Monday, October 6, 2008

Questions

Due to the nature of CSAs, members often encounter vegetables that they are unfamiliar with. To be honest, there were things that we grew at Colchester that I had no idea what to do with when I first got there. Our members always had good questions. What do you make with leeks besides soup? How do you pickle a cucumber? What do you do when your eggplant is bitter?

Now that I am an employee of the co-op I find that I am confronted with all kinds of new and interesting questions. Is oil of oregano good for sore throats? Why would you want to eat sprouted bread? Where do you keep the sodium bicarbonate?

I can hardly answer any of them. I guess there is always a learning curve.

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