try 10 new vegetables

CALLALOO. It’s Jamaican, just like the workers at the farm where we get the vegetables, that we don’t get at the farmers market. It’s leafy, green, and very good. I steamed it like spinach, then sauted it in garlic & butter. I have to say, I’m a big fan. It’s less bitter than spinach, and has stems that are similar to broccoli. Very good.

I’d never prepared them. I roasted local candy beets in oo. They were pretty darn good. I’m unsure why I’d never had them before, I think my parents only got the canned pre sliced kind, pretty unappealing.

Bought some baby pac choi from Lull farms, http://www.lullfarmllc.com/, and used it in stir fry. It was good.
I didn’t like it as steamed greens though.
AO

They are very easy to use… just grill them, and make something like this:
http://www.crankynstinky.com/blog/index.php?/archives/242-Grillied-Salsa-verde.html

note to self. French this vegetable, rather than grate. It looses it’s great crunchiness, and becomes kinda lifeless grated.
AO

Celeriac – I had it last night at a fancy pants restaurant.
It was quite tasty, very celery like. It was cooked in cream, and was muy rico.

I’ve also managed to pick up jicama from the store. So, I plan to make this recipe from Bobby Flay, found on food network tv.

A small list (from todd’s) that I found I’ve never prepared / had

1. Beet Greens
2) Broadbeans
3) Cactus (Nopal)
4) Celeriac
5) Jicama
6) Lotus Root
7) Poi
8) Purslane
9) Rutabagas
10) Sorrel
11) Taro
12) Yucca Root
13) Hearts of Palm
14) Chicory Greens
15) Gai Choy Cabbage
16) Gai Lan
17) Jerusalem Artichoke

I’m sure there are more, just unsure which ones I can find local and find recipes to prepare.