It’s Burns Night this Thursday 25 January so the packing team has made sure we’ve all got “neeps” in our weekly veg boxes. If you’re celebrating Robert Burns’ birthday we hope you enjoy your Burns Supper of haggis and bashed neeps and chappit (mashed) tatties. And don’t forget to have a wee dram of whisky!

In all our veg boxes this week:-
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
neep (swede) (Restharrow Farm,Trebetherick)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
cauliflower  (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*parsley (Camel CSA)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all vegetables carefully.

Try these upmarket ways of preparing neeps on the recipes page on our website:-
Spiced creamy swede
A cake of swede and potato

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