This Week's Produce Box

Farm Fresh to You has been good the past two weeks, but I was really impressed by the variety of this week's box. I also haven't had to shop for produce or fruit in a month, which I consider a triumph of time efficiency. today's box was significantly heavier than last week's and included:

• a sack of kiwis
• a sack of satsumas
• a few apples
• a few meyer lemons
• kale
• lettuce
• rutabagas
• carrots
• onions, yellow and red
• leeks

The rutabagas and kiwis are good examples of why I use FFTY. I've never purchased a rutabaga in my life, but now I'll be forced to cook it and find out if I like it. I hardly ever buy kiwis because I don't know how to pick a good one, but FFTY doesn't send anything out unless someone has tasted that harvest and made sure it's okay.

Collard stems update: I cut the thicker parts of each stem in half lengthwise, then cut the stems into inch long sections. I stir fried in garlic and canola oil until they started turning color a little. Then I added a few spoonfuls of water and covered the wok for about two minutes. The stems do taste like broccoli stems, and are much more bitter than the leaves. I liked it as a side dish, but I wouldn't eat a whole plate on its own and I wouldn't recommend it to bitter haters. I think there's potential for it, and I would add other less bitter vegetables next time. It's definitely tasty enough that I would feel bad throwing away collard stems in the future.