{"id":3584,"date":"2014-01-14T21:15:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T21:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2014-01-14T21:15:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T21:15:38","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-january-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-january-13th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: January 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRUIT AND NEWS OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n

\"IMAG0564_1<\/a><\/p>\nTarocco Blood Oranges<\/strong>\n\nA beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a\u00a0Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than\u00a0an orange and its flavor is a little more tart. These beauties sweeten and\u00a0darken in color as the season progresses. Store out of sunlight for 2-4 days\u00a0on the counter or up to two weeks in the fridge.<\/em>\n\nNavel Oranges<\/strong>\n\nTwin Girls Farm, Yettem, CA\n\nCalifornia Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating\u00a0out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless, and\u00a0have a meaty and sweet flesh that makes them a perfect snack. Navels\u00a0are also great for juicing and cooking. Store out of sunlight for 2-4 days on\u00a0the counter or up to two weeks in the fridge.<\/em>\n\nClementine Mandarins<\/strong>\n\nOlsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA\n\nClementines are very sweet, juicy, easy to peel, and usually seedless,\u00a0making them very popular with children and adults alike.\u00a0Store out of sunlight for 2-4 days on the counter or up to two weeks in the\u00a0fridge.<\/em>\n\nHayward Kiwi<\/strong>\n\nChieci Farm, Live Oak, CA\n\nOriginally known as the Chinese gooseberry due to its Chinese origins.\u00a0Hawyward Wright, a New Zealand nurseryman propagated his plants\u00a0by grafting and they eventually became the preferred cultivar of growersdue to their sweet flavor and thin skin. Ready to eat when they yield to gentle pressure. \u00a0\u00a0Store these on the counter for\u00a04-5 days. Refrigerate for up to two weeks.<\/em>\n\nFuji Apples<\/strong>\n\nCayuma Orchards, New Cayuma, CA\n\nFujis are a cross between Red Delicious and Ralls Janet, an heirloom\u00a0apple dating back to Thomas Jefferson. Fujis are loved by many for their\u00a0crisp, sweet, and juicy character. Store on your counter out of direct light for\u00a04-5 days. Refrigerate after to maintain crispness.<\/em>\n

A NOTE FROM FARMER AL<\/h3>\nCSA Members,\n\nJanuary is marmalade month. Meyer Lemons, Navels, Blood Oranges and\u00a0Kumquats. We grow them and Chef Becky makes awesome marmalades with\u00a0them.\n\nWe picked our Meyer Lemons last Friday and the quality of the fruit is excellent, high brix (lots of sugar)! However, we did have a much lighter crop this\u00a0year due to frost damage in December. The damaged fruit is softer and though\u00a0still suitable for marmalade, must be used quickly or it will spoil. So our\u00a0kitchen crew, recently recovered from our busy Holiday season, must now pick\u00a0up the pace again to keep up with the citrus harvest.\n\nWe will be making new products, as well tweaking some older ones. Our\u00a0lemon curd that we use in tarts made for the shop and for our farmers\u2019 markets will be improved so that we can offer the tartlets on line and also create a\u00a0jarred lemon curd to go with our scones and Meyer Lemon cake.\n\nDue to an abundance of strawberries from Dirty Girl last summer and early\u00a0Fall, we\u2019ll have lots to experiment with a new Meyer Lemon and strawberry\u00a0marmalade and still have enough for our strawberry cherry conserve when the\u00a0cherries are ready this May. Hopefully with all this chill, we will have a better\u00a0cherry crop than last year.\n\nWhile we get the first Meyer Lemons in the jar, we will also get started on the\u00a0Blood Orange Strawberry marmalade that we\u2019re starting to get requests for.\u00a0The Tarocco Blood Oranges are in and they are beautiful! Resistant to frost,\u00a0they are sweet and juicy! Their unique, slightly tart flavor works really well\u00a0with the sweet strawberries.\n\nThe Kumquat trees are loaded with little bright orange fruits and vigorous\u00a0dark glossy leaves. Fortunately, Kumquats are frost resistant to 14\u00b0 F and can\u00a0hang on the tree, giving us some time to develop kumquat products. Eating\u00a0one of these tart, perfumy little fruits is strange at first because the skin is\u00a0sweeter than the juice but it is also very delicious and has many possibilities;\u00a0candied kumquats, kumquat marmalade to name a few that we\u2019ll be trying.\u00a0So we have our work cut out for us this month and we\u2019re looking forward to\u00a0sharing with you our new creations as soon as they\u2019re ready.\n\n
\"Kumquats!\"<\/a>

Kumquats!<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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