Ten minutes ahead of the earliest time slot available, my first basket has been delivered. Small talk and money are exchanged quickly. I can't wait to be left alone with my treasure chest. Behind closed doors I start inspecting its contents...
Here is the list of what I found inside:- Green asparagus
- Green lettuce
- Red curly lettuce
- a slice of papaya
- strawberries
- 3 different types of courgette
- carrots
- green peppers
- leeks
- half a (huge) white cabbage
- red cabbage
- beetroot
- bananas
- tomatoes
- onions
There is a couple of things I can't quite identify:
- the green leaves on the left (they are not spinach)
- yellow tomatoes, maybe ?
Some research will be required. If you know what it is, please, do let me know.
Sure, some of the stuff is a bit bruised and the shapes and sizes are irregular but isn't that what ecological / organic produce is supposed to be? I can't wait to get my fingers dirty washing, chopping and prepearing all this goodness!
And happy, healthy eating everyone!
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That is so cool!!!! I´ll have the strawberries please!!! :D
ReplyDeleteNice try! Of all the produce the strawberries are the ones that needed the more TLC, I'm afraid they are gone, gone, gone...
ReplyDeleteWow that does look fantastic, could the leaves on the left be borage? have you tried the yellow "tomatoes", they don't look very tomatoey to me but it's hard to judge without a bite. You are going to be busy chopping. And you're going to need recipes, lot of recipes, and I don't see a single loncha of jamón in that fridge! Good on you girl.
ReplyDeleteApparently the green leaves are spinach afterall! I can only presume they are a different variety. The yellow "tomatoes" turned out to be "melon pear" but are actually only very distantly related to either. It's a fruit quite sweet in taste which grows on the "pepino tree" which is in fact an evergreen shrub... talking about appearances (and names!) being deceiving! Plenty of chopping indeed, plenty of yummy experiments too, stay tuned! The jamón was in the top shelf - not included in the photo! :-)
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