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THE GFC PRESENTS… THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION DAY OF THE SEASON!

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And the crowd goes wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiild!!!!

It’s finally here.  Our first CSA member distribution day of the season.  The mighty Green Bean Machine will be at the University of Rochester Medical Center from noon-2pm and the South Wedge Farmers’ Market from 4-7pm.  Tomorrow, we’ll be at RIT, Woodcliff Office Park and Breathe Yoga.

And we don’t know what you were doing yesterday, but here’s what we were up to yesterday:

Shannon, Stefan and Scapes

Those are two key GFC team members, Stefan Schwartz and Shannon Prozeller, weighing garlic scapes in preparation for the big day. And if you don’t recognize where they are, that is the infamous GFC Packing House all spiffed up and ready to serve your GOOD food needs.

And here are the local goodies you will be bringing home to your kitchens this week:

FIRST SHARE ITEMS

STRAWBERRIES – Fisher Hill Farm | no spray
LETTUCE – Mason Farm | using organic practices
SWISS CHARD – Mason Farm | using organic practices
GARLIC SCAPES - Fraser Family Farm | certified organic
BEETS – Mason Farm | certified organic
BOK CHOI – Mud Creek Farm | using organic practices

The season will start out with early treats.  Slow, sweet, spring flavors.  The first few shares are the smallest shares we distribute, the early season…just building momentum.  This spring in particular, many things will be a week or two late.  By July and August, your bags will be brimming with lots of good food!

NOTE: our certified organic strawberries from Thorpe Family Organic Farm were lost in Tuesday night’s storm and rains…2 inches of rain made the berries mush and mud…  Farmer Phil from Fisher Hill Farm is stepping in with his local berries.  Although Phil is a conventional grower, his berries are no-spray, and very tasty!  We are glad to still have this essential spring fruit in our seasonal shares!

FRUIT SHARE REMINDER:

If you signed up for a fruit share, it will begin July 14th (the beginning of the real fruit season around here) and run for 12 weeks.

 

 

Garlic Scape and Almond Pesto

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Garlic Scapes

Garlic Scapes

Many of you have been seeing these weird stringy things that look like ribbony green beans around the farmers markets recently.  And our members will also be seeing them in this week’s distribution (the first of the season — Whoo hoo!). They are garlic scapes.  They are the shoots that grow out of the top of garlic plants.  Fred Forsburg from Honeyhill Farm gave us a little rundown of what to do with them last season.  But I didn’t have a personal connection with scapes until we attended a backyard get-together with friends last Thursday.  We roasted a few on the grill for a few minutes and they were delish. Even the kids ate them.  And someone also brought some garlic scape pesto.  I accidentally dipped a cracker in there thinking it was finely chopped guacamole.  Nearly fried my eyebrows off.  I then decided to put a dollop on my burger and it was out of this world.

My friend, Karen, who lives in Massachusetts and received her first delivery from her local CSA last week, has been raving about her recipe for garlic scape pesto.  I thought I’d post it for those who will be receiving scapes this week.  Once I get my hands on the one from last Thursday, I’ll post it as well.

Garlic Scape and Almond Pesto

Makes about 1 cup

* 10 garlic scapes, finely chopped

* 1/3 to 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan (to taste and texture)

* 1/3 cup slivered almonds (you could toast them lightly, if you’d like)

* About 1/2 cup olive oil

* Sea salt

Put the scapes, 1/3 cup of the cheese, almonds and half the olive oil in the bowl of a food processor (or use a blender or a mortar and pestle).  Whir to chop and blend all the ingredients and then add the remainder of the oil and, if you want, more cheese.  If you like the texture, stop; if you’d like it a little thinner, add some more oil.  Season with salt.

Source: http://www.doriegreenspan.com/2009/06/i-seem-to-be-on.html