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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2012, 10:20:29 am »
Is it this Mandi?
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2012, 10:21:02 am »
It looks like kohl rabi to me.
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2012, 10:21:38 am »
Could it be a kohlrabi?

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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2012, 10:23:23 am »
3/3 so it must be  ;D  My link will tell you what to do with it Dede.
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2012, 10:25:22 am »
Sorry Judy I couldn't open the link.
And so what do I do with this veggie? Do I boil or steam or add it to something or feed it to the chooks?
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2012, 10:33:29 am »
OK it is working now Mandi.
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2012, 11:01:05 am »
Thanks Judy it worked that time. Oh well I guess I will try chips then. I don't know why my DH brings home veggies we don't eat like broad beans (none of us like them).
As for all that cucumber well I better start looking up some recipes. I do like cucumber, tomato and onion in vinegar with a little sugar. :)
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2012, 12:02:10 pm »
I use kohlrabi the same way you could use a lot of root vegetables. It has a mild flavor so can mix in a lot of meals in secret 😉.  Lots of people have never seen them. Checkout girl at shop once tried to look it up (so I could pay for it) as 'cold rabbi'😊

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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2012, 12:13:14 pm »
I was about to say it looks like a purple kohlrabi. It would be good as a remoulade - I don't know where the link is but there is a celeriac remoulade on the forum which would also work with kohlrabi. The colour is beautiful though. Otherwise you could steam it or finely chop it up to use in a salad ie similar to a coleslaw.


Here's the link Merlin refers to above.
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2012, 07:21:44 pm »
Well it's one of those veggies I have never tried, although I have heard of them before. I thought it was a different breed of sweed/ turnip or something similar.
I have had a bit of a google seach and seen quiet a few recipes. Now to choose one.
I think there is 3 of them in the bag (amongst all the other veggies)

By the way has anyone tried white beet root ? Does it taste the same as the purple beets?
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2012, 08:14:13 pm »
Well I only have purple cabbage left ;D

Dede, how erxciting all thise veggies. I havent seen the kohlrabi brfore & to be honest havent heard of it either.

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P.s. Nazar the spring onions came from the veggie patch, they were getting huge & didnt want them to get any bigger. :) what. Great idea.
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2012, 01:24:58 am »
Could you use purple cabbage in cabbage rolls?

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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #27 on: March 21, 2012, 09:38:34 am »
I was just thinking that it could also be a purple swede!
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Re: Veggies to use up
« Reply #28 on: March 21, 2012, 10:17:21 am »
No I think the others were right about it being kohlrabi. My Dad was here today and that's what he said too. Although he said they are not very nice.
  Oh well I'm still going to try slicing them thin and putting them on an oven tray drizzled with olive oil, with a bit of S & P and bake them and see what we think.
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