Fresh Haul

Three quarts of strawberries, 3 pints of sweet cherries, a pint of sugar peas, locally grown brown rice, locally grown polenta, large soft pretzel, gruyere-bacon pastry wheel, lemon tart, fennel plant, dill plant, zinnia, cilantro, basil (all three plants given away by the local Master Gardeners group).

I guess I'm making strawberry jam this weekend.

Watermelon lemonade, miyatake mushrooms, lemon tart, gruyere-bacon wheels, kouign aman pastry, fresh mozarella, a baguette, ufo purple chile peppers (which may be too spicy for any use I can make of them -- possibly one chopped fine instead of 3 serranos in peach salsa?), 3/4 lb of pickling cucumbers, a red bell pepper, chocolate chip walnut cookies, raspberry crumble squares, chewy ginger cookies, and cranberry ginger cookies.

I also have food from my friends overflowing CSA box: a slicer tomato, an asian eggplant, a bag of basil, beets, carrots, a coneheaded cabbage, and 2 melons (possibly sugar cube melons -- they're about the size of grapefruits).

I've roasted two heads of garlic and will be making a toasted caprese sandwich in a moment. I hope to make some muffin-cup frittatas with the mushrooms tonight and get a start on red-and-butter pickles (just like bread-and-butter pickles, but with more hot peppers).

Peach lemonade, brioche hamburger buns, blueberries, apricots, plums, cherry tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, gruyere-bacon wheel, lemon tart, French macrons (earl grey, lemon strawberry, creme brulee, pistachio, mango tajin, strawberry cheesecake), a stuffed bischoff cookie, smoked bacon, chocolate walnut cookies, 3 samosa handpies, 1 chicken and broccoli handpie, a carrot cake slice, a buttermilk cake slice, a chewy ginger stack, a lemondoodle stack, a traditional chocolate chip stack, and a box of cookie bloopers.

Plain yogurt, maple granola, ramps, beets, onions, dried casarecce pasta, 2 pulled pork handpies, 2 stuffed pepper handpies, 2 swiss cheese/cherry marmalade mini-tarts,a blueberry lemon muffin, a lemondoodle stack, a chewy ginger stack, a traditional chocolate chip stack, and berger cookies.

I got three compliments for my A Lotta Axolotl button-down shirt from Morning Witch Studio, which I was wearing under my green canvas jacket because it was warm today.

I'm seriously thinking about getting a Market share for the summer, possibly with the Grain share add-on. I think I'd have to find someone to split it with, though; there's a limited to how many vegetables I can eat in a week, and there are a good number that I won't eat at all, like spaghetti squash.

2.4 lbs bone-in chicken thighs, a dozen eggs, pink lady apples, a head of garlic, turnips, red beets, 4 lbs of red sweet potatoes, locally grown 'Cypress' brown rice (it was SO good before), a caramel ginger mini-cake for two, two live hyacinths planted in mugs (one pink, one purple), a gruyere-bacon wheel, an almond croissant, a quart of lucuma gelato, 3 quesadilla handpies, 2 bacon cheeseburger handpies, a bakehouse brookie, a traditional chocolate chip cookie stack, a chewy ginger stack, a triple peanut butter stack, and cranberry ginger butter cookies.

It will be Pi Day on Thursday -- I'm probably making a sweet potato pie for work (I may need to buy a gluten-free crust because one member of my department is now GF), and another for my Approximately Pi Day gathering on Sunday.

I have also discovered Mole Day and associated merchandise -- one of my sibling is a chemical engineer and will probably get a pin of a mole in a beaker someday soon.

French macarons (pistachio, ube, earl grey), bacon-gruyere pastry, almond croissant, arlet apples, bosc pears, apple schnitz, a half-gallon of whole milk, a quart of plain yogurt, cheese curds, red beets, carrots, parsnips, garlic, sticky rice (from the grain collective), einkorn chocolate chip cookie mix (also from the grain collective), 3 everything pizza handpies, 2 veggie pizza handpies, a pistachio pear ginger blondie, a bacon cheddar corn muffin, a kit kat brownie, a snickerdoodle stack, a chewy ginger stack, and an extreme chocolate chip stack.

It turns out the grain collective doesn't run their grain share in winter, but I signed up for their email list anyway. I'm certainly going to keep thinking about it.

Me (a person very obviously of European descent): I'd like the kkakdugi, please.
Mom's Kitchen proprietress (an asian grandmother type): You speak Korean!? :)
Me: Very badly.

Also, it was 22F (-5C) today, with a windchill that made it feel like 8F(-13.3C). I got home around 1pm and I may not go out again until the Monday commute to work. Even wearing my fur-lined boots only helped so much.

Tart cherry lemonade, brown sugar kettle corn, garlic & chives chevre (soft goat cheese), Queen Anne sweet cherries (local red-and-yellow cultivar), apricots, plums, pie cherries, donut peaches, plain yogurt, cheese curds, 2 buffalo chicken handpies, a blueberry lemon muffin, a lemondoodle stack, an extreme chocolate chip stack, and a box of cookie bloopers.

Brown sugar kettle corn, caramel kettle corn, yellow sweet cherries, pie cherries, red raspberries, saskatoons, blueberries, persian cucumbers, 2 pulled pork handpies, 3 samosa handpies, a roasted veggie muffin, a blueberry lemon muffin,a loaded oatmeal cookie stack, and a pb&j bar.

Lamb kavurma, brown sugar kettle corn, a loaf of honey wheat bread, cheddar biscuits, strawberry lavender lemonade, garlic & chives chevre, strawberries, snap peas, deli pickle spears, square-cut radish kimchi (kkakdugi), radishes, asparagus, dill plant, parsley plant, edible marigold plant (let's hope these three don't get nibbled to death, unlike their predecessors -- I'm going to sprinkle them with cayenne pepper, so maybe?) roma tomato plant, 2 artichoke spinach die handpies, a hotdog handpie, a blueberry lemon muffin, an extreme chocolate chip stack, a peanut butter s'mores bar, and a box of cookie bloopers

Asparagus, strawberries, caramel kettle corner, sandwich steak, garlic & chives chevre, honey wheat bread, cheddar biscuit, snap peas, sweet potato pound cake slice, 2 picadillo handpies, a blueberry muffin, a roasted veggie muffin, a chewy ginger stack, an extreme chocolate chip stack, lemon blueberry butter cookies, and apricot almond butter cookies.