[Market-farming] Baby Squash

Road's End Farm organic87 at frontiernet.net
Thu May 21 17:40:06 EDT 2009


On May 21, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Sue Oberle wrote:

>  I've taken squash "logs" to market reluctantly until about 2 yrs ago. 
> Put them in crates & sold them as seconds for $1.50 each. They sell 
> out so fast it scares me. Many people have no idea why we call them 
> seconds.

I used to bring only little zucchini until it sunk in to me that some 
of my customers wanted the big ones. And then it sunk in to me why. 
They're not crazy, they're using them for different styles of cooking. 
If you want to saute them, for instance, you want the little ones, 
definitely. If you want zucchini bread, or certain stuffed zucchini 
recipes, or zucchini relish, you do indeed want big ones. Some of my 
customers take different sizes depending on what they want to do with 
them; others know only the recipes for little ones, or only the big 
ones. They give each other funny looks when they're standing next to 
each other waiting to pay: what on earth do you want *those* for?

I wouldn't call them seconds. They're not; they're just the right size 
for a different type of use.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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