VEGGIE COOP FARM NOTES: WEEK 14, September 23, 2009: Larger Bag
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Packing Slip: Larger Bag

Basil - 25 g. (Lemon or Lime) 2.00
Carrots - small bunch 1.50
Cucumber - Outdoor, Asian or English 3.50
Leeks (2) large or a large and two small 2.50
Onions - three, small, medium and large 2.50
Pak Choi 2.50
Potatoes - 950 g. blues 4.50
Summer Squash - 750g. Average 2.25
Snow peas, sugar snaps, runner beans or string beans 2.75
Salad Mix - 250g. 7.00
Tomatoes - pint of Latahs or 250g. Greenhouse 5.00
Spearmint/ 1 bunch 2.00

Total: 38.00
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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 didn’t get it posted before drop-off Monday. Since Oz is helping with drop off tonight, maybe I will get it up today.

UPDATE OF CAR SAGA!
As reported last week in Farm Notes, someone ran into Oz, who was driving my faithful Toyota. The appraiser called this morning. It is a write-off. The car had been sentenced to spend the rest of its time on this earth as a donor for less injured vehicles. We have 48 hours to turn in the rental, so Mike and I were forced to make a decision we have not been able to make since the 5 years warranty expired on the Toyota. That is - to buy a car. So, we spent the last 3 hours of the day, looking at our options. Stay tuned! The saga is not over yet.

FARM NOTES ARE DISABLED!
I fell last Monday and hurt my back, my right elbow and forearm. Saw the good doctor, Briar Smith ( A Veggie Coop Member) 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. I knew I was seeing Dr. Rod Martin, Orthopedic Surgeon for follow up on the left arm and wanted to have X-rays ready for him. He examine me and looked at the x-rays. His response, even though there are no broken bones, the muscles and joints are sprained and the shoulder joints appear stressed and a little pushed about. My words, not his.

WELCOME TO CORTISONE INJECTION CLUB!
Dr. Holden, the resident injected the arm with cortisone and I am booked for a scan and follow-up. After trooping faithfully to a gaggle of doctors, I am feeling well looked after. He warned, although the injection will help over time, for the first few hours it will be worse. This has been the conversation around here for the last few hours. Everyone who has had injections of this kind talk about how it will get worse before it gets better. And, don’t I know it! 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 23, 2009