Boston Organics Blog | Fresh. Organic. Delivered. | Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper (5)

We mindlessly toss an onion into almost every savory dish we eat, but unless we’re making onion rings or French onion soup, they rarely take center stage. That is, of course, unless we’re cooking with Vidalia Onions.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Organic Onions, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston

Citrus fruits like oranges and mandarins are at their sweetest and juiciest. Many of this week’s boxes will highlight golden nugget mandarins — a later maturing variety that is known for being seedless, easy to peel, sweet taste, and notably bumpy skin.

Topics: Recipes, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Organic Fruit Delivery, organic mandarins, golden nugget

written by Jill Banach, Produce Purchasing

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Newsletter, Organic Farmers, boston organics, Community, The Boston Organics Crew, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, Original Boston Organics Blog, Food System, sustainability, Farms, FDA, Purchaser’s Corner

There are two types of persimmons currently grown on a commercial scale in the US — the astringent Hachiya and the non-astringent Fuyu. This primer deals with the Hachiya, which needs to be eaten very, very soft.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, organic hechiya persimmon

With the beginning of a new month, we are excited to introduce some exciting new fruit. Though at first they may seem familiar, they are quite special and rare. We are lucky to have a direct supply so that we can include them in upcoming Boston Organics boxes.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, organic fruit, organic citrus

There’s no doubt about it, the Boston Organics Community sure ate well in 2016. Our farm partners and other suppliers kept us in fresh fruits and vegetables all year long, and it was a joy to see the shift from citrus and root crops in the winter to tomatoes and stone fruit in the summer, and to enjoy all the delicious produce in between.

To start 2017 off on the right foot, we decided to share our top-clicked recipes of the past year, to offer the opportunity to reprise tasty favorites or to find new inspiration for the year ahead.

Topics: Recipes, Fall Produce, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Newsletter, organic carrots, organic kale, Organic Mushrooms, winter squash, organic sunchokes, Organic Herbs, Organic Potatoes, Original Boston Organics Blog, organic sweet potatoes, organic beets

While working at a small, diversified farm in North Carolina, a member of the Boston Organics staff gave a tour to a group of elementary school students. The farm staff offered the kids small samples of the produce that was growing in the fields, including bits of fragrant fennel fronds. After chewing on the leaves, one of the students announced “This is the best licorice ever!” Though licorice, fennel and anise are all completely different plants, they all share a bit of that distinctive “licorice” flavor. And in general, we agree with that observant youngster; fennel is pretty awesome.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Organic Fennel, Original Boston Organics Blog

Apple season is just getting started here in New England. We will see some of the first fruits of the season this week with local McIntosh apples from Dwight Miller and Son Orchard in Dummerston, VT. As the autumn picks up, we will see an ever widening variety of apples. Study up on all the apple varieties you may find in your Boston Organics boxes, so you can make the most of this juicy, crispy and sweet time of year.

Topics: Recipes, Fall Produce, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Newsletter, Organic Apples, Original Boston Organics Blog

Imagine the sweetest pear you’ve ever eaten. Now imagine that every pear you pick up is just as sweet or even better. That’s what it would be like if you only ate Abate Fetels.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Organic Pears, Original Boston Organics Blog

If New Yorkers were carrots, parsnips would be the Bostonians of the vegetable world. For no discernible reason, parsnips are inhibited by a bit of an inferiority complex despite being much friendlier to the palate than the more popular orange root.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Newsletter, Organic Parsnips, Organic Root Vegetables