CSA & Columbus Farm Market Report for July 28th
Yet another lovely day, if slightly humid. I'm sure the humidity will grow throughout the day until I have full on halo head (a condition which should be perfectly understood by those with naturally curly hair) and a nice shiny face to greet all of my guests. I can hardly wait. At least it's martini day (Saturday, the worst day of the week - and the last one where work is involved - is the day which ends with a dirty Bombay Sapphire martini. The life of a waitress. Oh well, if I had become a lawyer, Tuesday would be martini day.
So far (knock on wood), no rain on a market day. This week, I started off at the Worthington Market, where I kept things very, very light (not very much cooking this week). Some purple potatoes and kale at Garden Patch produce, some sweet onions from Cottage Gardens, my first little box of mixed cherry tomatoes (above) and a huge bag of basil from Mead Acres, that last of the short ribs from Up the Lane Cattle (I'm sorry if you missed it, but there's always next year), and a few peaches:
and garlic from Gillogly Orchards:
I headed to Northridge Organics for some lamb chorizo and some cute Easter egg radishes (below) And that was about it. 
I headed over to the North Market, just to sneak in and pick up my CSA box, which, this week, included salad greens, wild greens (dandelion, purslane, lamb's quarters), a zucchini, a cucumber, some shallots, a green bell pepper, and some green beans, in addition to the usual 1/2 dozen eggs. I completely forgot that last week, we got horseradish! Fresh horseradish! More on that later.
And then, I came home and made this ravioli out of Trader Joe's dried cheese raviolis (a sin, according to Marcella, by the way) with garlic confit, purslane, fresh tomatoes and basil, because I was too tired (lazy?) to make anything which actually required work. I do, afterall, have to actually work tonight. 
Lindi: I love Pickled beets. That is more involved but they are absolutely delicious. My mom would make lots and tasty too!
Posted by: Moses | Wednesday, August 01, 2007 at 04:41 PM
Lindi: I love Pickled beets. That is more involved but they are absolutely delicious. My mom would make lots and tasty too!
Posted by: Moses | Wednesday, August 01, 2007 at 04:41 PM
Lindi: I love Pickled beets. That is more involved but they are absolutely delicious. My mom would make lots and tasty too!
Posted by: Moses | Wednesday, August 01, 2007 at 04:40 PM
I see...thanks for clearing that up. Don't know if you've heard of the book Fine Dining Madness but you'd probably identify with it.
Posted by: Tammy | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 02:44 PM
Tammy: Saturday is the worst day because of the volume, and it's always really late. By then, everyone is tired and cranky and no one wants to work together anymore!
When I used to have a desk job, I remember driving home on Friday afternoons about to fall asleep in the car, and I would just go home and take a 3 hour nap until I could think about being social again. Same thing on Saturday nights.
Posted by: lisa the waitress | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 10:45 AM
Lindi: I like to just scrub the beets, trim the ends, and put in a baking dish with about 1/2 inch of water, then bake for 40-50 minutes at 350. After they cool down a bit, the skins will slip right off, then you can drizzle with olive oil, etc. Or, you can bake for 10-15 minutes, take skin off, heat oven to 450, cut beets into chunks, drizzle, salt pepper, etc. and roast for 30-40 minutes or until cooked through & lightly browned.
Posted by: lisa the waitress | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Hi Lisa,
I got some beautiful golden beets at the Worthington Market. I've never made beets. (my husband doesn't like them but I'm going to change his mind.) What should I do with them?
Posted by: Lindi | Monday, July 30, 2007 at 08:05 AM
Just out of curiosity, why is Saturday the worst day? Sheer volume?
Posted by: Tammy | Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 10:30 PM