Jane HenegarWelcome to Fare Exchange and to the challenges and benefits of the exchanging. Today Clare King has asked for shopping information, for a recipe and finally for what to do with vegetables that are typically discarded.
“I have heard that before you roast pecans you should soak them in water. I don’t know if that is true and, if it is, why. I would like a specific recipe. And I have looked around town for ponzu sauce, which combines the flavors of soy and citrus, but cannot find it.”
Finally, Ms. King has been looking at the throwaway stems of asparagus and broccoli, as she breaks off asparagus stems and cuts the broccoli florets away from the tough base. But she is wondering whether that is wasteful and how we might use asparagus and broccoli – and other fresh produce as well – that we have always thought to discard.
And this is an anonymous request: For a bread “like the buttery stuffed herb bread sold at Bread Basket.”
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