MOUNTAIN BOUNTY FARM NEWS
Week 3/52 of 2022
Dear Farm Members,
Many years ago, I worked as a nanny for a family that participated enthusiastically in a local CSA. Each week, I’d un-box their vegetables for them and place them in the fridge, proud (I was also farming at the time) that these folks were such avid vegetable eaters. This is where the spaghetti squash entered my life, one dreary week in mid-winter. There it was at the bottom of the box, a 3 lb golden egg with a woody stem that peered directly into my soul. I felt that, in theory, I loved spaghetti squash-or at least that I must uphold a pastoral responsibility to the seasonal diet it had come to represent. I gently lifted it out, and lovingly placed it on the counter, beside the fruit bowl.
It stayed there for an entire year.
A lot can happen in a year, but during this particular year, eating spaghetti squash was not one of those things. I became familiar with the sight of the spaghetti squash, a landmark, a sentinel, constant reminder of an ever prolonged sense of failure. I understood, when the spaghetti squash was eventually offered to me, just how grateful the family would be for someone else to shoulder this burden. So I took it home, fully intending to eat it and finally complete its destiny. I placed it out of the way, on a dark shelf in the pantry.
It stayed there for a year.
I’ll confess that in the end, I composted the spaghetti squash. It was the right thing to do. The cautionary tale I will now make explicit; don’t let this happen to your spaghetti squash. It’s unique, and delicious, and easier to deal with than you might think. Use a sharp knife to carefully cut it in half, scoop out the seeds, and bake it. It won’t take long at all (more details on that here), and you can even microwave it if you want! The reward is a delicious meal, and, if you’re like me, the satisfying feeling of a destiny finally fulfilled. Good luck!
Kale
THIS WEEK'S CSA CONTENTS
REGULAR BOX:
Carrots (Mountain Bounty Farm)
Spinach (Full Belly Farm)
Karinata Kale (Full Belly Farm)
Spaghetti Squash (Terra Firma)
Watermelon Radishes (Terra Firma)
Brussels Sprouts (Coke Farm)
Spring Onions (Coke Farm)
Onions (Pinnacle)
Chard (Pinnacle)
SMALL BOX:
Carrots (Mountain Bounty Farm)
Spinach (Full Belly Farm)
Spaghetti Squash (Terra Firma)
Brussels Sprouts (Coke Farm)
Onions (Pinnacle)
Chard (Pinnacle)
WINTER FRUIT SHARES continue this week! Sign up here for shares starting next week. Winter Fruit Shares run until March 31st.
Early Spring Flower Shares are available now! Sign up here for shares starting in mid-March. Early Spring Flower Shares are 8 weeks long and include our most popular blooms- anemones, ranunculus, Icelandic poppies and tulips.
RECIPES
Spaghetti Squash with Chickpeas and Kale
Spaghetti with Spaghetti Squash and Pancetta
Moroccan Spiced Spaghetti Squash
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Warm Honey Glaze
Spinach Risotto
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