Last Week's CSA, also, Hello, Monday, My Old Enemy, We Meet Again!

Image: Yard-long Beans on my red, red counter top.

In the "excitement" of WorldCon/ConZealand, I neglected to mention last week's CSA. The only thing we got last week that was new-to-me was the yard-long beans shown above. These are also known my many other names. Its scientific name is: Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis, but I found it on Wikipedia under another one of its common names, Asparagus Bean. It is apparently also known as: long-podded cowpea, Chinese long bean, bodi/bora, snake bean, or pea bean.

Regardless of its name, on Saturday, I made a stir fry of it with a bit of garlic, mirin, and soy sauce, and it was delicious. 

Besides the yard long beans, last week's CSA included: green beans, kale, red beets, napa cabbage, cucumbers, basil, onions, garlic, and potatoes. 

Because of my triumph pickling last week, I instantly pickled all the cucumbers and then, in a grand experiment that I have not yet tried tasting, I pickled the green beans as well. I have vague memories of my grandmother having pickled things that were not cucumbers, but I may have gone out on a limb here with the pickled green beans.

At any rate, the only things I have left to eat this week are the kale (I'd forgotten I'd gotten it and it got shifted to the back of the fridge or I would have been eating it steadily.... mmmm, seems I may have bubble and squeak for brunch/lunch!) and the napa cabbage. I have plans to use up the cabbage tonight because I have been long hoping to experiment with making dumplings in my bamboo steamer and I have a book that suggests wrapping the dumplings/lining the bamboo steamer with cabbage leaves and I NOW HAVE A LOT OF THOSE.  Plus, of course, I can put cabbage into the dumplings, as well.

I will take pictures of that process if I decide to do it, of course. 

Otherwise, this morning started out very strange in that I had to give my wife a ride to her physical work place. She needed to pick up mail and to look for some files, so we donned our masks and headed out. I rediscovered that I am not very happy when any portion of my day is spent waiting on my family while stuck in a car. I do NOT miss that from the before-times.

Anyway, check-in? How was your weekend?