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Member Farms>Who We Are>June 16, 2006
Newsletter -- June 16, 2006
ODE TO THE GARLIC SCAPE
O garlic scape
O garlic scape
The pleasure that you bring
Now the sun is climbing higher
The season's in full swing.
We grill you and
We eat you raw
We grind you into paste
We appreciate your subtlety
Your lovely sweet spring taste.
Your graceful shape reminds us
Of a lovely long necked crane
A snake who loves the summer sun
A swaying head of grain.
Your harvest gives the garlic bulb
That extra push it needs.
So with grateful hearts
We celebrate
The mouths and souls you feed.
The garlic scape is the flower stalk of the garlic plant and we "snap" them off
to encourage the plant's energy into the bulb. This process takes many days and
we have hundreds of pounds of the scapes when we are through. Here are ideas
for enjoying them.
1. Toss and marinate scapes with olive oil and a little balsamic vinegar
and tamari, then grill. TOO GOOD TO BELIEVE!!
2. They are also delicious as a pesto or paste tossed with pasta or topping
grilled salmon. To make this pesto, grind the scapes in a food processor with
a little bit of lemon and salt. That's it. Scrumptious.
Their garlickyness is not overpowering, just delicious.
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This page last updated on 7/12/2006.
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