Week three, and guess what? Even more oregano! Another healthy bunch came in this week's box, I'll have to get Scott to make up a batch of pasta sauce this weekend. To be honest I have been overwhealmed with the sheer quantity of oregano! I've used some here or there (in salads, for chicken soup, etc) but most of it from the last two weeks I've ended up drying for later use. I think whatever I don't use this week I'll freeze so it ends up tasting more like fresh. I don't think the idea of so much oregano would be as bad if it wasn't for the fact that I have a bunch of it that is just starting to really come back from seed from the plant I had last year.
Also in this week's box was sorrel, Swiss Chard (the leaves are getting to be a really good size now), sage, garlic scapes, and 3 little radishes. I'm guessing the greens must've looked pretty bad on the radishes, from what Miked talked about on Friday I figured we'd be getting any edible part of the plants as long as it was in good shape. I think he did mention something about a bug that gets to them and that's why they don't carry the radishes through summer, just spring and another ceop in fall.
I'll be bunching this week's sorrel with last weeks and finally get around to making some sorrel pesto. The sage smells wonderful, I'll have to think of what I can do to take advantage of that, if nothing else comes to mind I can always get some frozen winter squash or canned pumpkin and make some squash pasta sauce, I like to go a little heavy on the sage. Scott will make quick work munching on the radishes (I can eat them, but they're not my favorite).
We're having hotdogs tonight, so I'll see if Scott won't mind grilling up the garlic scapes as well. From what I've found, grilled scapes are great straight, on pizza, or if you have enough in pesto or risotto.
Here's the breakdown:
Oregano: 7.2 oz, $17.85 (again going with 25% more stem than what is boxed)
Sorrel: 2.1 oz, $6.93
Swiss Chard (again using spinach as an equavalent): 11.1 oz, $1.75 non-organic, $2.72 organic.
Sage: 0.7 oz, $2.31
Radish: 3 small, 1.1 oz. I'm guessing here, but I think they might be about a quarter of a bunch that I've gotten at stands or farmers markets for $1, so until I get updated numbers, 25 cents.
Garlic scapes: 3 scapes (0.2 oz) I'm not sure what price to put on these. I found an online organic garlic seed company that sells them for $3/lb plus shipping, so, not including shipping I have about 3 cents worth. Other than the odd places like that, I don't recall ever seeing them 'in person' before - either at specialty groceries or at the farmers markets in Detroit. Either way, it's just enough for seasoning something or a small bite, so I'll keep it at 3 cents. I know we didn't get a bunch since the Paquettes are lettign a bunch of garlic go to seed so they can propigate it themselves instead of buying new seed.
Total: $29.12
Total minus oregano: $11.27
And for the curious, last week minus oregano is $16.21, 1st week minus oregano is $23.83. When the season is over I think I'll do a breakdown of the total value by item as well. I'm going to have to hit the farmer's markets to see if anyone else locally sells fresh herbs, spinach, and swiss chard. I know the boxed herbs are way overpriced, and I know I could usually find more reasonable prices at some specialty markets that sold fresh herbs by the bunch or at the farmers market.
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