VEGGIE COOP FARM NOTES: WEEK 14, September 21, 2009: Smaller Bag
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Packing Slip: Smaller Bag

Basil - 25 g. regular 2.00
Carrots - small bunch 1.50
Cucumber - Large English 2.50
Hot Peppers 1.50
Leeks (2) 3.00
Onions - three, small, medium and large 2.50
Pak Choi 2.50
Potatoes - 500 g. blues 2.50
Salad Mix - 250g. 7.00
Tomatoes - pint of Latahs 3.00

Total: 28.00
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For more information, questions or comments, we are only an 3-mail or pone call away. Contact: Mike Rabinowitz, Co-Owner and Coordinator, Veggie Coop. House Phone: 895-2884. If you are running late for the pick up, call Mike on the Farm Cell at 689-7693

IT’S IN THE BAG!
Yes’ m. Blue potatoes. If you fry them, you will have blue French Fries; if you steam or mash them, you will have blue steamed or mashed potatoes - but if you put them in a stew, you may have grey soup. Seriously, some children really like “blue” French Fries. Go for it, if you believe, like Mike does, that the novelly warrants setting the poor example of fried foods. Pak Choi is similar to celery in its mild taste, and can be eaten raw either by itself or in a salad. You can also make delicious Chinese cooking inspired sandwiches with your pak choi.!

Steaming or Stir Frying.
Here are some steps. Remove the leaves from the stalks with a knife. Cut the stalks into smaller pieces than the leaves, usually about one or half inch squares. Roughly cut the leaves into the desired size. You can also cut the entire leaf, stalk included, in three or four lengthwise sections.

(Miseria) Polish Dish with Cucumbers and Tomatoes. See Recipes.

WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE FARM!
Mike is back at MUN, preparing for class on the week-ends and teaching on Monday afternoons. We have two new WOOFERS, Marilyn and Bill, who sold their business and house in Sarnia and are traveling. The first stop is Organic Farm, then POINTS EAST in Pouch Cove, then on to P.E.I. and Nova Scotia. Great Help! Bill is pruning the raspberries. Marilyn is helping Toby organize some of her paperwork around art sales; she is also giving a hand with cooking. We are posting the recipe she made with eggplant and spinach last night based on a MOOSEWOOD recipe. I may not get it posted before we go to drop-off today/ Monday. Try looking on Tuesday or Wednesday. See Marilyn’s Eggplant Supreme. .

FARM NOTES ARE DISABLED!
I fell last Monday and hurt my back, elbow and forearm. Saw the good doctor, Briar Smith at the Walk-In Clinic on Blackmarsh, good advice, lots of good attention but learned they won't get back x-rays for 4 weeks. Spent 6.l/2 hours in Emergency on Sunday to get it X-rays. No broken bones. Just pain and difficulties working on the keyboard.But with x-rays done, I can start wiith a physiotherapist this week. So right now, I am focused on getting the Farm Notes posted and the recipe with cucumbers/ tomatoes/ onions up on the Website because these wonderful things are all in your bag today.
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Cheers
Melba Rabinowitz
September 21, 2009