We were happy to see the stand of Bautista Family Organic Date Ranch. They were back with the fresh harvest, including some branches of unripe dates - which were delicious and less sweet than the fully ripe ones. The new almond crop from Yemetz Almond farm was in too, so we stocked up.
I also bought a basil plant because my basil is very small. I complained to the farmer about my slow-growing summer vegetables. I thought it was lack of water, but he said I should be feeding them every couple of weeks. I feel bad I'm starving my vegetables, and plan to rectify that this week.
In the meantime, I once again am exceedingly grateful that there are many professional organic farmers to grow my dinner for me.
Here's what we came home with today:
16 small oranges for juice, 1 small melon whose name I forget, 1 small cantaloupe, 1 red butter lettuce, 1 orange pepper, 1 yellow pepper, 1 large cantaloupe (I plan to try grilling slices of it for dessert tonight), 1 lb raw almonds, scallions, 2 dozen eggs, 1 zucchini, 4 small plain yogurt, 1 lb khadrawy dates, 4 ears corn that the farmer tells us is so young and sweet we can eat the whole thing raw - even the cob - we're dubious, 4 tsugaru apples, 2 gala apples, 4 small red potatoes, 4 mountain-grown peaches, 2 maui onions, 2 small eggplants, 2 avocados, 3 grapefruit, 1 bag mixed salad greens, celery, padron peppers to throw on the grill tonight as a simple appetizer.
Ah, the oranges are back!
ReplyDeleteInquiring minds want to know if you were able to eat the corn as the farmer suggested.
Er, well, not really. It was a little crunchy at the tip, but the ears were weirdly not kerneled, and I boiled them 4 minutes and they were not delicious. Our compost pile benefitted.
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