I haz a baskit

Well, not a basket, really . . . more of a mail tote . . . but it’s nearly full of fresh fruits and veg!

Several weeks back, a survey went around in L’s department to gauge interest in a departmental CSA co-op membership.  Price, $25 per delivery.  I’d been toying with the idea of CSA membership already, so we decided to try it.

So the first shipment arrived today, and we got:

• A 15-pound watermelon (what we are going to do with that much watermelon I don’t know; L and M can’t possibly eat it all, and I’m not that fond of watermelon anyway)
• A basket of eight very ripe figs that M, predictably, decided were yucky (I thought they were a little light on flavour, but nice)
• Two eggplants
• Six largish gherkin-type cucumbers, of which L’s already eaten one
• A tiny poblano-looking pepper
• A tiny green bell pepper
• A banana pepper
• Three medium-large beets
• Three big-ass zucchini
• Four crookneck yellow squash
• Four BIG yellow onions
• Three pounds of red potatoes
• A small baggie of fresh basil

Now we got two challenges:  eating up the perishables before they spoil, and trying to figure out things to cook with them that my vegetable-indifferent (i.e., they can take them or leave them) family will actually eat.  The eggplants are the biggest challenge, ’cos nobody but me likes them much.  Maybe I can do a melanzana parmigiana, portion it out, and freeze it for lunches.