The CSA

It was a mere week ago that I joined a CSA under the influence of a glass of prosecco, and I cannot quite stop thinking about what that First Box might bring. Scott and I have often pondered the idea of a CSA, community supported agriculture, where you buy a share of a farmer's harvest for a season. While enjoying a wonderful, end-of-summer night with our friends The Powers (K/L...we have other friends The Powers, S/T), we joined. They had recently joined Pinckney's Produce. With a glass in hand and laptop on the counter, I committed our family to an almost $200 season of vegetables, some of which I've never purchased or prepared! Now, I must learn to fraternize with new fruits and vegetables, such as the beet. Really, beets? Broccoli...no worries, broccoli and I are well acquainted. Same with cantaloupe, squash....and oh, sweet corn! I love you! But green peanuts and peas? I hesitate. We still have more time to google recipes before The Box is ready to pick up. We'll return to a time when preparing food -- straight from the ground -- was absolutely second nature. Yet, buying out of season, buying for preference, for specific tastes has been our nature. It will be a challenge, but exciting, to reconnect with generations gone by.