I picked my only kohlrabi on Saturday. I ate some of it raw, and tried frying the rest. It’s not my favourite veggie, but it helped fill me up for supper. I didn’t remember the top leaves are edible if cooked, so by the time I found out by surfing the web, they were already left behind in the garden.
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I finished watching “Mousehunt” [7/10], and saw “Mission Impossible II” [8/10] for the first time on Friday. For Saturday I went for a long bike ride, stopping at several garage sales to haggle, and picked up a selection of some very useful stuff [Brita tanks, camera memory, exercise ball-tube, book] for under $8 in total. (And yes John, I did end up blogging about my new Brita tanks like we talked about Saturday.)
Along the way I stopped at Jesse’s and watched Olympic volleyball, then finished my ride with a stop at the dragon boat races just before they wrapped up. The team names are hilarious, including the “Civil Serpents”, “Soggy Bottom Buoys”, “Wascanimals”, and I think I even heard the names “Ship Kickers” and “Dragon Your Assets”.
My remaining evening at home could be described as cooking, cleaning, and TV watching. Oooh, exciting.
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bigcitylib | 24-Aug-08 at 6:58 am | Permalink
I think the leaves are edible, right? I used to feed them to my iguanas.
Angie | 24-Aug-08 at 8:01 am | Permalink
Strange looking veggie. I’m not sure I’ve ever had one. What’s it taste like?
Saskboy | 24-Aug-08 at 12:17 pm | Permalink
Yeah BCL, they recommend eating them like kale.
Angie, it’s a bit like a cabbage crossed with a turnip, and is really crunchy. Like a radish, if you let them get too big, they get woody. It looks even more strange with the long stemmed leaved attached everywhere on it.
huffb1 | 24-Aug-08 at 12:40 pm | Permalink
Is this that veg that is used in a lot of Asian food?
Tanya Derbowka | 24-Aug-08 at 12:42 pm | Permalink
I have grown kohlrabi before but I didn’t like them. They look like aliens and they taste worse. Anyway, I am here to link my post about the WAM Festival, which seems highly appropriate for green thumb Sunday.
John Murney | 24-Aug-08 at 2:05 pm | Permalink
Thanks for the link, Saskboy. And yes, my Mom used to grow Kohlrabi every year - it is a great vegetable raw!