In our quest for the best tasting local meats and vegetables, we signed up for a winter CSA to get us through till March. A true CSA is a pact between local farmer and consumer. The consumer pays up front and then the farmer provides according to how well the crops are doing. We signed up with Grasshoppers Distribution because they work with many farmers to get the best vegetables, meats and cheeses. This year you can also get soup, coffee, and bread.
Hubby picked up our first basket Wed. night. We elected for the small share of produce, 1/2 gallon low-temp pasteurized milk, and 3 lbs. mixed meat. This week, in addition to the milk, our share included kale, something green that resembled baby bok choy, turnips, sweet potatoes, and 2 lbs. of broccoli. That's a lot of broccoli. Our meat for the week was a whole chicken.
Last night I cooked the kale with Louisiana andouille sausage (and sneaked in a turnip - not hubby's favorite), oven-roasted sweet potatoes, with butter and Indiana maple syrup, and that old fave from the 80's, broccoli cornbread. Everything tasted really good. Not sure how I going to hide all the turnips, though!
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