On 2010-01-20, Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
> On Jan 20, 11:23*am, Clay Irving > wrote:

>> 1 1/2 tablespoon Szechuan preserved vegetable (jar choy,
>> pickled kohlrabi)

> Is that what it is? I always thought it was turnip. Still, it's
> wonderful in hot-and-sour soup.

I've seen it referred to as "spiced turnip greens", but I believe it is
a type of a pickled mustard green. See:

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Zha_cai

This reference refers to it as "Sichuan preserved mustard stem of Sichuan
preserved radish":

http://www.chinesetakeaways.com/Ingr...0Vegetable.htm

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