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On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:54:58 GMT, The Joneses >
wrote: >Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote: > >> On 06 Jan 2005 03:46:54 GMT, (Sheellah) wrote: >> >> >Can the sprouts on the garlic be used instead of chives? Is it a similar >> >flavor? I always thought the sprouts WERE chives! >> >> They are called "garlic chives" at the Greenmarket. Use like chives, >> but impart garlic flavor. Chop some and sprinkle on soup, for example. >> Yum. > >Not so, Rodney. Have big patch of garlic chives in the garden which never make cloves. These chives seem to have a flatter leaf than onion chives, but the flavor is garlic. >The flowers are something special tho, very nice for delicate-er pickles. >Edrena > I stand corrected. I know they can bring them in over a fair amount of the year. Yum, in any case. Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a "If Brecht had directed 'Waiting for Godot,' he would have hung a large sign at the back of the stage reading 'He's not going to come, you know. ' " -- Terry Eagleton |
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On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:54:58 GMT, The Joneses >
wrote: >Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote: > >> On 06 Jan 2005 03:46:54 GMT, (Sheellah) wrote: >> >> >Can the sprouts on the garlic be used instead of chives? Is it a similar >> >flavor? I always thought the sprouts WERE chives! >> >> They are called "garlic chives" at the Greenmarket. Use like chives, >> but impart garlic flavor. Chop some and sprinkle on soup, for example. >> Yum. > >Not so, Rodney. Have big patch of garlic chives in the garden which never make cloves. These chives seem to have a flatter leaf than onion chives, but the flavor is garlic. >The flowers are something special tho, very nice for delicate-er pickles. >Edrena > I stand corrected. I know they can bring them in over a fair amount of the year. Yum, in any case. Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a "If Brecht had directed 'Waiting for Godot,' he would have hung a large sign at the back of the stage reading 'He's not going to come, you know. ' " -- Terry Eagleton |
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