This commissary newsletter provides information on produce available for the week of October 15-21, 2012. Featured items include Washington Jonagold apples, blackberries, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, and raspberries. Butternut squash, acorn squash, and spaghetti squash are highlighted as produce picks of the week. A recipe for baked spaghetti squash with garlic butter is also included.

1. Volume 2 Issue 59
October 2012
Commissary Newsletter
“Are You Ready for Some Produce”
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Oct 15-21, 2012
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and Golden Delicious apples, offering a ries as a cure for mouth and throat long and very sweet (often wrapped in
Ft. Riley Commissary Produce unique tangy-sweet flavor with firm flesh. diseases and for preventing gout. plastic). Good quality cucumbers are an
even dark-green color and firm.
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“Premium” Iceberg Cello Lettuce Grape Tomatoes
Granny Smith It is not always best to get the firmest Grape tomatoes are actually a berry, and
#70015 head of lettuce. The best tasting lettuce is thought to have come first from the
will not be rock solid. If you buy the Andes mountains, and the present name
firmest head, you will get more lettuce “Naturipe” Raspberries is close to the Indian name. It belongs to
Green Seedless Grapes for your money, but it may not have the Raspberries are packed with fiber and the nightshade family, along with
best flavor. manganese. Fiber helps slow the digestive potatoes, eggplants, peppers and
#70615 process. Manganese is a trace mineral tobacco.
Sales! Sales! Sales! that helps keep your metabolic rate high,
Red Seedless Grapes which in turn burns fat.
#70614 Produce Picks of the Week Recipe of the Week
Baked Spaghetti Squash with Garlic Butter
Variety Squash Ingredients
On Vine Tomatoes
#71912 Butternut, Acorn & Spaghetti 1 small spaghetti squash
2 tablespoons butter
Butternut squash, also known in Australia and New Zealand as butternut pumpkin, is
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
a type of winter squash. It has a sweet, nutty taste similar to that of a pumpkin.
1/4 cup finely minced parsley
Yellow Onions 16/3# Bags It has yellow skin and orange fleshy pulp. Butternut squash is a fruit that can be
roasted, toasted, puréed for soups, or mashed and used in casseroles, breads, and
1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
#71414 muffins. In Australia it is regarded as a pumpkin, and is used interchangeably with
1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Directions:
other types of pumpkin. Butternut squash finds common use in South Africa. It is
Preheat oven to 375 F. Pierce squash a few times with sharp paring knife (to
often prepared as soup or grilled whole. Grilled butternut is typically seasoned with
Rainbow Peppers 12/3 PK spices such as nutmeg and cinnamon, or stuffed with other vegetables (e.g. example
let steam escape). Bake spaghetti squash for 60 minutes, or until a paring
#71541 knife pierces easily through skin with little resistance. Let squash cool for 10
Spinach and Feta before wrapped in foil and then grilled. The grilled butternut is
minutes. Cut squash in half, lengthwise. Use a fork to remove and discard the
often served as a side dish to braais (barbecues) and the soup as a starter dish.
seeds. Continue using fork to scrape the squash to get long, lovely strands.
It is a good source of fibre, vitamin C, manganese, magnesium, and potassium. It is
Hass Avocados 48 CT also an excellent source of vitamin A and vitamin E.
If the squash seem difficult to scrape, return the squash to bake for an
additional 10 minutes. Heat a large saute pan with the butter and the garlic
#72900 Acorn squash, also called pepper squash or Des Moines squash, is a winter squash with
over medium-low heat. When garlic becomes fragrant, add parsley, salt and
distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh. Although considered a
spaghetti squash strands. Toss well, sprinkle in the parmesan cheese and taste
winter squash, acorn squash belongs to the same species as all summer squashes
to see if you need additional salt. The spaghetti squash should have a slight
Variety Squash Bin (including zucchini and yellow crookneck squash). The most common variety is dark
crunch (i.e. not mushy) - but if you like it softer, cover the pan and cook 2
green in color, often with a single splotch of orange on the side or top. However,
Acorn, Butternut, Spaghetti newer varieties have arisen, including Golden Acorn, so named for its glowing yellow
more minutes.
#71854 color, as well as varieties that are white. Acorn squashes can also be variegated
(multi-colored). As the name suggests, its shape resembles that of an acorn. Acorn
Reminders for the Week
1. Congratulations DeCA on the 2012 Produce Retailer of the Year!
squash is most commonly baked, but can also be microwaved, sauteed or steamed. It
2. The apple contest is just a week away be sure to have your displays built
may be stuffed with rice, meat or vegetable mixtures. The seeds of the squash are
and lots of apples on hand.
also eaten, usually after being toasted. This squash is not as rich in beta-carotene as
3. Halloween is around the corner be sure to have lots of apple cider and
other winter squashes, but is a good source of dietary fiber and potassium, as well
caramel apples on the shelves.
as smaller amounts of vitamins C and B, magnesium, and manganese.
4. If you need POS material be sure to email me ASAP with details of what
Spaghetti squash, also called vegetable spaghetti, noodle squash, spaghetti marrow,
you need and when you need it.
squaghetti, gold string melon is an oblong seed-bearing variety of winter squash.
5. Don’t forget to send lots of pictures of your displays.
The fruit can range either from ivory to yellow or orange in color. The orange
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varieties have a higher carotene content. Its center contains many large seeds. Its
flesh is bright yellow or orange. When raw, the flesh is solid and similar to other
Did You Know?
Louise Boyd, a socialite from California passed the Arctic ice pack on a sea
raw squash; when cooked, the flesh falls away from the fruit in ribbons or strands voyage to Norway in the 1920’s and immediately organized an Arctic excur-
like spaghetti. Spaghetti squash can be baked, boiled, steamed, or microwaved. It can sion. She eventually led five expeditions to the areas surrounding Greenland
be served with or without sauce, as a substitute for pasta. The seeds can be roasted, and wrote 3 books about her travels and discoveries. During World War II, she
similar to pumpkin seeds. Spaghetti squash contains many nutrients, including folic used her expertise to work on secret assignments for the U.S. Military. Her
acid, potassium, vitamin A, and beta carotene. It is low in calories, averaging 42 valuable photographs, documents and other information have been used by
calories per 1-cup serving. civilians and the military alike.