An Abundance of Corn and Tomatoes

Before I begin to talk about the produce that we received this past week, I want to remind everyone that this is the last week of this particular 12 week block. This means that next week will be the first week of the new season, so anyone that has not already renewed their membership or anyone that is interested in starting a new membership should do so soon! This can be done through our website, tempecsa.org. Additionally, there is fresh bread that can be purchased through the website and members can pick it up with the rest of their produce at their particular pick up location each week. There are both loaves of bread and fresh bagels, so there is definitely something for everyone!

For the first time this season, we had corn at the Tempe CSA! They come in their husks with some caterpillars crawling in them, but they are absolutely delicious once you get them home and cook them! They are smaller than the corn that can be found at the store because they are organic and are grown completely naturally. This means that their taste is full of flavor and a much better option because it is completely local and natural. There may be a few bad ones in the bunch, but I would choose these over corn from a grocery store any day!

We also had some awesome tomatoes this week at the CSA, and the great thing was that the farm had an abundance of them so our members were able to purchase 15 pound boxes of them if they wanted them. The tomatoes were so delicious that I was able to take them home and eat them plain without even putting them in a salad or cooking them! I have always been a huge fan of tomatoes, so I was especially excited about this.

Last, I wanted to share this picture of lemon cucumbers because I wrote about Armenian cucumbers last week and I wanted to show another form of them! Again, these cucumbers are extremely similar to the regular cucumbers that most people think of, they just have a shape and size that is much different. They taste like cucumbers and can be great mixed into a nice salad with some other fresh vegetables!