Posted in Allotments, Recipe of the month, Unusual veg on Jan 23rd, 2012
Romanian Sirbusca (Potato and Root Parsley soup-stew) Deciding what you do with your root parsley once you’ve grown it is easy: you just plump for one of its multiple identities and use it just like you would parsnips, or carrots (or parsley, if you’re using the tops). We had ours roasted alongside the Sunday joint, [...]
Posted in Allotments, Pick of the month, Unusual veg on Jan 15th, 2012
Root parsley ‘Atika’ If there was ever a vegetable which couldn’t make up its mind, this is it. It might be a parsley: and then again, maybe it’s a parsnip. On a good day, it could be a carrot. The identity crisis even affects its common name: take your pick from root parsley, rock selinen, Hamburg parsley, Dutch parsley [...]
Apples (late varieties like Cox's Orange Pippin), beetroot, cabbage (green and red), carrots, celeriac, chard, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, kohlrabi, medlars, parsnips, pumpkins, quince, raspberries (autumn varieties), salad leaves, sprout tops, squashes, turnips
