{"id":884,"date":"2011-11-23T21:13:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T21:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=884"},"modified":"2011-11-23T21:13:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T21:13:21","slug":"week-of-november-21st-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/week-of-november-21st-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of November 21st, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/11_21_2011-CSA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/11_21_2011-CSA-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Apples, Pears, Citrus\/Fall Winter CSA share \" title=\"Week of November 21st, 2011 CSA\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-886\" \/><\/a>\n<h2>In This Week's Box<\/h2>\n[box_list]\n<ul>\n<li>Warren Pears, Frog Hollow Farm<\/li>\n<li>Shinko Pears, Frog Hollow Farm<\/li>\n<li>Pink Lady Apples, Frog Hollow Farm<\/li>\n<li>Clementine Oranges, Olson Family Farms, Kingsburg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/box_list]\n\n<h2>From Farmer Al<\/h2> Dear CSA Members, \n\nHappy Thanksgiving to ALL!  \n\nThanksgiving is my favorite Holiday.  Nothing beats it for the simplicity and beauty of the message. \u2026..Friends and family gathering to give thanks for each other, the warmth of home, and the bounty of the Earth. \n\nThis year we are blessed with rare beauty!  Because of the early November cold temperatures our trees look like Fall on the Eastern Seaboard\u2026\u2026gold's, Reds, Purples, burgundy, and every shade in between!  It is spectacular!  \n \nAnd, from the Farmers\u2019 prospective, the other part of this blessing is the early accumulation of chilling hours for next years crop is the best start in 10 years. \n\nWishing you all a VERY Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Frog Hollow Farm, \n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/assets\/FarmerAlSig.gif\" width=\"250\" alt=\"Signature of Farmer Al\"> \n\n\n\n\n<b>Cornbread and Dried Fruit Stuffing<\/b>\nAdapted from a Nov 2006 article from Bon Apetit.\n\nYou will need- \n\n1 9x9  or 13x13 inch sheet of cornbread \n1\/2 C Unsalted Butter (1 stick) \n4 C Onions, chopped\n4 C Unpeeled Frog Hollow Farm Pink Lady apples, chopped (approx 3-4) \n2 C Celery with leaves, chopped \n24 Dried Plouts, chopped, (about 10 oz)\n12 Dried Peach halves, chopped (about 2 oz)\n1 Tablespoon fennel seeds\n2 teaspoons Kosher Salt\n1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper\n2 teaspoons Fresh Thyme, minced, (or 1 t dried thyme) \n1 c Low Sodium Chicken Broth\n\nThe night before you make the stuffing, prepare the cornbread.  Cut the prepared cornbread into 1 inch cubes.  Place on a baking sheet and let dry overnight.  You can also dry out a batch of cornbread out in a low temp. oven if you\u2019re short on time\u2013 the cornbread cubes should be on the dry side.  Soak the dried fruit overnight so they are easy to chop.  \n\nPreheat oven to 375 and butter a 13x9 baking dish. Melt butter in a skillet  over medium  heat.  Saut\u00e9 onions until translucent and fragrant; about 10 minutes.  Add apples and celery.  Saut\u00e9 these until the celery begins to soften, about 7 minutes.  Combine the contents of the skillet with the plouts, peaches, fennel seeds, salt, pepper, and thyme in a large bowl.  Add cornbread cubes and toss until combined. \n\nScrape the stuffing into the buttered baking dish, adjust salt and pepper to tast, and pour broth over the mixture.  If stuffing in-bird, let it cool completely before adding to the cavity.  Otherwise, bake uncovered until top begins to form a crust, about 40 minutes. \n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This Week&#8217;s Box [box_list] Warren Pears, Frog Hollow Farm Shinko Pears, Frog Hollow Farm Pink Lady Apples, Frog Hollow Farm Clementine Oranges, Olson Family Farms, Kingsburg [\/box_list] From Farmer Al Dear CSA Members, Happy Thanksgiving to ALL! Thanksgiving is my favorite Holiday. 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