Welcome to week 11!
Your vegetable harvest this week..............
orange carrots
yellow onions
garlic
lettuce heads
green beans
eggplant
fresh parsley or thyme
tomatillos (grown by Mick Klug Farm in Michigan)
We grow a variety of eggplant: dark purple (Nadia), light purple (Dancer) and white (Clara)
Spanish Roja and German White will be your two varieties offered for this week's bounty
Your fruit harvest this week....all grown by Mick Klug Farm
Canadice Grapes- small sweet amazing snacking grapes
"Sugar Baby" watermelon, they are small and full of flavor
Paula Red Apples- a great early harvest apple just in time for school snacks
For those of you that pick up our fruit share at Lake Forest or Chicago locations be sure to pick out your watermelon that will be stored in a separate bin for you as they do not fit in our share boxes!
The farm in your kitchen............
We'd like to introduce to you...............Duncan!
Duncan Simonson is a young aspiring farmer hailing from Nashua, NH. Last year he finished a two year apprenticeship at a 325-member CSA at Fernbrook Farms in Chesterfield, NJ. He is currently Tempel Farms Organics' Assistant Fields' Manager. He is also a Gemini. In his spare time he dabbles in growing varieties of winter squash for kicks.
At our Thursday Farm Market Stand Duncan's harvest of Delicata Squash will be available for purchase! Don't miss out!
Please try Dunk's Delicata: Delicata Squash is a distinctively colored yellow or cream fruit with green stripes. The flesh is a orange-yellow and sweet.
We asked Duncan for one of his favorite recipes and he gladly expressed, "you've gotta try my famous DUNK'S DELICATA DOGS!"
Here is his recipe:
1 squash would definately feed 1 to 2 people.
Dunk's Delicata Dogs...
remove the stem
cut the squash lengthwise and remove the seeds
bake in the oven @ 350 degrees on a cookie sheet cut side down until flesh is tender about 30-45 minutes
meanwhile take a moment to lightly toast some walnuts or pecans...you won't regret it!
when the flesh of the Delicata is fork tender, turn off the oven and flip the squash cut side up
Put a small pad of butter in each half, fill generously with nuts and drizzle a little pure maple syrup.
you can eat this Delicata Dog skin and all, as it is thin-skinned, but you can also scoop the meat out with a fork.
This is my idea of a great fall dessert! Enjoy!
SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, September 15th
Tempel Farms Organics' 4th annual farm tour!
10am until noon
Open for our CSA members and
to anyone who's curious about our farm.
farm tour 2011 meeting at our wash pack facility
It will be our pleasure to show you where your food is grown and how we grow it!
You'll meet myself and Chris and our crew!
We will walk you through our fields of vegetables, fruit, visit our goats and talk about our egg laying chickens. There will be plenty of time to ask us all sorts of questions and explore the greenhouse and our hoophouses.
We'll talk about "organic" food vs. "conventional" food, pasture raised vs. cage free, compost,
pest control, the triumphs and struggles of farming, what our future holds, weeds.....and more!
Come on out and get to know your farmers and we can get to know you!
Thanks again for supporting your local farmer!
Eat well!
Your farmers,
Tania and Chris Cubberly along with our awesome crew, Joe, Danny, Tomas, Duncan, Ricky, Michelle and Keegan!
