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2 pounds of beets (I chose all red ones, no Chioggia)
4 bunches of scallions
12 pickling cucumber (I chose small ones)
8 zucchini/summer squash (I chose large-ish ones, and all zucchini, some green and some gold)
2 heads of green cabbage
2 large bunches of Bright Lights Swiss chard
2 enormous heads of frilly red-leaf lettuce
1 pound frisée
2 bunches of cilantro (swapped for another cabbage and another bunch of chard, given the options in the swap box)
8 heads of new garlic

First thoughts: I have no idea what to do with the frisée: I know it’s bitter, enough that I don’t know that I’d like it in salad, and braising can work for heads, but this is loose, so any favorite uses would be welcome. Cabbage slaw with scallions. Cucumber salad (get avocado?). Green salad with cucumbers and scallions, maybe roasted beets, possibly tuna. Start a batch of torshi seer (Persian 7-year garlic pickles). Roasted zucchini.

totient

Part of an occasional series on superpowers. My superpowers are all Mystery Men level superpowers, but they're real.

I have what I'm told is called in motorcycling an Iron Butt.

Partly that's literally being able to sit for a long time with no side effects. I bicycled 3700 miles across the United States, averaging 8 hours a day in the saddle for a month and a half, and did not get any saddle sores.

But also with only a little bit of adjustment to my hydration and caffeination routine I can go 8 hours without a bathroom. This means when I drive the limiting factor on how far I go between stops is almost always the range of the vehicle I am driving. I rented a particularly fuel efficient car one time and drove it 450 miles without taking it out of gear. It hated this and kept trying to get me to take a coffee break. In less fuel-efficient cars sometimes I will refuel at a full service gas station and go two tankfuls between getting out of the car at all.

Being able to drive anywhere in my general region that much more quickly is a big factor in how I choose to make medium-distance trips. Beyond the question of how long the travel takes compared to a train or airplane, I'm sure I'd also find driving less enjoyable if I needed more stops.

I have actually rather a lot of superpowers, some inborn and some developed (or perhaps, I am told, earned). This one I suppose is some of each.

magid

Things are getting heavier now…

2 bunches of mixed beets with greens
2 heads of cabbage (I chose medium-small green cabbage over Napa or the frilly cabbage)
10 summer squashes/zucchinis (I chose a mix)
12 pickling cucumbers (I chose smaller ones; I think the big ones get a bit bitter, and the seeds too large for my preference)
2 bunches of dill
1 pound of basil
8 heads of young (uncured) garlic
2 pounds of mixed young lettuce leaves (gorgeous, but 2 pounds is more than I’ll get through, so I swapped 1 pound for another 4 heads of garlic)
8 baby bok choy (I think they’re Shanghai bok choy, because the stems are light green; I chose small ones because really, 8 is plenty)

First thoughts: stir-fried bok choy with garlic, scapes, scallions, some type of mushroom, and tofu. All the green salads. Dilly cucumber salad. Sauted beet greens with lemons and walnuts. Asian-ish cabbage slaw with lime-miso-sesame oil dressing, plus cashews/peanuts, scallions. Roasted beets. Roasted summer squash. Dilly pickles. Pureed basil stored in the fridge under olive oil for later use.

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