“Remoted” Workday 221 / Day 338 (Wednesday)

Produce!

A Misfits Market produce box was allowed to happen today. For about a month, when it was time to choose vegetables, I’d end up pushing the box out by a week. Choosing the produce had become stressful, mostly due to a lack of interest in what was available. I’d start reviewing the groups and anything I might have wanted would be already sold out.

Last week, as I was stressing over the options, I noticed a “Mystery Box” option. It was decided that if the Market add-ons were any good, I would keep the scheduled box with the mystery option, otherwise, it would be pushed by a week. Cancelling the subscription was also considered. Checking out the market add-ons was a good decision, because those options were great. There was jarred pesto, pecan halves, mushrooms, and figs, all at great prices. 

The produce box arrived at some point in the afternoon. It must have been delivered by a stealth ninja or a Navy SEAL because there was not a peep from the on-site security team, which usually reacts to a sneeze two blocks away. The chief of security was lounging in the living room. The box had been strategically placed immediately outside the storm door to the deck, making it hard to open the door. Someone please tell me what the deal is with delivery people leaving heavy boxes up against doors. Is this a new delivery standard, or is it just my personal delightful luck?

It started with soft mangoes.

Anyway. Produce was unpacked. There were comical elements, like the head of cabbage that is not much larger than the purple top turnip or the onions. Between the ginger in the freezer from past boxes, and the ginger that arrived today, I'm buried in the stuff. The two mangoes that arrived in the box were soft and not long for this world. 

Nothing had been planned for supper, but after work, I began peeling and dicing mangoes and tossed it with onions. That led to a concoction with a can of three bean mix (kidney, black, and pinto), a can of corn, some hot salsa and a handful of frozen shrimp because mangoes and onion on their own do not a supper make. The cool, sweet mango offset the hot salsa and it was all pretty good for a thrown together, unplanned meal. Now to figure out what the heck to do with all the ginger. Oy.