Thursday, April 26, 2007

Why we love Fridays

For about a month now, we've been participating with our neighbors in a new way of buying produce in our neighborhood, Community-Supported Agriculture. Basically, we signed up in advance for a "share" of local farmer's produce. Then, every Friday we pick up a box of whatever is in season that week. Today, we expect to get salad greens, portabella mushrooms, farm-fresh eggs, tomatoes, sunflower sprouts, green onions, and watercress. Other weeks have included fresh cheese and bread.

We're not always sure how to prepare the foods, but the research has been fun too. The foods have always been DELICIOUS and honestly, the "surprise" of not knowing exactly what we're getting is part of the fun. It makes us feel like we're on Iron Chef. We split our portion with our neighbors and enjoy the anticipation together. Here's more information from the original article that sparked our interest.

Now off to learn how to cook and eat watercress...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

try adding them in broccolie cheese casserole. adds a bit of crunch an is very yummy! good luck. what do they look like before they go into a can?...hhhhhhhmmmmm lol bye for now.
love ya , julie

the larsons said...

We are members of one of these too - from May through October. It is the highlight of our year. Except for the kohlrabi (do you know what this is?) - we just can't stomach it!