CSA 2025 - Week #9 (A)
AUGUST 13, 14 & 15
It’s always so exciting when the potato harvests begin! We grow a wide variety of potatoes, all grow for their exceptional flavor and texture. These are the freshly dug potatoes of yesteryear, including this week’s Red Norlands, which we love for potato salad. They are high in potassium, vitamin C and fiber and they have relatively low carbohydrates compared with store-bought varieties. These are meant to eat fresh, not stored. If you can’t eat them in a few days, put them in the fridge for up to a week.
Have a beautiful week, friends!
-Maggie & Matt
IN THE BOX…
Sweet Corn
Completely unsprayed. If you have a touch of insect damage at the tip, just cut it off. Any further damage, let us know! Boil a pot of water while you shuck the corn. Put the ears in the water and turn off the heat. Let sit and cook in the water for 5-10 minutes.
Storage: In an air-tight bag in the fridge.
What I'm making: Corn on the Cob
New Red Norland Potatoes
These are for eating fresh. If you don’t eat them within a few days, put them in the fridge for up to a week. They will cook quickly!
Storage: In an air-tight bag in the fridge.
What I'm making: Potato Salad OR Hash Browns with the Red Onions
Red Batavian Lettuce - Wednesday & Thursday (Queens)
Storage: In an air-tight bag in the fridge.
What I'm making: Salad!
Sungold Cherry Tomatoes - Thursday (Long Island)
Storage: On the counter.
Rainbow Swiss Chard - Wednesday
Storage: In an air-tight bag in the fridge.
What I'm making: Sauteed with Pine Nuts
Carrots - Thursday
Storage: In an air-tight bag in the fridge.
Eggplant - Wednesday
Storage: On the counter for a day or two. Eggplants prefer 50-55F, so the fridge is too cold and the counter may be too hot. Use right away!
What I'm making: Eggplant Caponata
Red Long Onions
These are a sweet Italian variety of onion, mild enough to eat raw sliced on salads.
Storage: In an airtight bag in the fridge. Remove the tops for best storage.
What I'm making: Onion & Cucumber Salad
Purple OR Green Basil
Storage: In an airtight bag in the fridge OR bouquet-style in a glass of water on the counter. Change the water frequently.
What I'm making: Pesto Potato Salad
Cucumbers
Storage: In an airtight bag in the fridge.
What I'm making: Sesame Cucumber Salad
Summer Squash & Zucchini
Storage: In an airtight bag in the fridge.
What I'm making: Squash Spaghetti
FRUIT SHARES - Fruit Members Only
(Non-organic/Ecologically-grown) from Champlain Orchards
Pristine Apples
HOW TO RIPEN: Remove the fruit from the paper tote and put them out on the counter so that the fruit does not touch. They will ripen (soften) on their own in a day or two. To speed it up you can try to store the peaches/nectarines next to other ethylene-emitting fruit, like a banana.
**The fruit is packaged in paper tote bags inside a cardboard box at the site. If you are not a fruit share member, do not touch the totes!**
Since it's the first week, the orchard had to send us a mixed order. You may get peaches, you may get nectarines. It's going to be a surprise! But please remove them from the tote and ripen them on the counter not touching! They should soften in 2-4 days.
IF IT DOES NOT SAY "FRUIT" NEXT TO YOUR NAME ON THE CHECK-IN SHEET, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT TAKE A FRUIT TOTE. We only send the exact number of orders to each site. We know that the fruit is tempting and delicious and you can still sign up if you haven't already! info@goldenearthworm.com
If someone else is picking up your share for you, be sure to instruct them on the pick-up protocols. Last year we had a "substitute" pick-up person take an entire box of fruit! It's one tote bag per fruit share membership.
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!
OUR QUALITY GUARANTEE
If you ever receive an item that is damaged, please let us know right away and we will happily replace it for you.
info@goldenearthworm.com