just us wrote:
> Hi,
> Am new to this group so I hope I am not going over an old topic. We garden
> and have lemon grass growing. I am not really sure how to use it for cooking
> ( have in the past bought pre crushed lemon grass for currys etc ) . It
> seems very very tough - any help and advise would be appreciated.Thanks

I took a curry-cooking class and the instructor told us to bruise the
lemongrass stalk by whacking it with the back of the knife, then put it
into the curry dish, to be removed before serving. That's the way I've
done it since, and it seems to be working well.

Serene