tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904044147658632374.post924035550381006504..comments2023-10-22T05:31:07.024-04:00Comments on A Foodie's Quest: My Cup Runeth Over!Dahlia ChanTanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761052647377223709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904044147658632374.post-14967642895965353482010-08-02T19:01:41.090-04:002010-08-02T19:01:41.090-04:00Oooh! I love kohlrabi (there are actually few veg...Oooh! I love kohlrabi (there are actually few vegetables that I do not like...) If the skin is still tender -try poking it with your nail: if it easily goes through, it is fine, if not, peel the skin - you can eat it skin and all, and that's a great thing since a peeled purple kohl is plain green underneath. <br />Kohlrabi tastes just like a cross between the tender centre leaves of a cabbage and a broccoli stalk. It can be eaten raw, sliced thinly or shredded, in a slaw-like salad, or as a crisp addition to a mixed salad. You can also cut it into chunks or slices and cook it (with butter of course!)When you start getting monster-sized kohls, they can peeled, boiled and mashed with butter, and perhaps a potato or two... I can't wait til mash season!<br />The leaves on the kohlrabi are also edible: if they are tiny, they are tasty raw, otherwise they are best eaten cooked like kale.<br />Hope that gives you a few ideas!Dahlia ChanTanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761052647377223709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904044147658632374.post-77847492855629023432010-08-01T12:15:11.324-04:002010-08-01T12:15:11.324-04:00This truly is the richest time of the year. Thanks...This truly is the richest time of the year. Thanks for summarizing what's available! I received one purple kohlrabi in my CSA share this week. Any ideas on what I can do with it?Andy C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09594193387964718173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904044147658632374.post-87506444171755374332010-07-31T21:51:48.045-04:002010-07-31T21:51:48.045-04:00You can still get hot radishes if you get them dur...You can still get hot radishes if you get them during a drought or a heat wave. Otherwise, I do agree that the new, commercial radishes are less hot.<br />If drought-radishes are still not hot enough for you, you can always grow them yourself. Radishes are an easy crop, and adapt well to container gardening if you do not have access to a veg plot. Just stress out your radishes by not watering quite enough or exposing them to blighting sun.Dahlia ChanTanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761052647377223709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904044147658632374.post-27081701968649662272010-07-30T00:09:35.726-04:002010-07-30T00:09:35.726-04:00Unfortunately Ontario grape growers, no doubt prod...Unfortunately Ontario grape growers, no doubt prodded by polls and marketing consultants, have over the past few years replaced all their stock with a seedless, much less sour variety. All the fun and taste are gone, and I don't buy them anymore. You mentioned hot radishes in an earlier post, but haven't you noticed that radishes are no longer hot? They've bred them to have no flavour. And marigolds no longer smell. And . . .Tol de Rolnoreply@blogger.com