What are these please?

[Dawn]

These just turned up in our veg box. I was expecting jerusalem artichoke but these clearly aren't they. They're about 5 inches high and are scaring me. :eek:

[Chris/Lisa]

celeriac?

[Whitequeen]

Looks like Fennel to me but I could be wrong.:shrug:

[Dawn]

OK I tasted a leaf and it was sort of sweet, a bit lettucy.

*wonders if it could actually be lettuce* :unsure:

[PaulaK]

tulips. :hehe:

[Whitequeen]

Definately not celeraic. Definately not Jerusalam Artichoke.:confused:

[Whitequeen]

A Chinese Lettuce of some sort?:unsure:

[Dawn]

I've narrowed it done to either Little Gem lettuce...

Or something else. :lol:

[Whitequeen]

Hhhhhmmm, Little Gem are a lot greener than that.
I've changed my mind on the fennel, unless you tell me it tastes of aniseed.

[triciacarole]

Don't think its little gem. Have you looked at Sainsburys website, I think they have pictures of their fruit and veg?

[Dawn]

No it tastes of lettuce.

I've just emailed the company to see. Problem is, I'm emailing head office and all the boxes are packed and delivered locally.

A most perplexing mystery... :spy:

[lisaw]

Pretty sure it's chicory :unsure:

[Dawn]

:slapme:

Chicory!! That's it!! :excited:

What do I do with chicory. :unsure:

[lisaw]

er ... throw it away or feed it to the piggies :unsure: :lol:

You can just slice it up thinly and add it to stir frys or salads :thumbs:

[Dawn]

Piggie food it is then. :lol:

[Whitequeen]

YES!!! I knew I'd seen it before. YUK!:unsure:
Thank you Lisa, that was driving me mad.:lol:

[lisaw]

It used to come into work every day for me to make an 'interesting' salad out of and at the end of the day the salad would go in the bin :rolleyes: :lol:

[uscwest]

lisaw beat me too it. My guess was going to be either Escarole or Chicory. Chicory is great in coffee. :)

[Dawn]

What I dip this bunch of leaves in my coffee? :huh:

[lisaw]

I think they used to grind it up and mix it with coffee during the war to make it go further :unsure:

I used to love 'Camp' coffee essence which is coffee and chicory even though the name makes me laugh :lol:

[Whitequeen]

In the 'old days' :rolleyes: (late 70s) there was a shortage of coffee and it was very, very expensive so to make it cheaper they put chicory in it to bulk it out and make it cheaper. I remember it was horrible.:(

[Chris/Lisa]

In the 'old days' :rolleyes: (late 70s) there was a shortage of coffee and it was very, very expensive so to make it cheaper they put chicory in it to bulk it out and make it cheaper. I remember it was horrible.:(


What was it like in black and white queenie?

[Whitequeen]

Boring!!:lol:
I remember B&W, I remember the 3 day week!!:unsure:

[Dawn]

Who the heck decided that chicory would be good for bulking out coffee?

Probably the same guy who looked at a cow and thought "I'll squeeze one of those and get a drink" :lol:

[Dawn]

I remember the 3 day week. And powercuts. And Len Murray.

[uscwest]

One of the most widely sold Chicory Coffees here in the US is Luzianne. My mother used to buy it a lot when I was a kid.

Down in New Orleans there is a place that makes Beignets (Confectioners sugar coated lumps of fried dough, DELICIOUS) and serves them with wonderful cups of Chicory Coffee. It is called Cafe du Monde. It recently reopened following Hurricane Katrina. You can also get beignets at Port Orleans French Quarter.

[Dawn]

Ooooh I've had coffee and beignets in Cafe du Monde. Seriously strong coffee. :thumbs:

[wdwgrandma]

I'm hoping to get some chicory coffee and beignets at Cafe du Monde while I'm down there the week of the 20th!

[donnap1216]

I absolutely love Cafe du Monde in New Orleans and the Beignets and coffee. Wow what a memory, could go for some of them now. I am so glad to hear that they have re opened.

[Dawn]

It's the place for breakfast after a night in the Quarter. That coffee seriously perks you up. :bounce:

[Chris/Lisa]

Who the heck decided that chicory would be good for bulking out coffee?

Probably the same guy who looked at a cow and thought "I'll squeeze one of those and get a drink" :lol:

or the one who saw the chicken ovulating and thought mmmmmm chicken ovulations

edited to change to ovulations:whistle:

[Dawn]

*wonders what word was removed*

[Chris/Lisa]

also a name for .

[lisaw]

I will never eat another egg again :afraid: :sick:

[triciacarole]

Chris....:nono:

[Dawn]

Tink's looking at the chicory and going :huh:

[lisaw]

Mix it up into a nice salad for her then :D

[Dawn]

She's eaten it. :excited:

[lisaw]

Now I know what to with chicory if it ever arrives in one of my veggie boxes :hehe:

[Dawn]

All I need to do now is persuade the piggies to help us eat the bazillion kiwi fruit we got this week. :eek:

[triciacarole]

I love kiwi fruit, send some here :D

[psdjmem]

These just turned up in our veg box. I was expecting jerusalem artichoke but these clearly aren't they. They're about 5 inches high and are scaring me. :eek:

These sure look like endive to me a lettuce-y type of veggie good for using the leaves to stuff with all kinds of savory fixings. Endive can sometimes be a bit bitter so that is why lots of people use it as a wrap for different fillings although you can chop it up for salads.

I think that endive is called chicory sometimes??? I have always called it endive ...

http://www.endive.com/

http://www.belgianendive.com/recipes.htm

[Breeze]

Dawn, you have figured out what they are by now haven't you :unsure: Did you eat them or did you just wait to see is some kind of alien hatched out them :wink:

[BevW]

I'm still trying to figure out what a veg box is.

[Dawn]

They were chicory and the piggies enjoyed them very much.

A veg box - we have a local company that delivers a box of assorted organic fruit and veg to our door each Tuesday. It costs more than going to the supermarket but it's quality stuff and it gets us eating different things.

Got Swiss chard and pac choi this week. I can't tell the difference. :wacko:

[Chris/Lisa]

Dont the Swiss Chard look after the pope? :unsure:

[Dawn]

It is far too early for jokes of that low standard.

Yes there are green leafy things marching up and down my kitchen. :lol:

[Chris/Lisa]

It is far too early for jokes of that low standard.


:smug: that was top quality!!

[Dawn]

Then we are all truly doomed. :blink:

[Chris/Lisa]

you probably didn't understand it then :whistle:

[OKWTink]

Actually, what you call chicory, we call Belgian Endive here. It's quite nice in a salad or used as a base for an appetizer, etc.

Chicory here, is frisee in France. A thin, curly edged bitter green that is nice in salad.

Swiss chard is a nice veggie too, whether or not it leads to guarding the Pope. LOL!

pac choi? Bok Choy? One in the same?

[Dawn]

Yep, one and the same.

I think I've got them sorted now. The chard stalks got sliced into tonight's casserole and the leaves will be steamed like spinach and served with it. Apparently it's stuffed full of vitamins A and C. :thumbs:

Pac choi I'm still working on, though it'll probably end up in a stir fry. :shrug:

[OKWTink]

Yep, that's pretty much what one does with pac choi/bok choy. :D It's not half bad.

Swiss chard, I usually sautee. Mushrooms, a bit of garlic. Yummy stuff. :yes:

[Chris/Lisa]

again...


http://www.2goglobal.com/2GoChronicals/2%20Go%20Photos/Europe/Italy/swiss_guard.jpg


and

http://www.curvecomm.com/teletubbies/po.gif


easy enough to tell 'em apart

bad..um...tum pshhh

[Dawn]

I think you'd better leave...:wink:

[Chris/Lisa]

I'll get me coat

:sorry:

[MystikPiglit]

:eek: I seem to have wandered into the wrong thread....................
I thought it was about cooking....

[Dawn]

It is. Someone is getting their goose cooked. :lol:

[MystikPiglit]

Let us know how the chard turns out.

[BevW]

A veg box - we have a local company that delivers a box of assorted organic fruit and veg to our door each Tuesday. It costs more than going to the supermarket but it's quality stuff and it gets us eating different things.

Cool!!! We have a service like that, but it's only for dairy products.

[Eeyores smile]

I wouldn't have been able to tell it was chicory. My dad thought it was garlic!

[Dawn]

Let us know how the chard turns out.

It's not unlike spinach so if you like that you'll like chard.

Steven said it was delicious. :thumbs: Then he spat it out. :rolleyes:

[ssttrasotm]

My vote would be small Napa Cabage.