Random cute guy: “Hey. I know you!”
Me: “Really? Thats great!”
RCG: “Yeah, you’re the The Mean Produce Lady”
Me: no response, wounded then angry, retort opportunity lost.

So part of my skill set of being The Mean Produce Lady,  shortened to TMPL for convenience, is knowing what to do with damn near any kind of veggie, cooked/prepared plain and unfancy but in a “good lets eat this, how much did you make” kind of way.

   Case in point, I left kohlrabi at my mother’s for her to fix up, a week later, still there, two weeks later, still there. Now what? I took all the veggies that looked past their prime (but still edible), put them out on the counter. We had sad squash, kohlrabi, leeks, and broccoli that was flowering and looked weird but the stalks were good. I made squash quesadillas with some sprinkle cheese. I then sauteed the remaining ingredients, made some rice and folded the sauté into it to make a casserole type of jobbie that I baked for about twenty to get the flavors to meld and to have it kinda set up like a casserole.
   So Susan’s eating and says, “Wow, whats this?” and I tell her roots and rice, featuring kohlrabi from the refrigerator and she say’s, “OH, I thought those were beets.”

Huhh?

  So an idea was born. If I can teach my technotard self to videoblog (and I betcha I can can cause I can do anything on a mac) then what if I did a little videoblog entitled,  “What the Heck is THAT and Why Do I Want To Eat It?” every Wednesday evening so that I can offer ideas about what to do with a large share?  So this will be helpful/entertaining to folks in Get Cultured Co-op (now on Facebook!), folks in Central City Co-op (also on FB), folks who are wanting to prepare more “at home meals” but find veggies overwhelming, and possibly Kelley Moss.

  So sign up to the right if What the Heck is THAT and Why Do I Want To Eat It? is of interest, and if not I’m sure the video blog post will be real boring and unhumerous and probably not right for you anyway. (Like who am I kidding? In one practice run I was so funny I made myself cry.)

Anyway, my launch for What the Heck is THAT  and Why Do I Want To Eat It? is mid May.

Thank you for reading (and soon watching),
Rowan, TMPL

p.s. You might have noticed when I cooked for Susan that I really cooked, so where was the fermented food? I have to sneak it in, so I chopped up some Cheating Carrot cultured veggies (my very own recipe) and mixed it up with salsa, and put that on the quesadillas. Smooth, eh?

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