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Speaking of food.....

Posted 5/28/2009 9:29am by Lyndon Hartz.

TV Dinners

By Good Earth Food Alliance grower, Amy Brucker

For the past ten years, we have survived on rabbit ears.  No, not real rabbit ears (our pet Flemish Giant rabbit, Norman, is listening intently right now) but the kind that sits atop our TV.  When our children were young and I was a stay-at-home mom, satellite TV helped feed the kids during meal times, it helped soothe the savage beast during the bewitching hours of 4 - 7 pm, and it helped me grab a quick 10 minute doze on the couch when nature dictated.  However, when the budget got tight and cable costs went higher, we cut the line.  Wiggling antennae and applying supplementary balls of aluminum foil became the precursor to every family TV night.  That activity, in and of itself, was part of the entertainment.  Even when the budget loosened a bit, it never occurred to us to spend that extra money on more TV channels.  Fuzzy pictures and sporatic dialogue on the TV screen had opened up the floodgates of creativity and actually taught us how to "fill in the blanks."

Living with little exposure to popular TV creates a rather large social knowledge void.  I have, single-handedly, killed dozens of lively conversations that suddenly fell upon the rocky grounds of popular TV shows.  If the blank stare on my face didn't provide enough clues about my utter confusion, then the abrupt changing of topic surely did.  It was at times like those that I took the liberty of changing the topic to one I enjoy - and that would be food.

Being a member of Good Earth Food Alliance is a perfect fit for me because I am expected to talk about food.  Food is universal.  Food crosses cultural barriers.  Food brings generations together.  Food unites.  What's more, the food I talk about is alive with colors, textures, nutrition, and flavors, unlike the "food-like objects" that permeate American cuisine.  Sharing recipes, experimenting with new vegetables, adding a different herb to a favorite meal - these are the topics of the most memorable conversations, such as the one I had with Eleanor at the drop site on Tuesday (I am definitely going to try that tofu and mint recipe you mentioned!)

So what does our family watch on TV once the antennae have been sufficiently wiggled and the aluminum balls properly applied?  The cooking and gardening shows, of course!


To Good Earth Food Alliance CSA members:

  • Erin Meyer, of Basil's Harvest, suggests a light butter garlic sauce to top the Roasted Asparagus Shitake Ravioli.  Her wine recommendation is a Pinot noir.
  • New recipes have been added to our recipe page on the website.  You can do a search for recipes the use a certain vegetable or add your comments about a recipe you've tried.
  • Latecomer CSA Members should now be able to login on the Place An Order page.  A mock free choice item can be ordered for $0 so you can try out and complete the ordering process.
  • We recognize that the process for placing orders for free choice items has its limitations and we are working on some slight revisions.  Look for more information in your Sunday morning CSA e-update.