CSA Week 14, Oct.8

With this cold fall weather, things are changing daily in the garden. One day there were cucumber vines, the next day they were brown mushy piles. The tomatoes were a flop this year - luckily we got to share some with you. Hope for a better year next year in that respect. A few new things this week that you may not recognize. Parsnips Horseradish longer smelly Jerusalem artichoke Jerusalem artichokes are the knobby potato like things. They also go by sunchokes. They have a very unique flavor. I like them roasted, they also make great soup. Parsnips look like white carrots. They are great roasted along with beets and carrots. Horseradish looks a lot like parsnips but longer and stringier, and oh, smells like horseradish. Be careful with this. Peel it, process in a food processor for your own fresh horseradish. Make a sauce for beef, or preserve it with vinegar. Google will take you there :-) Carrots Peppers Onions Kale Broc or cauliflower - not enough of each to go around so everyone got one or the other Grapes - these HAVE seeds, but are delcious sour concord grapes. Pucker up. Sweet lightening squash Large share just recieved larger amount of the same items this week. Baked Goods: Hawaiian granola Soft ginger/molasses cookies Cinnamon Raisin bread