Miller Farm Madness
For those of you who live in Colorado - SPREAD THE WORD. Miller Farms is doing just fine (despite all the hail damage earlier this year), but the news agencies did such a good job of telling everyone that Miller Farms was destroyed that nobody is going out there to get their veggies! On Saturday, we did our new annual tradition of taking the hayride and picking our own veggies, followed by a processing party at S.'s house - (thank you S.!) where all hands pitch in to de-kernel veggies, slice, blanch, package, etc.
Unfortunately, at about 8:00 p.m. one of our slicers decided to see how sharp the mandolin was with his knuckle - so the evening ended with a trip to urgent care (and apparently skin sutures - but no stitches). To anyone who owns mandolin - I used to sell Pampered Chef and they drilled this into our heads - ALWAYS use the safety. Mandolins are so sharp and work so quickly that by the time you realize you've cut yourself, it's entirely possible you lost a finger.
There were many jokes that at least we were washing his vegetables in his own blood water - but still . . . not the yummy vision you wanted of packaging vegetables, right?
For various reasons, T. was under doctor's orders not to go to Miller Farms, so it was just me and the squeaky-bot. You pay $10 per adult (i.e., person over 3), and each person (including your 5-year-old :P :P :P) gets two 10 lb. bags per stop for 4-5 stops to fill with as many veggies as you want. This year they ran our of 10 lb. bags, so they gave us 20 lb. bags. Thankfully, I was in a "quality, not quantity" mood, so I just focused on filling one 20 lb. bag at each stop for A. and I. We came home with corn, red potatos, 2 pie pumpkins, squash, zuchinni (one squachinni - he couldn't decide which veggie he was), cucumbers, green beans, and a 15 pound bag of assorted peppers for T. - whose response was "Jesus Christ"! Not the response I was looking for! Heh :P :P :P
The bento obsession is still going strong (I orderd a nori punch last week! YAY!) - and I've actually had one adult-person notice the lunches I'm sending A. to school with and ask me if I'm a chef. That was a nice motivation booster! If anyone is interested in kawaii (cute) lunches, I started an alternative blog called Obento Obsession. Half my friends and family thought I was just linking to that site as a cool place to visit (anoterh nice motivation booster) - but NO! Obento Obsession is me. Those are my Kung Pao Piggies, thank you very much! I'm hoping to use some of these lovely Miller Farm veggies in A.'s bentos this week. And I get to keep asking T. what he's going to do with all his peppers. Usually right after he mutters "what am I going to do with all these peppers?" MU HA HA.
Unfortunately, at about 8:00 p.m. one of our slicers decided to see how sharp the mandolin was with his knuckle - so the evening ended with a trip to urgent care (and apparently skin sutures - but no stitches). To anyone who owns mandolin - I used to sell Pampered Chef and they drilled this into our heads - ALWAYS use the safety. Mandolins are so sharp and work so quickly that by the time you realize you've cut yourself, it's entirely possible you lost a finger.
There were many jokes that at least we were washing his vegetables in his own blood water - but still . . . not the yummy vision you wanted of packaging vegetables, right?
For various reasons, T. was under doctor's orders not to go to Miller Farms, so it was just me and the squeaky-bot. You pay $10 per adult (i.e., person over 3), and each person (including your 5-year-old :P :P :P) gets two 10 lb. bags per stop for 4-5 stops to fill with as many veggies as you want. This year they ran our of 10 lb. bags, so they gave us 20 lb. bags. Thankfully, I was in a "quality, not quantity" mood, so I just focused on filling one 20 lb. bag at each stop for A. and I. We came home with corn, red potatos, 2 pie pumpkins, squash, zuchinni (one squachinni - he couldn't decide which veggie he was), cucumbers, green beans, and a 15 pound bag of assorted peppers for T. - whose response was "Jesus Christ"! Not the response I was looking for! Heh :P :P :P
The bento obsession is still going strong (I orderd a nori punch last week! YAY!) - and I've actually had one adult-person notice the lunches I'm sending A. to school with and ask me if I'm a chef. That was a nice motivation booster! If anyone is interested in kawaii (cute) lunches, I started an alternative blog called Obento Obsession. Half my friends and family thought I was just linking to that site as a cool place to visit (anoterh nice motivation booster) - but NO! Obento Obsession is me. Those are my Kung Pao Piggies, thank you very much! I'm hoping to use some of these lovely Miller Farm veggies in A.'s bentos this week. And I get to keep asking T. what he's going to do with all his peppers. Usually right after he mutters "what am I going to do with all these peppers?" MU HA HA.
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