Maryland's Pick June 3, 2011

Your Maryland Pick bag for Friday, June 3 should contain the following:

Homestead Farms (Poolesville, MD)

·         Green Leaf Lettuce

·         Red Leaf Lettuce

·         Green kale

·         Bok Choy

·         Napa cabbage

Koinonia Farms (Stevenson, MD)

·         Cilantro

·         Mint

Hummingbird Farms (Sudlersville, MD)

·         Vine tomatoes

·         Heirloom tomatoes

Tip of the week: napa cabbage

The napa cabbage is going to come with most of the plant attached.  It stays together better and holds up well with its leaves attached.  That being said, the plant is quite large.  You will find the outer leaves are fuzzy/spiny and need to be removed.  The spiny-ness varies from plant to plant, but basically, you need to strip off the outer leaves until you get to the tender part of the cabbage.  This will be 3-4 layers of outer leaves.  Inside you will find the most tender, crisp cabbage!