Well the boxes arrived but unfortunately there's just not enough fruit and veggies to last a week. For example, we got three absolutely beautiful specimens of organic brae burn apple, but they were HUGE. Giant size no less!! We eat apples here all the time and need far more than that. As a minimum we'd need 6, but depending upon what other fruit we have, possibly even more. It would have been far better to give us 6 small or medium apples. Oh well, never mind.
It has to be said the produce is excellent. It's just the quantity that's the problem. I've never bought organic fruit or veggies before. The price has always been prohibitively high for me. This is the case here, I think. There's no point in getting boxed organic fruit and veg delivered, if I still have to buy some from the supermarket. Soooooooooooo.... I cancelled the order for the time being and contacted:
Banana Bob's: http://banana-bobs.com/
After having a chat with Bob, I'm buying a non organic box for next week and an organic box for the week after. This will help me compare quantity, quality, taste, etc. He said I'd get loads of fruit and veggies, esp non organic ones, for £20. So, I'm interested to see what I'll get for 'me' money.
I'll be looking for other boxed veggie schemes nearby in case I want to try anymore. Suggestions welcome.
Meanwhile, I've still got the excellent produce from Beanies. Anyone got any good, tried and tested recipes for celeriac???
More to the point, what do they actually taste of?
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Celariac tastes like celery but can be used like swede or turnip... or grated and eaten raw.
It isn't my favourite vegetable, but it provides variety to have it sometimes.
Good luck exploring your veg box.
A good link to all sorts of fruit, veg and even non-veggie fare can be found at 'Eat The Seasons'. I get an email from them from time to time highlighting the current 'in season' nosh.
John
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