Headline news this week: We are having a party!! A party for you, our CSA members and families and friends!! I know it is a holiday weekend and many of you may have plans, but we wanted to be sure to squeeze in a chance to invite all of you out to the farm to share in the beauty and the bounty with us. Please come to the farm on Saturday, September 4, between 5 and 8 PM for casual potluck and farm enjoyment. When the time is right, we can caravan over to fields two and three to pick flowers and check out the main acreage where all this food is coming from! Please be sure to come to field one, our home farm at 5 PM, that is at 6136 Kirsop Rd, SW., Tumwater, WA 98512. Please do not try to find us at the Trosper Rd address, as that is only a mailbox store where we like our business mail to go to. With any luck we will be adding cherry tomato grazing to the list of party activities, along with poultry admiration and swingset enjoyments.

Edamame is a fresh edible soybean with fuzzy pods. Cook pods in boiling salted water until tender, approximately 3-5 minutes. Dust with coarse salt. These can be eaten as an informal cold snack, in the Japanese manner, scraped from the pod with your teeth, or use the shelled beans in any recipe for lima beans. Shelled, cooked beans may also be spread in a greased pan, dotted with butter, and roasted in a 350 oven until brown, about 40 minutes. I will print another recipe for these beans from the Joy of Cooking even though it calls for two cups of beans and you won’t get that much from your half pound bag of them. But I think you can just make the salad with more carrot and less edamame, because heaven knows you have enough carrots.



We grew you some big fine, dense, heavy cabbages! One of these may be too much for some of you to eat in one week, but fear not, one of my cookbooks, (and all of my experience) tells me that a cabbage can keep in the refrigerator for up to two months!! You have plenty of time to enjoy these cabbages, friends. You can store the cabbage with or without the plastic bag. Just toss out the wilty outer wrapper when you are ready to use it. Cabbage is best eaten raw or lightly cooked, overcooked cabbage may produce a strong odor and flavor. Steam wedges of chopped cabbage for 5-7 minutes. Top with butter, a pinch of salt and pepper, or some grated cheese.

This week’s corn is named Spring Treat. It is the earliest possible variety, at 66 days from planting to maturity. By the way it has sweet hot pink tassels before it’s ready and who doesn’t love a vegetable with hot pink features? Next we will bring you Luscious and Bodacious varieties. Many people will swear by one name or another type of corn is the very best one, but for my money, I gotta say, it all depends on freshness. If you get an ear of corn that was picked hours before you eat it, you will love it no matter what the name. Fresh corn is one of the finest treats of the farm.

Edamame and Carrot Salad with rice vinegar dressing.
8 servings
Combine in small bowl:
2 cups cooked shelled edamame
3 large carrots, coarsely grated, 2 cups
1/3 cup thinly sliced scallions
(2 tbsp chopped cilantro)

Whisk or shake together in a bowl or jar:
2 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 garlic clove, minced

Add to the salad, tossing to coat evenly. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.