Veggies, week 4

[magid]

This week's bounty includes:

a bunch of garlic scapes
a head of red leaf lettuce
a head of green leaf lettuce
a head of another kind of lettuce
a big bunch of mustard greens
half a dozen cute tiny purple-topped turnips
a small head of cauliflower
a bunch of bok choy

Noticeably absent: any kale.

Comments

garlic scapes

[magid.livejournal.com]

garlic scape : head of garlic :: scallion : onion

Approximately, that is.
It's the above ground shoot of the garlic, which is more solid than a thin scallion, rather curlier, and with a sort of slight bulbous bit somewhere on its length. It's a lighter garlic flavor, which is nice.

Re: garlic scapes

[magid.livejournal.com]

or it's the view when looking at a field of garlic.
:-)