Blog de Puree

As the summer ages into the late July months, the bounty of our farm share grows with each passing week. So much so, that we’ve started making tentative plans for potluck barbecues with friends so that we can go through all the vegetables that we’ve been receiving.

Man, am I glad we only bought a half share.

This week, we need to eat our way through beets, Swiss Chard, two types of beans,
scallions, a lettuce, two cucumbers, two zucchini, a ridunkulously large yellow squash
and a heretofore unknown item for us: a few garlic scapes*.

* From wikipedia.org: Immature scapes are tender and edible. They are also known as ‘garlic spears’, ’stems’, or ‘tops’. Scapes generally have a milder taste than cloves. They are often used in stir frying or prepared like asparagus.