What new foods have you tried recently?

[polly]

The stem of broccoli, on someone's recommendation. I sliced it and put it in a stir fry. I don't really like broccoli but this was sweeter and less farty tasting. It was acceptable And better to eat it than chuck it in the compost I guess.

 

[trabuquera]

You've been throwing it away all these years? No wonder you've never warmed to broccoli! If you like this bit better, try long-stalked broccoli like purple sprouting or Tenderstem or broccoli rabe ... the flowers are really the least sweet & often bitterest bit of the plant.

 

[polly]

You've been throwing it away all these years? No wonder you've never warmed to broccoli! If you like this bit better, try long-stalked broccoli like purple sprouting or Tenderstem or broccoli rabe ... the flowers are really the least sweet & often bitterest bit of the plant.

I mean the giant stem that all the little stems come off! I do like all those other broccoli, but weirdly because they're more bitter. I find calabrese (I think that's what standard broccoli is called?) tastes like bland farts. Bitter is good.

 

[iona]

The giant stem that all the little stems come off is the best bit! I didn't know throwing it away was a thing but then I eat apple cores / kiwi skins / the green bits on top of strawberries / etc too

 

[polly]

The giant stem that all the little stems come off is the best bit! I didn't know throwing it away was a thing but then I eat apple cores / kiwi skins / the green bits on top of strawberries / etc too

My mum eats it raw but as she also doesn't bother taking the skin off onions, garlic etc I always assumed it was just her

 

[The39thStep]

You've been throwing it away all these years? No wonder you've never warmed to broccoli! If you like this bit better, try long-stalked broccoli like purple sprouting or Tenderstem or broccoli rabe ... the flowers are really the least sweet & often bitterest bit of the plant.

I grow loads of broccoli rabe. Delicious with butter and black pepper.

 

[polly]

I grow loads of broccoli rabe. Delicious with butter and black pepper.

I've got seeds somewhere - apparently it bolts like crazy though?

 

[RubyToogood]

I grow loads of broccoli rabe. Delicious with butter and black pepper.

This is meaningless. Everything is delicious with butter and black pepper.

 

[gentlegreen]

Eating broccoli stems doesn't fit in with my style of cooking and I doubt I'm wasting many nutrients. (I put whole sprouts in my stews, and I use broccoli to spruce it up on the third day - so I want it to cook quickly)
I throw away one or two a week - in the garden so I get some benefit from it.

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

I eat the stems, but Mr Yu doesn't. I do quite often just chuck that part out of laziness because keeping it separate and cooking it is effort.

We have something in China (maybe it's common everywhere and I just became aware of it here) called celtuce, which is sliced and stir-fried much like you are doing with broccoli stems, polly .

 

[Fez909]

Black Scabbardfish - tastier than it looks

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

Black Scabbardfish - tastier than it looks

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[dessiato]

Black Scabbardfish - tastier than it looks

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They're so ugly, aren't they? The local fishmonger in Portugal had them but they're rare here.

 

[The39thStep]

I've got seeds somewhere - apparently it bolts like crazy though?

Its very quick growing and best to cut before the flowers go yellow. I've grown a lot of turnip leaf this winter thats worth trying as well.

 

[The39thStep]

Black Scabbardfish - tastier than it looks

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Delicious , my favourite fish here in Portugal

 

[The39thStep]

Yacon. I've grown this in England but its frost sensitive and needs a sunny spot. So I'm trying for the first time to grow this in Portugal
How to grow and cook yacon

 

[gentlegreen]

I couldn't cope with yacon - basically a dahlia tuber that tastes sort of like a pear.

 

[8115]

Gu salted caramel chocolate spread. Very nice.

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

I just had saffron steamed eggs. They were incredible.

 

[The39thStep]

I couldn't cope with yacon - basically a dahlia tuber that tastes sort of like a pear.

I quite like it in salads and sometimes just to nibble on. Depends on how much crop I get but I wouldnt mind making a syrup for drinks out of it. I had a good crop one year in England but the next year was disappointing and the next year the frost got the last plant.

 

[gentlegreen]

I do need to develop a taste for the daisy family though.
I like lettuce and chicory, but Jerusalem artichokes are so easy to grow ...
I bought a jar of artichoke antipasta the other day ...

 

[The39thStep]

artichokes are great

 

[trabuquera]

Jerusalem artichokes are fabulous, yes, but oh the flatulence that follows ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Jerusalem artichokes are fabulous, yes, but oh the flatulence that follows ...

*ears perk up*

I'd forgotten about that .

(I'm probably already at peak flatulence - every day is cruciferous vegetable day chez-moi )

 

[gentlegreen]

I'll almost certainly get more adventurous once I retire and am having to grow as much food as possible.
(As well as wanting to impress the locals)

 

[polly]

I do need to develop a taste for the daisy family though.
I like lettuce and chicory, but Jerusalem artichokes are so easy to grow ...
I bought a jar of artichoke antipasta the other day ...

Jerusalem artichokes are not really artichokes though - they're a variety of sunflower And they do produce the most amazing farts, in quantity and quality.

 

[gentlegreen]

Jerusalem artichokes are not really artichokes though - they're a variety of sunflower And they do produce the most amazing farts, in quantity and quality.

But they're all glorified dandelions in my book.

 

[neonwilderness]

I tried donkey (in a ragu sauce) recently. It was fairly bland and inoffensive and I wouldn’t have known what it was if it hasn’t explicitly mentioned it on then menu (which was the main reason I picked it tbf ).

 

[Fez909]

Limpet rice.

Pretty good. Like winkles but less gross looking. Just.

 

[gentlegreen]

Limpet rice.

Pretty good. Like winkles but less gross looking. Just.

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