It is a new and exciting venture for those of us who like the simple, unexpected things in life.
It is basically where you pay, then go to a local location to pick up a basket of produce.
You don't know beforehand what you will get, or what quantities it will come in.
This was my first pickup, and I will definitely be back for more.
This is what I got this time:
This time I got lettuce, eggplant, grapes, a bag of apples, tomatoes, pineapple, broccoli, potatoes, guava, avocados, and bananas.
I was so excited by the time I got home I already had a menu planned.
I was going to make eggplant-something for dinner. I had watched an episode of "Good Eats" on the Food Network and was ready to impress my family and my computer friends with my daring feat of cooking eggplant.
The Good Eats episode said that before you cook the eggplant, you must "purge" it by sprinkling salt on it and letting it sit for about an hour. He said the salt never gets absorbed by the eggplant, it just runs out and is washed away when you rinse the salt off.
Alrighty...
I purged, breaded, then baked the eggplant.
It looked wonderful.
It tasted...
horribly SALTY!
We went out for pizza instead.
Other than my eggplant debacle, the rest of the produce has been wonderful. We ripened the pineapple then grilled it last night for dinner. It was yummy.
The next delivery should be this Saturday. Looking forward to it.
Maybe I'll get another shot at eggplant...
2 comments:
Do you like goat cheese? I have a great recipe for little eggplant pillows filled with roasted cherry tomatoes, basil and goat cheese. They are wonderful. I serve them on top of a salad. Never heard of the salt thing but I am NOT an eggplant expert. I do love to eat it and it has always been on my list of things to learn to cook (more than my one recipe).
next time, make ratatouille, your family will never know it is eggplant and it won't be salty. Also, it uses up the zucchini you have sitting around. And the best part is, it is FABULOUS!
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