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Caramelised Lima Beans

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Courtesy of Laura at http://crunchyflake.blogspot.com/

1 pound fresh lima beans, in shell (yield 4 oz. beans)
knob of butter
pinch kosher salt

Steam the beans for about 10 minutes. In a saute pan, heat butter until sizzling, and add beans. Toss to coat with butter, and sprinkle with salt. When beans start browning, toss again, turn down heat to low, and cover. Cook, tossing or stirring occasionally, for at least 15 minutes, and for as long as 30 minutes. The beans will be caramelised on the outside, with softly crispy skin yielding under gentle pressure to reveal a miniature puree in each bite, butter matching butter.

Winter Squash Mock Souffle

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Courtesy of Laura at http://crunchyflake.blogspot.com/

16 oz. cooked winter squash, mashed
12 oz. andouille sausage*
1 large onion, slivered
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 oz. shredded cheddar
3 eggs
6 Tbsp half and half
kosher or sea salt
pepper

Preheat the oven to 350F. Cook squash until tender (microwave, boil or bake). While squash is cooking, dice and brown the sausage and onion in a skillet over medium heat. Drain and set aside. Lower oven to 325.

More CSA details emerging

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Looks like the details are in for the season. Distribution will be on every Tuesday of the week with exception to the 4th of July.
Here is the schedule:

- Tuesday 6/6: Early season for us starts. This is the first distribution day. Early season will include strawberries and lots of spring greens.

- Tuesday 7/4 (July 4th): NO DISTRIBUTION

- Tuesday 11/21 (week of Thanksgiving): last distribution of the year.

Location chosen for distribution point

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We just found out that our new distribution point for Hell Gate CSA will be at the Freeze Peach cafe, located at 22-00 29th Street in Astoria. This is just one short block from the Ditmars subway station, and right off Ditmars Blvd. More details are coming soon, such as the cost and size of the share, the length of the season and how to sign up.

Stay tuned!

Gearing up for the season

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The core group is busy gearing up for the upcoming season! We're working on website materials, the financial stuff, and getting organized to deal with all the veggies that we'll be working with distrubuting to Astorians.

The season is scheduled to start sometime in the first week of June and run through Thanksgiving 2006. We'll be posting more information as it becomes available.

For now if you have questions you can email info@hellgatecsa.com

Blog goes live

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After meeting last night our group decided to pick a name. We're now the "Hell Gate CSA".

Also, the group instructred me to put up a website which I'm in the process of doing. So far we have a blog and a calendar. Woo hoo.

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