Howdy, Misfit Members! Happy Thursday! Here's what you'll find in your box this week:
-Tomatoes: Red, orange, pink, purple slicers
-Cherry Tomatoes: Sun gold, chocolate cherry, red cherry, baby Roma
-Green & Purple Bell Peppers
-Assorted other peppers: Poblano, Jalapeno, Yellow wax, Sweet snax
-Patty Pan Squash
-Cabbage
-Sweet Corn
-Sugar Baby Watermelon
**The cabbage was not washed or rinsed this week due to the heat. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but if you try to ice-bath greens while they are too warm, it will cause them to wilt. I harvest very early in the mornings, but this heat is so intense that the greens hardly lose any of that field heat overnight.
Cabbage Fritters
Ingredients:
-1 head cabbage, shredded
-2 small carrots, grated
-1 small onion, grated
-3 eggs
-2 cloves garlic, minced
-1/4 cup of flour (ish)
-Sea salt, pepper, paprika, and coriander to taste
-Oil for frying
Directions:
-In a large bowl add all prepared ingredients and toss lightly to combine and coat everything with egg. Use your hands, but don't over-mx. It probably won't stick together much at first, but it will.
-Heat a non-stick skillet on med-low heat. Add the oil and heat for a minute or so.
-Form a ball of the mixture in your hands and add to the skillet. Flatten with a spatula. The thinner you can get it the better.
-Fry for about 3 minutes on each side until golden brown and crispy.
*Note: You can also add parm or cheddar cheese to these. Mix in about 1/4 cup or so into the mixture before frying.
Last week, we had the privilege of buying my great Uncle John's Allis Chalmer G tractor. He decided since he doesn't use it anymore, he might as well sell it to someone who might get some use out of it. I grew up directly next door to Uncle John and Annie, so I have many memories of this little tractor. As they were basically another set of grandparents to me, I definitely wanted to keep the Allis in the family.
This tractor has seen many a tobacco field and garden row in it's day. According to the serial number, it's a 1949 model. Uncle John purchased it from its original owner in the 80's, and he's taken such good care of it since then that its in near-perfect condition.
Uncle John had all kinds of implements for it- the cultivators which are on it in the picture, and some back cultivators that he and my Big Daddy (my grandfather) made for it years ago. He also had a mower, bean planter, and grater blade for it. When they were first made, they were marketed as a do-it-all tractor, with any kind of adaptation available you can think of. We've already cultivated the sweet corn with it, and are thinking of adapting an implement for it to lift the black plastic mulch that I use as row cover. We have a mulch lifter made from a toolbar that came with my mulch layer, but it doesn't work very well. I'm excited to see what else we can do with it!
Since I name everything, I decided to name her JoAnna- a combination of John and Anna. Annie for short.
That's all for this week! Try to stay cool in this heat, and don't forget to wash your produce!
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