My First CSA Share

Last year Pat and I went to the local farmer's market in Bristol, CT.  We were browsing around, but a line of people at one particular booth caught my eye - they were loading their car with bags of fresh produce, already selected for them.  I asked the farmer about it and he explained the concept of a CSA, or community supported agriculture.  I knew very little about the process, but started to look into it on the web, and was very intrigued.  We saved up all winter and in early April, when the idea of freshly picked peas, lettuce and tomatoes was becoming too much to ignore, we drove to the farm and signed up.

I vowed to use or preserve everything the farmer provided, even if it meant learning to cook and eat things I had never seen before (also things I have had an aversion to for years, like beets).

Yesterday we picked up our first share, which included strawberries, two varieties of kale, two heads of hydroponic lettuce, garlic scapes, green bunching onions, sugar snap peas and a dozen eggs straight from the coop.  Part of the joy and challenge for me will be to come up with new and interesting ways to cook these wonderful veggies.  As I create recipes (or at least adapt what other people have already made) I will try to share them with you and pass along my food musings.