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Kohl Rabi
Kohl Rabi is not really a root vegetable although it does look like that, but the edible part of the plant is in fact the swollen base the same as with Florence Fennel and Celeriac. Like most vegetables, the mature plants needs to be harvested and eaten before they get too big and tough. Do not let then get bigger than a tennis ball and do not try and store them as they don’t keep. Kohl Rabi is very much an undiscovered vegetable here in the U.K. although it is quite versatile in the kitchen. If it is skinned, grated and eaten raw with salads, it has a nutty Celery taste and if it is cooked like a more traditional vegetable, it has a taste said to be somewhere between that of a turnip and a cabbage. Kohl Rabi is actually a member of the Brassica family, hence the Cabbage like taste, so the leaves should not be discarded as if they are kept fresh when the plants are harvested, they can also be boiled and eaten like Cabbage. |
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