English cucumbers may not sound familiar to you, but you’ve definitely crunched through one! These long, thin-skinned, and nearly seedless cukes are usually wrapped in plastic at the grocery store. We love them because you don’t need to peel, and you won’t get any complaints from the picky eaters if the skin stays on. These cukes are sweeter than your … Read More
SO Over Winter
This week’s bag features overwintered rapini AKA broccoli rabe. What is overwintering, you ask? Overwintering means the seeds were planted in the fall so that crops can be harvested very early in the spring. With vegetables that have a high sugar content (think parsnips and carrots), this process can make the sugar content skyrocket and produce extra sweet veggies. Broccoli … Read More
This Isn’t Your Mother’s Iceberg
Fourth of July is a time for remembering and eating… and remembering eating, and so we bring you food nostalgia in the form of iceberg lettuce. Once the ONLY lettuce, this maligned ball of crunch has taken quite a fall from its position in the ‘30s as an icon of ingenuity and in the ‘70s as the symbol of the … Read More
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