Simple food preservation techniques—freezing and drying—have taken care of much of my local food bounty. If you still have fresh fruit or herbs available, you can do it, too. Here’s an update on food previously mentioned.
Apples
Remember those ugly apples? They were so delicious that I’d still be eating them, but I got down to the [...]
Preservation update: apples frozen; herbs dried
November 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Food preparation
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Farmers market season ends…mostly
November 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Farmers markets, Food selection, local food
Today was my last chance to take advantage of the local bounty at the Lawrence Farmers Market—at least until the holiday market—and take advantage I did. I bought all I could carry the half-mile or so home and spent $28.50. And what a haul!
The take included 2 good-sized butternut squash, three carnival squash, 10 pounds [...]
Tags:apples·Farmers markets·Pendletons·squash·sweet potatoes
Ugly’s only skin deep when it comes to apples
October 20th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Farmers markets, Food selection, local food
Would you pay more for an apple if it was produced with fewer chemicals? Probably not if it’s ugly, according to a paper by Chengyan Yue, Helen H. Jensen and others at Iowa State University. But maybe you’d reconsider if you knew that ugly apples can taste great. Take this apple, for instance.
From the side
From [...]
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Applooza loads me with apples, and I like it!
October 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Farmers markets, local food
Applooza came to the Lawrence Farmers Market last weekend, and what a treat! Apples, apples and more apples burdened the vendors’ tables, and former market apple mainstay Laurie Walters answered questions under the market tent where 18 varieties of apple (by my count) were available for tasting.
Walters (in red sweater) talks apples.
I tried several [...]
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Apples, apples, apples, and thank goodness
September 26th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Farmers markets, Food selection, local food
The common wisdom is that the fruit trees in this region are making up this year for last year’s noncrop. Apple trees are no exception, sending out vast amounts of fruit, just as the pear trees and cherry trees and raspberry brambles did this year.
Sample apples
My first 2008 apples, as you may recall, were the [...]
Preserving apples, part 2: frozen slices
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Cooking for one, Cooking tips, Environment, Food preparation, recipes
If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn’t have undertaken this exercise in freezing apples. But this is how we learn, right? It started because I wasn’t of a mind to turn on the oven, so I decided to prep half my apples, freeze them and turn them into pie at some [...]