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Can you tell me about any lesser-known local fruits or vegetables in your area that you think more people should discover? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I gotta give it to mulberries, don't get enough attention!

The buds of the flower Bauhinia variegata are both cooked amd used for pickles, spectacular stuff.

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[โ€“] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not unknown, but three vegetables I like that seem to be not as widespread outside Germany (though at least in the USA, all seem to be available):

  1. Kohlrabi (seems to have no English name), texture like a very solid apple, but tastes more cabbage-y (German Kohl means cabbage). Great raw and cooked.
  2. Pointy cabbage. Like normal cabbage, but more delicate, including in taste. Requires far less cooking (steaming is best).
  3. Savoy cabbage: looser than normal, and very crinkly leaves. Works better than other cabbages in creamy sauce.

So, uh, I like cabbages and we have a lot of them here ;)

[โ€“] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Kohlrabi is good! I think of it like a broccoli-flavoured potato.

[โ€“] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't wanna be in the room when you fart!

[โ€“] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 1 points 1 year ago

They aren't as bad as white cabbage, and in any way, if you fart a lot, you are possibly cooking it wrong.