Bumper veg boxes for Christmas from Cornwall

This week’s boxes contain two weeks’ worth of goodies – including Cornish honey and homemade fudge. Next boxes available on 4 January 2013. In the meantime, Merry Christmas and best wishes to everyone.

Everyone will have:
potatoes (1.5kg for small boxes, 2kg for standard) (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
* onions (Camel CSA)
* parsnips (Camel CSA)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* salad/rocket bags (Camel CSA)
* parsley (Camel CSA)
* chillies (Camel CSA)
sprout stalk (Growfair, Cornwall)
cauliflower (Growfair, Cornwall)
carrots (Growfair)
homemade fudge (thanks to Charlotte)
Cornish honey (Chris Tamblyn, Helland)

Standard boxes will also have:
* spring onions (Camel CSA)
savoy cabbage (Growfair, Cornwall)
beetroot bunches (Growfair, Cornwall)
leeks (Growfair, Cornwall)
swede (Growfair, Cornwall)

* = grown to organic principles

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Seasonal local veg in our boxes this week

Everyone will have:
* onions (Camel CSA)
* squash – mostly orange Uchiki Kuri (Camel CSA)
* chillies (Camel CSA)
leeks (Growfair, Cornwall)
swede (Growfair, Cornwall)
sprout stalks (Growfair, Cornwall)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes will have extra potatoes plus:
* swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* jerusalem artichokes (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Growfair, Cornwall)

* = grown to organic principles

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Seasonal local food recipe No 169: Gingery shiitake noodles

Ching-He Huang’s recipe (picture too) from the BBC Good Food website. Good with stir-fried pak choi or five-spice chicken.

Serves 4 as a side dish

Preparation 15 minutes
Cooking 10 minutes

Ingredients
200g medium dried egg noodles
a couple of dashes toasted sesame oil (optional)
1 tbsp groundnut oil
piece of fresh ginger, grated
150g fresh shiitake mushrooms
4 spring onions, cut into thirds, then thinly sliced into lengthways strips
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce

Method
Cook the noodles according to pack instructions, then toss with a little sesame oil (or other oil) to stop them sticking.

Heat a wok or large wide pan over a high heat, then add the groundnut oil. Once it’s smoking, add the ginger, stir-fry for a couple of secs, then add the mushrooms with a splash of water to create steam, and cook for 1 minute. Toss through the cooked noodles for 2 minutes until hot, then add the spring onions, oyster and soy sauces and (optional) a dash more sesame oil.

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Seasonal local veg in this week’s boxes

There may be a little less in our boxes this week as the “hungry gap” starts to make itself felt.
Everyone will have:
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* onions (Camel CSA)
* swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* salad bag – mixed lettuce, leaf beet, mibuna, baby chard,  endive, chives (Camel CSA)
* leeks (St Kew Harvest)
* swede (Mark Norman)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes will have extra potatoes plus:
* radish bunch (Camel CSA)
* parsnips (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Camel CSA/Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

* = grown to organic principles

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Staying seasonal with this week’s local veg in the boxes

Everyone will be getting:
* onions (Camel CSA)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* parsnips (Camel CSA)
* savoy cabbage (Camel CSA)
* parsley (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes will have extra potatoes and onions plus
* swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
sprout stalk (Restharrow Farm)

* = grown to organic principles

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Christmas veg boxes brimming with local seasonal produce

Our double-value Christmas boxes will all have:
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
* onions (Camel CSA)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
sprout stalk (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
* salad bag (Camel CSA)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* parsnips (Camel CSA)
* squash (Camel CSA)
* savoy cabbage (Camel CSA)
* swede (Camel CSA)
* chilli string (Camel CSA)
green tomato and apple chutney (Camel CSA)
tomato marmalade (Camel CSA)
* parsley (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will have additional potatoes plus
* leeks (Camel CSA)
* red cabbage (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
jar of St Mabyn honey

NB next veg box day is Friday 6 January 2012

* = grown to organic principles

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Veg boxes are overflowing with fresh, seasonal produce

Friday’s veg boxes are yet again full to the brim with Camel CSA’s bountiful Cornish autumn harvest.

This week everyone will have: -
* potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
* broccoli (Camel CSA)
* Swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* cabbage (Camel CSA)
* French beans or peas (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* onions (Camel CSA)
* rocket (Camel CSA)
* chillies (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have: -
*aubergines (Camel CSA)
* peppers (Camel CSA)
* turnips (Camel CSA)
* parsley (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

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Local Cornish veg in this week’s boxes

As Camel CSA expert grower Jane Mellowship says, ‘Lots of lovely veg to harvest this week, making the boxes fit to burst!’ As always at this time of year, contents subject to change.

This week everyone will have:
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
* french beans (Camel CSA)
* spinach (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
* cucumber (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* onions (Camel CSA)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* chillies (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have:
* peppers (Camel CSA)
* aubergines (Camel CSA)
* turnips (Camel CSA)
* kohlrabi (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

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Seasonal Cornish veg in our boxes this week

These are the planned contents for this week’s boxes, but subject to change or, more likely, extras depending on what’s available as we pick and pack tomorrow.

Everyone will have:
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
* runner beans (Mark Norman)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* calabrese/sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* kohlrabi (Camel CSA)
* radish (Camel CSA)
* onions (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have:
* peas (Camel CSA)
* kale (Camel CSA)
* cucumber (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

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This week’s Cornish seasonal local veg in our boxes

As you’ll have been finding over the last few weeks, what’s in your box doesn’t necessarily exactly match Camel CSA’s weekly list published here on the blog.

This is because we’re having to harvest and share out crops, such as peas or beans, before they go over even if they’ve not been listed. Other veg promised for the week might not be quite ready when it comes to picking them on Fridays, so we’ve left them to grow on for another week.

So, here’s this week’s proposed list with the warning that it is subject to change. You might also find the appearance of the occasional sweet pepper (green and dark purple versions), aubergine or chilli.

Rest assured, the picking/packing team will be trying to ensure that the distribution of extras is as fair as it can be. Herbs, too, will be unpredicted extras. So – enjoy the abundance while it lasts!

This week expert grower Jane Mellowship says that boxes will be ‘full to the brim’ with the bonus of early cooking apples from Charlotte’s orchard in St Mabyn. Apparently these cook to a fluff and need very little sugar. Lovely with the blackberries growing so abundantly this year in our Cornish hedges.

Everyone can be reasonably sure of getting:
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
* Emneth Early cooking apples, aka Early Victoria (Camel CSA)
* broccoli (Camel CSA)
* spring onions (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* cucumber (Camel CSA)
* swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* radish (Camel CSA)
* coriander (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have:
* peppers (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
* rocket (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

• Want to bake a Bank Holiday cake? Try our recipe from Cornwall for Westcountry apple cake

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