2015 Farm Share Week 10

Hello Everyone,

This week you will find in your shares:

Wed. July 29

• Asian Eggplant
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Peppers
• Lettuce
• Onions
• Garlic
• Sage

Sat. August 1

• Lettuce
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Peppers
• Onions
• Garlic

Recipe Idea

Quick Eggplant and Tomato Sauté

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/quick-eggplant-tomato-saut

Vegetable Spotlight - Pepper

Peppers are native to central and south america, and were carried to Spain in the late 1400’s.  They were actually mis-named by Christopher Columbus.  At that time peppercorns, the fruit of an unrelated plant originating from India, Piper nigrum, was a highly prized condiment; the name "pepper" was at that time applied in Europe to all known spices with a hot and pungent taste and so naturally extended to the newly discovered Capsicum genus

They are members of the Solanaceae, or “nightshade” family, which is an important family of plants that includes: potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant.  Bell peppers are members of the Capsicum genus, but contain no capsaicin(the thing that makes hot peppers hot).  

Some other important members of Solanaceae include a number of ornamental plants such as Petunia, Browallia and Lycianthes, the source of psychoactive alkaloids, Datura, Mandragora (mandrake), and deadly nightshade.

With the exception of tobacco (Nicotianoideae) and petunia (Petunioideae), most of the economically important genera are contained in the subfamily Solanoidea.