The Other One

I feel like I'm dating two men. Two weeks ago I got a nice delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables from a local farm. Since this CSA thing was pretty new I wanted to try two different ones out and make a choice. After the first delivery I told Deborah of Nevermore Farm that I would have to cancel my second delivery. I dropped my empty cardboard box at her husbands office on campus.

So, this past Friday, I picked up my second CSA box -- from the second farm. Riverdog. I am not sure I liked having to drive across town to go get it, but I was delighted with the yummies inside. I had to prepay for the month, so I have another 3 weeks to make a decision.

This weeks box had a 3 leeks, a big bunch of arugula, 2 heads of red leaf lettuce, 3 pounds of mandarins, and a beautiful bunch of sweet, sweet carrots.

Of course, Maxie had to stir up some trouble. Playing with the green tops of the carrots. I eventually had to close the box.


Then I came across this weird thing. It's called romanesco. I starred at it for a while and was ready to call the farm to find out what it was and what the heck to do with it.

Isn't it weird? The accompanying note from the farm said to treat it just like cauliflower. I wound up roasting it with one of the leeks and one of carrots. Can anyone say, delish?