This week’s share will include: sweet potatoes, carrots, beets (yellow, red, or pink), spinach, head lettuce, leaf lettuce, mesclun mix, kale or chard, green cabbage, heirloom popcorn (off the cob this year), and dill or cilantro. Sustaining Members also receive a rare, trial heirloom squash.When I was growing up, we were regulars at Shoney’s. We mostly ate overcooked veggies from the hot bar or charbroiled chicken, but one of my favorites was Beef and Cabbage Soup. I had entirely forgotten about this soup until I was pregnant with Evan Shea and started eating meat again. There were two things from my meat-eating childhood I recalled, this soup and Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwiches. The recipe linked here is where I started.
I used homemade beef broth, eliminated the chili powder, celery salt, and catsup, used oregano instead of Italian seasoning, and doubled the kidney beans. At 6 months pregnant, it was close enough! It has become one of Lalo’s and Evan Shea’s favorite soups. I made it for them for dinner tonight.
Popcorn off the cob can be popped in the microwave in a paper bag or cooked on the stove. Do not store it in a plastic bag. Instead move it to a glass jar, and make sure to keep it dry.
We should have dry black beans and cornmeal starting next week.
