CSA's and Pickling

Its been a bountiful 1st few weeks of the CSA season...lots of kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, radishes, garlic scapes, spring onions, turnips, broccoli, Napa cabbage, bok choy, leeks, arugula, daikon, basil, dill, collards, chard, fennel and even a bit of summer squash. Thomas O'Neal of Signal Mountain Farms is an amazing local producer who has the most beautiful produce. Williams Island Farm is the other CSA we've enrolled in this year and they also are doing a terrific job.

Experimenting with quick pickling...several meals at Momofuku were the inspiration and the recipe comes from David Chang himself. However, our 1st attempt following the proportions for the brine (1 Cup hot water, 1/2 cup rice vinegar, 6 tbsp sugar and 2 1/4 tsp kosher salt) came out a bit too sweet for my palate. We'll try reducing the amount of sugar the next batch.