This Week's Food (5/28/10)

Orders are due by noon friday!

From Locust Grove Farm:
*fresh goat milk @ $8/gallon, $4/half gallon, and $2/quart
*goat milk cheddar cheese @ $6/lb (can request any amount)
*cow milk colby cheese @ $4/lb (can request any amount)
*goat blue cheese @ $8/lb (can request any amount)
*goat hot pepper and garlic cheese @ $6.75/lb (can request any amount)
*goat cream (unknown price)
*goat yogurt (did not have any last time, not sure about this time)


From the Swaruy Dairy:
*fresh cow milk @ $4/gallon, $2/half gallon, $1/quart
*butter @ $5/lb block
*buttermilk @ $1/quart
*unsprayed strawberries @ $4/quart
want something you don't see? Let me know and I'll ask about it.

From Next Step Produce:
The following are all certified organic

* Strawberry Special Info:
-- The berry production started to fast this year, the production is already declining. If you want to have berries to freeze, dry, make jam, or whatever you'll need to get them while they last!

-- PYO -- come monday morning to the farm and pick your own strawberries for $3/lb (a quart weight is a tad more than a lb). Must call the farm before monday if you want to go (301) 259-2096.

-- Bulk discount -- On tuesday or later you can go to the farm and pick up your own large box of berries at the bulk price of $3/lb (minimum order of 11 lbs). Since delivery is tuesday next week, we can combine orders and get the bulk rate for berries!

* strawberries!!! @ $4/pint and $8/quart
* fava beans @ $4/lb (these delicious mediterranean beans are delicious with parsley, onions, garlic, and olive oil - in pasta or risotto or pureed into a fabulous dip! shell them, then cook them as you like. short season crop - does not like the heat.)
* dill @ $2.50/bunch
* cilantro @ $2.50/bunch
* spinach @ $3/bag
* lettuce mix @ $3/bag
* mesclun mix @ $3/bag
* arugula @ $3/bag
* loose leaf green head lettuce @ $3/head
* loose leaf red head lettuce @ $3/head
* escarole @ $4.20/lb
* endive @ $4.20/lb
* pac choi @ $3/bunch
* herbe stella @ $3/bunch
* swiss chard @ $3/bunch
* green wave @ $3/bunch
* curly kale @ $3/bunch
* lacinato kale @ $3/bunch
* collards @ $3/bunch
* dandelion greens @ $3/bunch
* kohlrabi @ $3/bunch (crisp apple-like white flesh of this enlarged bulbess stem. Wonderfully fresh and sweet with a mild tang. great addition to stir-fry for it maintains a nice crispness when cooked, as well as excellent raw since it is so nice and sweet.)
* beet greens with baby beets @ $3/bunch (last week they were larger than eggs)
* cherry bell radishes @ $2.50/bunch
* french breakfast radishes @ $2.50/bunch
* turnip greens with baby hakurei turnips @ $3/bunch (japanese turnip unlike other turnips! Tender and sweet and great for eating raw or cooked oh-so-tenderly.)
* leeks @ $3.60/lb (for mild onion flavor in the spring)
* spring onions @ $3/bunch (also known as green onions - baby onions with fresh greens.)
* garlic curls @ $3/bunch (the flowering stalk of the garlic plant. very tender, very crisp, very garlic-ky! makes fabulous rich pesto all on its own. also great stir-fried and in soups in the place of garlic cloves to come only in july. this is a short season item - get'em while you can!)
* gold marl large sweet potatoes @ $2.25/lb

From It's Only Natural Farm:

* free range, organically fed medium eggs @ $2.50/dz
* if you place an order with ION Farm for meat, I can pick it up for you when it is ready. Just let them and me know!

Please remember that between nature and labor, sometimes not everything on the list is actually harvested according to plan.