Based on quantity alone, our second week winner is arugula. We got a metric fuckton of arugula from the dirty hippie collective last Saturday. Seriously. In came in a dry-cleaning bag. We ate arugula everyday for every meal and still had to throw some away.
Lots of arugula, I'm saying.
Arugula, as we learned from "Camp Candy" is like lettuce for rich people.
Arugula, as many know, is like lettuce that tastes like burning. People seem to like it, though.
Here is something to do with it aside from the standard green salad or sandwich topping:
New Red Potato and Arugula Salad:
(Shamelessly ripped off from here)
1. Season water in a large pot and bring it to a boil.
2. While waiting for that to happen, wash and chop 1-2lbs new red potatoes. You want bite sized pieces, slightly smaller than if you were making straight up boiled potatoes.
3. Boil the potatoes for about 15 minutes.
4. Drain those in your colander and let cool.
5. While that is cooling, get some arugula. You want enough volume of arugula to match the amount of potatoes you've cooked. Wash your arugula, dry it, and tear it up. You want big pieces, and you probably don't want to eat the stems. You can eat the stems, but it doesn't look as nice and people have stems hanging out of their mouths, and everybody looks like a hillbilly.
6. Now, in a separate bowl, mix 3 tablespoons of white vinegar with salt, pepper and few cloves worth of minced garlic.
7. Slowly pour 1/4 cup of olive oil into the vinegar mixture while whisking the crap out of it. You want to beat it till it is glossy. You know to do that thing to it. . . When it all homogenizes. . . . My wife knows what I'm talking about. . .
8. Toss the cool potatoes with the dry and torn arugula and the newly made dressing in a big bowl.
9. Serve at room temp.
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