CSA 2010 - Week 9

Last time we got Avocados we tried Alton Brown's recipe for guacamole, and it was delicious. Three of these are going into that, and two got passed to one of Mary's coworkers. The last will probably get sliced onto burgers. These 'dinosaur egg' pluots are fun and speckled and juicy and delicious. The flesh is golden-red-ish and the pits are quite stubborn. These are just slated to be eaten as snacks. This watermelon turned out to be golden. Some of this is partaking in an experiment and some will just be eaten as is. For the experiment, I am adapting a stirred margarita recipe that calls for the juice of four cups of watermelon. Instead, I am freezing four cups of cubed melon with the intent of making a blended one with that in place of ice. These bartlet pears are slated for a pear crisp with golden raisins and a delicious crumbly topping.

We are repeating a recipe we made last time we got peaches and making chicken with peaches and basil. It's amazingly good, for a combo you might not otherwise consider. Champagne grapes are fated for pizza. Wow we make a lot of pizza. Limes are going in the margaritas and guacamole. More cherries, more cherry pies. Billy suggested making maraschinos in a comment, but we love pie too much to spare the cherries. Mmmmm...pie.

Oh thank goodness, I was worried that lettuce season may be over. Basil for the chicken and peach dish, as well as pesto for the grape pizza. What is it about basil that makes folks want to do such strange stuff with it? Cucumbers. I overcorrected on my last attempt to make my sorbet, and it ended up tasting like lime and nothing else. It was also a little icier than I would have liked. With a bit of luck, I can get the next batch where I want it. A single small green pepper. The ones from last week had very thin shells, but these ones are more 'normal'. We had also gotten a small red pepper, but it was too little to have much use. We swap boxed it for more basil.

Apparently when I lauded the tomatoes last week, the universe heard. Of these fourteen tomatoes, a few are going in the guac, a few are going in a quiche-like corn and tomato pie, and a few will get eaten sliced with salt. That may still leave a dozen tomatoes, and if that happens then we may try making a roasted tomato sauce. We consumed the remainder of the zucchini bread from the freezer, so we're due to make a few more loaves. Onions Two ears of corn are going into the pie and two are getting grilled with burgers.