fridge.JPGJust the other day I was having a conversation in my kitchen with my husband, John, and our good friend, Seth, from Weathervane Farm. We were discussing the various uses we had come up with for the multifarious vegetables that have come our way since the CSA veggie shares began arriving three weeks ago. John mentioned one of our particularly favorable uses of extra chard and kale as that of chopping them up finely and using them for salad (along with gorganzola, walnuts, and apples - yum) when Seth very unceremoniously responded, “I prefer my chenopodiaceae to be cooked when I eat them.”

According to dictionary.com, “chenopodiaceae: n. includes spinach and beets” … and that’s about all it says. Seth mentioned that chenopodiaceae is the name of a family of plants that includes veggie share items like beet greens and swiss chard. Beyond that, I cannot say much about this word other than that gardeners across the web tend to throw it around quite casually (much in the same way Seth did in my kitchen).

For more fascinating information about vegetables and the like, you can check out Weathervane’s newest contribution to the Buena Vista blogosphere, The Weathervane Arrow, which serves as their weekly CSA newsletter full of information, photos, and videos about local veggies, fruits, and recipes. Go for a visit by clicking here and enjoy!

Photo: The contents of our fridge, mostly populated by goods from local Buena Vista farmers.

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