{"id":908,"date":"2010-05-10T19:45:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T23:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=908"},"modified":"2010-05-10T19:48:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T23:48:46","slug":"i-continue-to-amaze-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/10\/i-continue-to-amaze-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"I Continue to Amaze Myself"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 1 CSA<\/a> update!\u00a0 Are you all aflutter?\u00a0 (I mean everyone besides you, Margo.)<\/p>\n

My goals in paying too much money for weekly, non-negotiable produce:<\/p>\n

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  1. Support local business.<\/li>\n
  2. Support sustainable agriculture.<\/li>\n
  3. Have a constant supply of vitamins, minerals, and fiber.<\/li>\n
  4. Be forced to try things I won’t pick up in the grocery store or farmers’ market because I’m scared of them.<\/li>\n
  5. Learn to cook vegetables.<\/li>\n
  6. Give my money to people whose political beliefs are diametrically opposed to mine. (OK, that wasn’t really a goal, but I’m one of those people who adds tasks to my to-do list even after I’ve completed them, just so I can cross things off.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    First impression: that does not<\/strong> look like $25 of produce to me. I mean, they call this a family-of-four box. Maybe, they meant a family of four smurfs. (Oh my god, ‘smurfs’ does not show up as wrong on spellcheck…but ‘spellcheck’ DOES!)<\/p>\n

    Here’s what I got: a bag of mesclun, some baby bok choy, six baby turnips, eight radishes, some rainbow swiss chard (I think), and a little bit of butterhead letttuce or baby green romaine (I’m not sure which). Are radishes $15 a pound these days?<\/p>\n

    Anyway, the cooking. Have I mentioned that I’m a complete idjit when it comes to my stove? My parents both cook delicious foodstuffs; my siblings, also very talented with a spatula. I don’t know, I guess I just never had to prepare meals.<\/p>\n

    Well! I. Am. Cooking.<\/p>\n

    And by that, I mean, I. Have. Cooked. Three. Times.<\/p>\n

    First up, bok choy, sauteed in butter and olive oil with garlic and soy sauce—delicious!<\/p>\n

    Next, rainbow swiss chard (I think) and radishes, prepared same as above (did you know you could cook a radish?!?!)—magnifique<\/em>!<\/p>\n

    Tonight, baby turnips…well, I tried to braise them…ended up—let’s call it—burnaising<\/em> them. But whatever, butter and brown sugar! Yum!<\/p>\n

    The mesclun…ick. Made a salad with pineapple and cheese, but the lettuce is so bitter! I think I’m going to have to throw it out.<\/p>\n

    There you have it. I’ve pretty much killed my first week’s box with four meals. That don’t seem right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Week 1 CSA update!\u00a0 Are you all aflutter?\u00a0 (I mean everyone besides you, Margo.) My goals in paying too much money for weekly, non-negotiable produce: Support local business. Support sustainable agriculture. Have a constant supply of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Be forced to try things I won’t pick up in the grocery store or farmers’ … Continue reading I Continue to Amaze Myself<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fambly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}