Is it just me or is time spinning really quickly this year? Week
17 already and the end of yet another month - no wonder I am hungry all the
time!
This week our produce is a reflection of the best that this season has to
offer and what better way to honour the season than by celebrating the arrival
of the delicious Lemonade Fruit! If you have never come across them before,
this sweet citrus is a cross between a lemon and a navel orange or possibly
mandarin, the jury still appears to be out on that one, and originally burst
onto the scene in the 1980s. Regardless of their obscure origins, as their name
implies, they are as sweet as lemonade and whilst they look like a Meyer Lemon,
they can be eaten straight, separating easily into segments just like a
mandarin. This versatile fruit can be eaten in many ways - sweet, savoury, raw,
cooked, preserved or even pickled and like all members of the citrus family, are
packed with Vitamin C goodness, so are perfect for fortifying the system as the
weather cools and the winter bugs emerge.
Staying in the fruit department, another equally exciting addition to our
organic seasonal produce this week, is the delicious Tasmanian Snow Apple.
These apples only appear for a short period each year and are a beautiful crisp
apple with ruby red skin and snow white flesh and whilst they are obviously not
locally grown, are well worth the indulgence.
On the vegetable front, yet again we have the most picturesque bouquet of
Lettuces - Mignonette, Frilly and Cos, courtesy of our local Mt Cotton farmers
and finally we have managed to get our hands on some beautiful plump round
Tomatoes, whose absence over the last couple of weeks has left a hole in the
flavour, texture and colour department. I am looking forward to making a
beautiful Napolitana sauce, loaded with organic onion, garlic, basil, parsley
and rosemary to freeze, just in case they decide to beat a hasty retreat again.
Life just seems empty without the humble tomato to brighten up the dinner
plate. We also have some superb looking Fennel bulbs (but only a few), complete
with fine feathery fronds, perfect roasted, turned into soup or eaten raw in a
salad and those Jerusalem Artichokes are a wonderful addition to a warming
Autumn stew. Speaking of stews and soups, the Infinite Earth Store has an array
of pulses well worth stocking up on at the moment including pearl barley, chick
peas, lentils and black beans, so please let us know if you would like to add
any of these to your weekly order.
Speaking of which, to place an order, please email us at:
or text:
0476 000 996
by 12.00pm Fridays and we will as always, prepare a beautiful produce box
with that complementary ingredient, a bucket full of love. Oh and if your order
comes to $40 or more, we will even throw in a free box of tissues!
Yours in organic goodness always
Camilla and all the busy smiling folk at the Organic Market on
Macleay
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