pedestrian saga

We were cookin’ today, 102 degrees Fahren-hot. Hoo, boyo! As soon as the clock struck 5:00, I unstuck my sweaty tush from the office chair and staggered away to join Scott for a slightly delirious ride over to the farm truck parked in a North Corvallis neighborhood to bring veg to the faithful. It was our first week as members of Gathering Together Farm’s community supported agriculture (CSA) program. That’s right, folks. We bought the farm!

And it’s a thing of beauty: We paid up front for a weekly box of farm-fresh veg, assembled for us and delivered every Tuesday evening, today through October, to a rendezvous conveniently located between work and home. Truly this program is a boon to two dedicated herbivores who nonetheless often struggle to eat enough veg (chips and salsa and pasta and s’mores, sure) and who experience streaks of laziness and indecision. No more feeling guilty or deprived when we sleep in and miss the Saturday farmers’ market (me). No more crippling indecision (among the market hordes) about what to buy when we actually do make it there (Scott). No more crippling indecision about what to make at all (me). It’s monster salad time, baby!

Yeah, I’m still a little delirious from the heat. Here’s my portrait of our inaugural plunder: new potatoes, white satin carrots, Walla Walla and baby onions, arugula, Swiss chard, zucchini, cilantro, snap peas, cucumber, Siletz tomatoes, and blueberries. Those are poblanos and jalapeños (from local grocer Richey’s) in the pan, soon to be quesadilla-fied and topped with guacamole.

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