Happy Spring (not summer till June 21st đ
)!
Today is the first day of Green Thumb CSA â Huntingtonâs
2019 Season!
What you need to know (will be either new info to first time
CSA members, or reminders/old hat to returning CSA members)âŠ
Before you leave the houseâŠBRING BAGS
to pack up your food (CSA members are responsible for packing up their own
shares) â canvas/plastic/paperâŠbring whatever suits your fancy. The CSA does
NOT provide bags for CSA members.
Time â 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 timeâŠlately itâs
been 9:30pm). If not, it wonât be there on Friday.
Place â Sky Room CafĂ© in the Cinema Arts
Centre at 423 Park Ave, Huntington
Parking â park in the all the way around at
the back of the building by the day care center (youâll see a fenced in
playground area with a sandbox)
When you arrive at the CSA â
- Check in at the desk with our friendly CSA worker
- Read the Wall Chart that tells us every week what weâre
getting, how much weâre getting, and what the farm charged us for itâŠsome
weeks itâs take one of everything but SOME WEEKS ITâS 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 â 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
donât have everything that was on the list, youâre out of luck because at
7:31pm the food is donated to a local food organization thatâs waiting to pick
it up and get on their way.
The listâŠthis is a general list and youâll be sent another
email within the next week with the detailed list after I get it (which isnât
till the day of the CSAâŠthe list is subject to change without notice because
farming is like that! J .
However, most of the time itâs accurate and if itâs notâŠusually only one food
item will be changed)âŠ
CSA words to live byâŠwhen trying any new food that
youâve never eaten beforeâŠSTART SLOW! Read up about it (make sure
it doesnât interfere with any medications you might be taking or any health
conditions you might have), see what traditional/conventional ways itâs
prepared (cultures that have been eating certain foods for many years basically
have a good idea what theyâre 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
donât remember where I read it or who said it, BUT itâs pretty smart info
regarding eating seasonally in our part of the globeâŠ
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 CSAâŠwatercress nutritionally and botanically similar
to Peppercress) and detoxingâŠ
Summer is all about being hydrated (the
popular summer foods are all full of waterâŠTomatoes, Lettuces, Summer Squashes,
etc.)
Fall/winter is all about storing energy (we
get all the dense vegetablesâŠSweet Potatoes, Winter Squashes, etcâŠ. that are
energy powerhouses to fuel us through the winter) to get you through the winter
to make it toâŠSpring!
Week #1
June 6, 2019
- Lettuce â 1 head
- Scallions â 1 bunch
- Rhubarb* â 1 bunch
- Strawberries** â 1 qt.
Total Items: 5
Flower Share - #1
*There is no Veggie Info Sheet for Rhubarb so hereâs
some infoâŠ
The most important thing to know isâŠdo NOT eat the
leaves! They are poisonous so cut them off when preparing them
Can be used in sweet AND savory recipes
Simplest recipe everâŠ
Rinse off Rhubarb
Cut off any leaves on the one end (cut off ÂŒâ of the stalk
so you have NO leaf bits), cut off Âœâ off the other end (root end)
Cut the Rhubarb into 1â to 2â 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 RhubarbâŠcan use Honey, Maple Syrup, SugarâŠwhatever)
Great topping for Oatmeal, Ice Cream, PancakesâŠwhatever! J
General Rhubarb health infoâŠ
Culinary article about RhubarbâŠ
Rhubarb & Strawberry Yogurt PopsâŠRhubarb &
Strawberry Hand PiesâŠand moreâŠ
Martha Stewart Rhubarb recipes both sweet and savory (sheâs
got a Rhubarb Chutney recipe and a Rhubarb Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese)âŠ
Rhubarb & Strawberry recipe in NY Times Food SectionâŠ
And I typed in Rhubarb and got great recipes here (thanks to
a CSA memberâŠbut I canât remember who or Iâd mention their nameâŠwhoâs a fan of
Sam SiftonâŠand am now subscribed to this newsletter like she isâŠand if you
remember telling me Iâd be happy if youâd remind me that you did J )âŠ
**StrawberriesâŠgood Worldâs Healthiest Food article with
general and health info, and recipesâŠ
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