhubarb & Strawberry Yogurt Pops…Rhubarb &
Strawberry Hand Pies…and more…
Martha Stewart Rhubarb recipes both sweet and savory (she’s
got a Rhubarb Chutney recipe and a Rhubarb Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese)…
Rhubarb & Strawberry recipe in NY Times Food Section…
And I typed in Rhubarb and got great recipes here (thanks to
a CSA member…but I can’t remember who or I’d mention their name…who’s a fan of
Sam Sifton…and am now subscribed to this newsletter like she is…and if you
remember telling me I’d be happy if you’d remind me that you did J )…
**Curly Cress – no Veggie Info Sheet so…
It’s speecy spicy, very good for you, and goes well in small
amounts in any salad, sandwich, wrap for starters…read on…
5.Contest
Like Beer?
Enter to win 2 VIP tickets to Edible Manhattan’s Good Beer
event being held in Manhattan on July 19th…
6.And now for something completely different…
What if these showed up on your table at a restaurant after
you ordered dessert? J
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