Happy Summer!
- What you need to know
- It’s not all bad news!
- Food safety and
COVID-19…
- Recipe for a quick &
easy Strawberry dessert – could come in handy after the farm visit this
Saturday
- What you actually got
last week
- And now, for something
completely different…
1.What you need to know (will be either new info to
first time CSA members, or reminders/old hat to returning CSA members)…
Time – 3:30pm to 7:30pm
Place – Sky Room Café in the Cinema Arts
Centre at 423 Park Ave, Huntington
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 (like the story of the 3 bears…not too much, not too
little, but just right 😊)! 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.
Interesting piece about spring greens (out of the 14 listed,
we get 12 of them with our CSA…watercress nutritionally and botanically similar
to Curly Cress/Peppercress) and detoxing…
http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2012/03/detox-with-spring-greens.html
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!
June 24, 2021
- Lettuce: Romaine* – 1 head
- Asparagus** – 1 bunch
- Peas: Sugar Snap – 1 bag
- Marjoram – 1 bunch
- Mustard: Green*** – 1 bunch
Mint**** AND Upland Cress
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=61
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=12
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=93
While this is about Peppermint…am including it as not sure
what kind of Mint is coming AND whatever it is, they’re all from the Mentha
plant and are similar.
2.It’s not all bad news!
The end quote from the 10 year old girl gives one hope for
the future! 😊
3.Food safety and COVID-19…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkvw9lZ3v3I
4.Recipe for a quick & easy Strawberry dessert
(imagine one could veganize this as pretty much anything can be veganized 😊)
– could come in handy after the farm visit this Saturday
If desired, imagine one could veganize this as pretty much
anything can be veganized 😊
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021174-strawberry-spoon-cake
My only suggestion is to not microwave frozen
Strawberries…instead just let them sit in the fridge overnight…
https://www.mashed.com/70561/foods-never-put-microwave/
5.What you actually got last week
June 17, 2021
- Lettuce: Leaf, Green – 1 head - $3.75
- Asparagus* – 1 bag (1/2 lb.) - $3.50
- Peas: Snow – 1 bag (1/2 lb.)- $3.75
- Garlic Scapes** – 1 bunch - $3.25
- Lavender – 1 bunch - $3.75
- Radishes: French Breakfast – 1 bunch - $3.75
- Curley Cress*** – 1 bunch (left off truck by accident
last week) - $3.25
Total Amount: $25.00
(We pay $20 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get a
bit more, some a bit less. This week, it was $5.00 more. So at the moment we’ve
already gotten $5.25 more than we paid for. This adds up over the course of the
CSA season, and we seem to always get at least one CSA share’s worth of food
every year that we didn’t pay for…some years two, and some between one and
two…it’s all good! 😊)
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=12
http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=60
And I BEG you…NEVER MICROWAVE GARLIC!!! Why? Short story…if
you microwave Garlic for 1 minute, all the anti-cancer, antibacterial,
antifungal and basically all the health properties in Garlic are GONE!
It takes over 45 minutes of cooking by conventional methods
to achieve the same effect. So if you microwave your Garlic (or a dish with
Garlic in it), you might as well be eating wood (which has no health properties
beyond being a source of fiber 😊).
Here's a scientific paper to support this info (and while it
says you can mince Garlic, let it sit around for 10 minutes, microwave for 60
seconds…not more… and get SOME of the health benefits…just don’t bother and get
ALL the health benefits by lightly sautéing or using raw…just sayin’ 😊).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11238815/
Cress, Curly (also known as Peppercress and Garden
Cress)
It’s speecy spicy, very good for you, and goes well in small
amounts in any salad, sandwich, wrap for starters…read on…
https://harvesttotable.com/cress_cress_is_a_common/
https://www.healwithfood.org/health-benefits/garden-cress-nutritional-benefits.php
Pepper Cress – tangy/spicy herb that can be used raw in
salads, on sandwiches or wraps and you can toss a small amount in at the end of
a stir-fry or cooked recipe to give things a bit of a culinary punch
http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/peppercress
Peppercress Aioli…
https://food52.com/recipes/10884-peppercress-aioli
more Peppercress recipes…
https://www.florettesalad.co.uk/recipe-category/peppercress
more recipes from a place that does Peppercress Sprouts more
than growing them in soil outdoors…
http://www.urbancultivator.net/learn-about-peppercress/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_cress
Thursday, June 24th
10am to 11am
IEatGreen radio show
To listen to the show live (or listen to the archived
programs)…
Hosted by Long Islander Bhavani Jharoff. Older shows can be
accessed in archives.
Friday, June 25th
6pm to 7pm
Green Inside and Out
WUSB-FM/90.1 FM
Long Islander Beth Fiteni is the host. Rotates with Healthy
Planet radio with Huntington resident Bob DiBenedetto.
Saturday, June 26th
10am, 11am, OR 12pm
Annual CSA Strawberry Picking Farm Tour (rain or shine)
Green Thumb Farm
2 Rose Hill Rd (and Montauk Hwy)
Water Mill
FREE
For more info and to RSVP (for last minute planners, you can
probably call the farm on Saturday morning after 9am, before you leave, and
still make one of the farm tours)…
631-726-1900 (call between 9:30am and 4:30pm, Monday thru
Sunday)
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.
COVID Protocols for Tour and Farm Stand…
Tour…outside in sunlight and easy to be socially
distanced…no face coverings requested or required. Sunlight kills COVID-19 and
does a darn good job…though they don’t exactly know how…
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210330171006.htm
Farm Stand…staff will be wearing face coverings…not
requiring face coverings for anyone who is vaccinated
This is a one hour walking tour, and then you’re let loose
in the Strawberry fields. Everyone attending is given a quart basket. This tour
is free, and limited to CSA members and their immediate family members. If
you’re sharing a CSA Share with someone, usually one person does the Strawberry
tour and the other does the Pumpkin picking and the CSA Share Partner needs to
use the name of the CSA member when signing up for the tour (since technically,
the CSA Share Partner isn’t a member of the CSA as far…as far as the farm is
concerned – they don’t exist! 😊).
Bathroom access…there is ONE portapotty and it’s as clean as
things things go, but last time I was there I felt it was a little unstable and
needed to be careful (kind of rocked a bit) and felt I could tip it over
(probably not but wouldn’t that be an awful and amusing tale to tell! 😊).
Maybe they stabilized it more since the last time…I hope 😊.
CSA members attending the this event will be able to get a
10% discount on ALL purchases at the farm stand (this discount is available to
our CSA members on farm tour days only).
If you have a home garden, or plant things in pots, keep in
mind that Green Thumb Farm has their own certified organic farm grown vegetable
and herb plants for you to purchase and add to your garden.
Suggestion for somewhere to eat before or after your Green
Thumb Farm visit (this is where I’ll be going 😊)…
Barrow Food House
My go-to place (Bay Burger in Sag Harbor) has gone and been
replaced by Ed’s Lobster Roll (a NYC chain). ☹ But am very pleased with this
replacement (reasonably priced for the area and some local farm-to-table food
used…they have a farm in the back of the property).
HOWEVER, if I get to Barrow Food House and the wait is
really long, may ditch this part of the world and instead go to a personal
favorite Turkish restaurant in Medford called Pita House (have been going here
almost since they opened…and they opened about 25 years ago). It’s on the way
back, right off the LIE…south on Exit 64…
https://www.longislandpitahouse.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=gmb&utm_campaign=gmb
AND…there’s a Turkish grocery store next to it so if I end
up there, may pick up some Urfa Biber Pepper to use instead of Aleppo Pepper
(which is in short supply because of war…the city of Aleppo in Syria is being
destroyed and any “Aleppo” being sold now may either be over 5 years old,
smuggled in illegally, and/or counterfeit)…
OR…could check out a place I’ve never been before in
Riverhead (Farm Country Kitchen) so I can eat Ice Cream for dessert at
Snowflake in Riverhead.
Will depend on wait times/reservation options (or not).
And last but not least, not to be a Debbie Downer/groove
killer BUT since you’ve been in nature…consider checking for ticks after you
return home! MUCH better to be safe than sorry then to end up with Lyme’s (or
some other dreadful tick borne disease), even though at Green Thumb Farm they
have a sizeable Guinea Hen population and if they’re doing their job,
hopefully, those Guinea Hens ate all the ticks! 😊
12pm to 1pm
Food Chain Radio
https://metrofarm.com/food-chain-radio-3/
Host Michael Olsen always has interesting guests on the
issues of food, food politics, health, and related topics. Check out the
archives.
Tuesday, June 29th
10am to 11am
Green Street Radio
WBAI-FM/99.5FM
To listen live or check out the archives…
https://www.wbai.org/program.php?program=365
Join Long Islanders Doug & Patti Wood (founders of the
Port Washington Farmer’s Market…the only all organic greenmarket in New York
State), in their weekly show featuring conversations on health and sustainable
living.
7pm – Volunteers
8:15pm – Drive-thru distribution
Huntington Food Share
Community Solidarity
Fairground Ave. & 6th St.
Huntington Station
FREE
For more info…
https://communitysolidarity.org/foodshares/huntington
To volunteer…
https://communitysolidarity.org/volunteer
Or to make a donation (they REALLY need a new truck)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/donate/funds
They also need/accept donations of the following…Bicycles,
Books, Clothing, Flowers (good for general mental health…taking care of the
mind AND the body), Food, Medical Care (is there a Doctor or Dentist in the
house? 😊), Plants/Seedlings, School Supplies, Toys
and more. For details on donating items, please go to the Home Page, scroll to
Donate, and read the appropriate listing (and scroll to Material Goods to see
the topics not initially listed)…
https://communitysolidarity.org/
https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_stepanian_community_solidarity_hunger_relief
