Field to Plate
Escarole in the garden. It's gives spring green a new meaning, even in the heat of summer.
Escarole fresh from it's bath.
HAH! You might think the next picture would be one of a prepared dish with escarole ready to bite into.
What a good idea. I'll work on that next.
I LOVE escarole!
It is a hearty, versatile green that you can have year 'round in your garden.
Have I told you all this already? Do I sound like I might have too much escarole in the garden?
I do in fact, have loads of it. It has ben growing happily since May, surprisingly has not bolted and the still maintains its' sweet AND bitter self.
I have been eating the light and nearly white inside leaves as a standalone salad with bleu cheese dressing. The outer leaves I have been tossing in a bit of olive oil and garlic for a quick, hot stir and top with a sprinkle of pecorino.
Enough about escarole. (for now)
Also in the farmstand you will find:
Mixed up peas (sugar and snap). They got mixed up in the planting, so they are growing mixed, and I can't bare the separation anxiety of sorting them after harvest.
Yogurt
cheese
Available by request in a separate, locked and guarded fridge:
Fresh smoked sockeye salmon.
It is $17/pound and packaged in $5- $9 packages
Send me an email to order and I will send a guard out and put it in the fridge with your name.
I harvested my first cutting of basil, made pesto and about made myself sick eating it with a spoon. So I cooked up a pot of pasta, had the farm crew in for lunch to offer me a little consumptive assistance. Pesto is gone now, I'll go back to grazing raspberries.
If you want some pesto, let me know. It is not something I keep in the farmstand as it oxidizies and turns blackish on top. I refuse to add any other ingredient or process it any other way to prevent this. I just eat it as fast as I can make it, oh darn too bad.
I do put it in 8 ounce containers and freeze. It is available for $16/pound by request. OH. MY. God. That is the most expensive pesto on the planet! hmmm, perhaps I will have a pesto tasting this summer and we'll do a little blind tasting of the cheap stuff and the good stuff. YOU can be the judge.
I hear baby goats crying for breakfast.
Gotta GO!
Have a summery day!
Karen