Friday, May 11, 2007

Farmer Marketing

Ella said that Jenny was absent today because she had to go take a class on farmer marketing. First there was farmshoring, now there is farmer marketing. (This coming from the little girl who taught me that "mice" are a "whole bunch of mouses".)

Speaking of farmer marketing, our CSA starts on tuesday and I'm so excited for the weekly vegetable horde. There was talk of baby lettuce, arugula, turnips, and radishes

I got some kale last week at the market, and I cooked it this way.

Miso Braised Kale

Big bag of kale
four cloves of garlic, minced or microplaned
knob of ginger, one inch
tablespoon of miso ( I used some dashi miso which has the smoky dried bonito in it, but any organic red or white miso would be good) blend miso paste with a 1/2 cup water
1 tbsp of olive oil
soy
sesame seeds

saute garlic and ginger in the olive oil
add washed chopped greens, stirring and flipping so that the garlic doesn't burn
when the kale is almost limp add the miso mixed with the water. Add enough water to keep the bottom of the pan covered for ten minutes. You can put the top on. In the last few minutes let the water evaporate almost completely.
Sprinkle with good soy or tamari; I use the dark mushroom soy sauce
Sprinke with freshly toasted sesame seeds

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