I don't even know what week it is at this point. It's all a blur of green and red and occasionally yellow and then more green.

Can't think of any major discards - I didn't keep the third of a head of red leaf lettuce I didn't use, but only because the lettuce was more bitter than I expected. I tossed a couple of cucumbers that went slimy a couple of weeks ago, and may not have mentioned that, but really, that's it. This week!

Normally this would have been up three hours ago, but you all have got to see this. Plus, Ruhlman is soliciting pictures of CSA boxes over at his blog and this was a hell of a box to take a picture of, so what the hell. I'll save the big reveal for the end. First the most ordinary stuff:

Another week, another CSA box.

Tossed a bag of greens that went bad on the inside while looking good on the outside, a small quantity of herbs, a few cherry tomatoes... really just the last bits of a few things I used some of.

This week!

And by Gallagher-ready, I mean contains watermelon, not that it's full of gay-bashing vegetables.

Discarded produce included a couple of mint leaves and the entire bag of tomatoes from last week, the unfortunate victim of the maxim "don't put your tomatoes in the refrigerator". Which is only true up to a point.

This week!

What was I doing shopping at the downtown farmer's market today?

Actually, I know exactly what I was doing. Buying a shitload of basil for the 2010-2011 batch of frozen pesto. What I don't understand is how, knowing I'd be bringing home a giant box of vegetables, I also figured I'd toss in a basket full of Japanese eggplant.

It's Thursday around 6, which means it's time to run screaming from the horror that is... THE CSA BOX POST.

The title will be funnier tomorrow morning for those of you who double-dip the Lambert goodness. Farm box!

First, as always, the discards:

• Broccoli: It was waning before Cathy went out of town. Afterwards, it waned.
• "Red Mustard": Not only did I not know what it was or how to use it, I also didn't know how to store it.
• Snap Peas: Just like ten of them, though - the ones from two weeks back that went a bit limp on me.

And now, the first week of produce I get to go through bachelor-style.

I think farmed salmon was the first food that a change in labeling made me stop eating. Once they started having to label it "color added", I couldn't buy it. Even though I eat things full of dyes and artificial colors on a regular basis.

It's Thursday evening, which means it's time for the farm box update.

WASTE DUE TO WANTING NOT:

The lettuce from last week once again did not survive. This is my fault, because I didn't recognize how much water was in last week's lettuce, and didn't prep it accordingly. I also tossed about... 1/3 of the basil, again due to not monitoring moisture. Finally, the last of the Week 2 radishes finally met their trashy fate. Still not awful.

NEEDING TO BE USED:

Garlic is a magical thing. Everybody knows that.But most people have no idea how magical it is. I didn't know until three years ago, when I got my first garlic scapes out of a farm box.