Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> Goomba > wrote:
>
>> I'm so annoyed. The Kroger near me keeps foisting off celery with all
>> the leaves cut off. Not just the trimmed "celery hearts" but the
>> regular celery stalks too. I asked the produce man (not the manager)
>> what happened and he replied that they cut them off cause "no one
>> wants to pay for the leaves" or something along that line and some
>> comment implying they're useless. What?! I tried to explain to him
>> that they're very important, very flavorful and almost a must for my
>> stock.
>>
>> Is this a new trend? I need to make it a point to speak to the
>> manager about this.
>
> Never thought much about it, but now that you mention it. . . .
> I don't think I get much in the way of tops until I'm in a layer or
> so. Are your stalks bagged or nekkid? If they're bagged, 10:1
> they're coming from the supplier that way.
>
> I gotta pay more attention to that.
>
> (I've got some leaf celery [dried] that's pretty good. It actually
> has flavor.)
>

Lovage or AKA Bishop weed is a herb you can grow to replace it.

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The beet goes on -Alan