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past Thursday Night Drops have been at: Slow Club Andy's Goodbye to Market Letter ------ Testimonials: Dear Julia and Andy! tonight: I grilled tomatoes & yellow and red bell peppers & Padron peppers! and, tossed carrots & garlic with shredded kale and vinegar. Everything tastes s-o-o-o good! - Cynthia I ate the nettles all by myself over 2 days! Sauted in garlic and olive oil. Half was tossed with pasta. The other half was mixed with greek yogurt for a Turkish meze. Yum! -Bridgette cardoon medium
thanks for ALL your mystery box support, Andy and I are both having fun with this project. mariquitamystery at gmail dot com |
**All Deliveries are Rain or Shine. What, Who, Where, Why, When is all below, plus a FAQ section: What: Guerilla vegetable deliveries: Not a CSA, we have one of those. More like a taco truck-meets-the farmers market. No prepayment, no credit cards. You give me your cell phone number as collateral that you'll show up, I give you mine so you can find me/contact me that night. We don't abuse each others cell numbers. List of what we're selling is to the right. --------> How: Email me with your order by Tuesday or before of the week of delivery. AND we often sell out before then: so email as soon as you know you want an order. mariquitamystery at gmail dot com I will confirm via email, and show up on Thursday with your order, and you pay me in cash. IF you don't receive a confirmation by Tuesday morning of the week of, try contacting me again! I may well have your order, or I might not. email is that way. Why: Mariquita Customers at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market missed us when we chose to stop attending spring of 2007. Some of our customers begged for a way to still receive our erbette chard, boxes of San Marzanos, sweet peppers, basil, red carrots etc. We still grow it all and we're delighted to find a way bring it to SF, even if you *don't* own a restaurant! This was Julia's idea, and Julia is the one that generally attends these. Andy stays home to care for human kids, train donkeys, etc. Where: At one of our restuarants that we sell to in San Francisco. Upcoming Schedule is at the top of this page. When: Every Other Thursday, more or less. FAQ: How do I make an order? Email us. I'll confirm via email.. It sometimes takes me a few days to get to the confirmations, if you've NOT heard from me by the Tuesday of the week of delivery, please contact me again, my spam filter or some other strange internet thing might have happened to your email. mariquita mystery at gmail dot com How do I pay? by cash at pick up. no credit cards or checks please. thank you. What exactly is a mystery box? At least two former market shoppers asked for a box of whatever we wanted to send on that first night when we delivered to Nopa in June, 2007. Andy enjoyed making up these two boxes for Victoria and David, using the same items we harvest for the restaurants. Starting with the Third Thursday night at Piccino a few weeks later, we started including a list of what's in the box as a guide, kind of like boxes of chocolates that let you know which shape is which flavor. We always put in more value than the $25 price. **Mystery Box Etiquette** No substitutions, it's a great deal already: share the extras if there's stuff you don't like. You're still likely saving lots of $$. It's too many details for us when you ask for a mystery box, plus tomatoes if we aren't putting in tomatoes, or something like that. thanks for understanding. Can you please make 'half mystery boxes'? I can't eat that much food and I don't want the vegetables to go to waste! Nope: sorry. You can find someone, (several someones?) to share the box, or you can join our more tradtional CSA, or you can adopt some kids and make your household big enough to consume the whole box: you can decide which option is easiest for you. Also: our mystery box program, just like our CSA program, doesn't work for everyone! Some folks are best off attending their local farmers market. The reason this all works for us is because we make one size box: it's got some interesting (less adventurous home cooks might say challenging) things every time, and it's the stuff we have in abundance. That's how we can make this box such a good deal. Do you bring extra? Can I just show up without making an order? Sometimes I bring just a little extra, making an order ahead is best. If you're in the area you can stop by and ask. How do you choose the restaurants you do your pick ups at? I choose the restaurants where I have a prayer of getting a parking place nearby, and I try to move it around a bit to hit different neighborhoods on different Thursdays. Why did you leave the farmers market? Read Andy's Piece. Will you consider attending any other farmers market, or return to the Ferry Plaza market? Do you plan to continue these Thursday nights? Yes, every other week. Do you have a blog? ahem. yes. All told between Andy and Julia we have 3 blogs. Andy's. Julia's. Two Small Farms'. What restaurants do you sell to? Here's the list. |
Ladybug Buying Club?? We've started that so that anyone anytime can be alerted when we truly have enough for all. If you're passionate about bulk buying please do sign up for the right geographic one for you, and ask your friends, and blog about it too! thank you. Yes, we'll be offering the mystery folks all of this and more. We *won't* be offering mystery boxes to the ladybug buying club at all. But there may be a day when Andy storms in the kitchen and exclaims: "We have 80 pounds of freshly picked padrons! argh!" I can sweetly say: "Let me send and email and go up to SF/Palo Alto/Los Gatos and sell them"! It's an experiment, I hope it works. We can do the same with the tomatoes. Andy's Open Letter to Michael Pollan: worth reading.... ------------------
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