General Chat

Curley Kale is what Northern Germany class as --Green Cabbage.their main cabbage line is White.

I am sorry, I have lied to you all.

Have double checked on the article in the paper and they are only 99p a bag.

Is it any wonder that the supermarkets make no profit when they try to sell bags of tuf (sic) inedible greens?

Maybe they know the difference between broccolli and kale.

Det thats why people grow their own especially the more expensive stuffs,,,,I dont grow Chard,,,,,its like coloured rhubarb,,,, :-D

a small box with drainage can be used to grow a leaf salad mix seed.....its got all sorts in it,,,,,,plus the more you pick they just keep producing,,,, ;-)

Rollo, no one has said they should eat a diet suitable for only herbivores. 'Greens' of most persuasions are a good source of roughage and vitamins.
Try cutting out the thick stems, shredding finely and either using in a stir fry or steaming & seasoning. You could always try mixing in some crushed garlic ;-)

Kay - still not enough room. We'd never eat all the roots. We actually spotted small bags of Swiss Chard on sale in an organic food shop today. At £1.95 for 2 small portions, it stayed there.

Globe beetroot doesnt have to be delegated to a backgarden they can be grown in amongest a flower bed or border as long as they have a good forked over space and sow abt 7" apart......,pick the leaves at about 9/10 weeks,the beets can be grated and eaten raw in salads or used in a quick stir fry..sow now, about 9/10 seeds at one time,a packet will give a full summers need,

I use about 4x5. of allotment space and takes me into aumtum for pickling.

They are tuf and inedible, people do not need the same diet as a cow or rabbit and if they try it on there will be trouble ... in northern Germany vast amounts of cabbage and such are eaten, the locals seem not to notice the pungent result.

The broccoli florets though are delish and there are lots of ways to cook them

In that case, all I'd need is someone who'd want a bunch of roots :-0

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Quite often I've seen fresh beetroot sold in bunches in summer months, even on veg, stalls within an indoor shopping centre.

Provided it's fresh, it should be OK to use the leaves...In fact when I was buying some once, another customer asked if I was going to use the leaves. As I only really wanted the beet, I gave her the leaves from my veg. to make pickle.

Brussel tops, my favourite green.

Not enough room, north facing garden + we are surrounded by tree and their roots.
Himself made a couple of raised bed/boxes last year - they'll have tomatoes, Swiss Chard and an attempt at salad leaves.
Runner beans have to be planted in pots and trained up against a fence.

grow your own.

I'll ask at the farm shop, but as they don't grow beetsroots (the purple things not Sugar beets) its unlikely they'd have them.

(chard) Silverbeet in Oz, Det. :-)

Beetroot leaves are lovely - we've only had them once, back in the late 70's. Never seen them to buy in the shops. Might they be sold as packaged salad leaves?

all of a cauli can be eaten florets ,leaves and stalks,

That's what we call silverbeet, Kay.

Most what is bought in shops as broccoli is infact Calabrese large headed and green, and you can eat the whole lot stalkes and all. as with red and yellow sprouting broccoli.which is lovely steamed leaves and all.much the same as spring greens.

beetroot leaves can be eaten same as Chard.

As I am a Broccoli addict I will definitely be buying them :-D :-D :-D

I think, in times gone by, that the leaves were fed to cattle, then they improved the plant.

Well you live and learn lol. I didn't know people ate broccoli leaves :-0
In fact I don't remember eating or even being aware of broccoli when I was younger.