Re: What did you grow that was new this year?
- To: v*@eskimo.com
- Subject: Re: What did you grow that was new this year?
- From: N* <R*@foxinternet.net>
- Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 17:06:57 -0700
- References: <515f3e0e.361aedf7@aol.com>
- Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 17:00:40 -0700
- Resent-From: veggie-list@eskimo.com
- Resent-Message-ID: <"UEXOF2.0.7F6.d207s"@mx1>
- Resent-Sender: veggie-list-request@eskimo.com
Meconella@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am curious if anyone grew anything that was new to them, either vegetable
> or variety, and how it turned out? Was is worth it and will you do it again?
>
> I grew for the first time an oriental green, Tatsoi. It is great. It tastes
> good, is easy to germinate and grow, it seems indestructable, and its
> really good in stir-fries. And it's cute. It can also be used very young raw
> in salads. It is used locally as one of the ingredients in that hoity-toity
> pre-washed expensive salad mix in our supermarkets. The seed cataloges say it
> is one of the best in withstanding freezes, but I found it to be quite
> resistent to bolting in the summer. It's a good vegetable. In fact, I am
> surprised the grocery stores dont sell it separately. But then, most
> supermarkets tend to sell the same old things.
>
> Janet.
The common "vegetable" dish at formal Chinese banquets is very young Ta
Cai (pronounced ta ts-hai, which is why it's spell tatsoi in the U.S.)
in a rich garlic sauce. I've never been able to reproduce the garlic
sauce, however.
Steve
