I found a recipe that calls for this ingredient and went to my local Asian
food market to get it.

I wasn't able to find it among the packages or jars labeled "pickled" this
and "preservered" that. Many of the packages that were in English were
labeled simply "preserved vegetable."

I asked the food market store manager and he stared at me blankly. I guess
"kohlrabi" isn't a recognizable word to him.

What am I looking for? How do I recognize it? Are there any substitutes
that I might actually find on the shelves of my local Asian food market?

Any leads are much appreciated.

Hi Arsenio!

> I asked the food market store manager and he stared at me blankly.

Ask for pickled tsa tsai. Or stem-mustard. Or salted cabbage turnip ...

> I guess "kohlrabi" isn't a recognizable word to him.

Well - I was stunned to find this german expression here ...

> What am I looking for? How do I recognize it? Are there any
> substitutes that I might actually find on the shelves of my
> local Asian food market?
>
> Any leads are much appreciated.

Google is your friend - that way I found "tsa tsai".

Bye, Sanne.

Ahh. Much obliged.
"sanne" > wrote in message
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> Hi Arsenio!
>
>> I asked the food market store manager and he stared at me blankly.
>
> Ask for pickled tsa tsai. Or stem-mustard. Or salted cabbage turnip ...
>
>> I guess "kohlrabi" isn't a recognizable word to him.
>
> Well - I was stunned to find this german expression here ...
>
>> What am I looking for? How do I recognize it? Are there any
>> substitutes that I might actually find on the shelves of my
>> local Asian food market?
>>
>> Any leads are much appreciated.
>
> Google is your friend - that way I found "tsa tsai".
>
> Bye, Sanne.
>