Weekly Weeder

Olin-Fox Farms Volume No. 12 Issue No. 10 June 2, 2010

www.olinfoxfarms.com Summer Season Week 2

STANDARD REMINDER

Please be sure to wash your weekly share thoroughly before serving. To preserve freshness, it is NOT ‘table ready’ (i.e., pre-washed). We deliver your Olin-Fox Farms’ produce right from the fields to ensure highest quality.


This is the Second Week of the Summer Program.

The Second Week is June 16-19.

Schedules and Sign-Up can be found on our website, www.olinfoxfarms.com.


This Week's News From The Farms

Week 2 of the Summer Program. Now that we have had good rainfall and the heat is on high, vegetation is growing more rapidly, some crops growing inches a day. The cucumbers and melons are getting plumper, while tomatoes are starting to show some color. So, we are hoping for some red grape tomatoes for our next Harvest Week as well as some more varieties of Summer Squash, Red Pontiac Potatoes, Green Beans, Eggplant and Monster Blackberries, to name a few.

For those of you who are wondering, the large varieties of slicing tomatoes and sweet corn start around the 4th of July or the week after. At that time, your 2010 CSA Summer Program will be in full swing. So, get ready to enjoy even more summer produce as the summer progresses.

Please note that the Produce List for your Pick Up Location will be included in the Weekly Weeder in order to reduce the number of email messages that you receive.


Produce List

Please see your location's Produce List for More Details

Summer Squash, Pac Choi, Kale, Tropicana Lettuce, Arugula,

Rosemary, Spearmint

Fruit Share: Raspberries


Recipes and Information

Pac Choi or Pak Choi


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pakchoi

Pakchoi - Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves. Also known as

bok choi, bok choy, Brassica rapa chinensis, or Chinese white cabbage. It is of the Cruciferae Family, and the genus Brassica which includes mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.


http://vegbox-recipes.co.uk/ingredients/pak-choi.php

Pak Choi (also known as bok choi or Peking cabbage) is a Chinese cabbage. Pak choi is originally from China, but has become popular with the increase in popularity of Chinese cooking.
It's is high in vitamin C, beta carotene, folic acid and calcium, as well as many essential minerals.
It's also a good source of beta carotenes, vitamins B2 and B6, folic acid, iron and magnesium, as well as calcium.

1 cup of cooked pak choi contains 15% of your recommended daily allowance of calcium - the equivalent of 1/4 pint of full fat milk.


Pac Choi is commonly used in stir fry and spring rolls. Keep in the fridge for up to a week and don't wash before storing or it will go slimy. Separate the leaves and wash well.

Use in stir fries, chopped in salads, braised, roasted or add to a soup for the last few minutes of cooking. The green leaf is often cooked separately from the much thicker, paler stalk. In a stir fry, cut off the stalks and slice. Cook for a couple of minutes before adding the leaves for 2 minutes.
The inner leaves are more tender and work well, raw, in salads. The tougher, outer leaves taste better cooked.

Recipe Ideas


For a quick dish, chop the pak choi and steam for 3-4 minutes. Serve with soy sauce.


Ginger And Garlic Pak Choi – Cooking Time 10 minutes. Serves 4

Pak choi goes really well with ginger and garlic – which are both called “superfoods” and immune system boosters.

Ingredients

  • 1 small pak choi (boy choy)

  • ½ inch fresh ginger root

  • 2 cloves garlic

  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil (or olive oil)

Directions

  1. Separate the pak choi leaves and cut off the chunky stalks.

  2. Slice the stalks finely. Roughly chop the leaves.

  3. Peel and grate the ginger. Peel and crush the garlic.

  4. Heat the oil in a wok until almost smoking. Add the garlic and ginger. Cook for 1 minute, stirring often.

  5. Add the pak choi stalks. Mix well. Cover and cook for 2 minutes.

  6. Add the pak choi leaves. Stir and then cook for 1-2 minutes, until they are just wilted.


~ The white stalks of Pac Choi are very crisp and ~

~ here at Olin-Fox Farms we like to use it as a celery replacement. ~




Newsletter written by John and Alice Cooper.

Bon Appetit!