{"id":15132,"date":"2017-11-24T12:32:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T11:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=15132"},"modified":"2017-11-24T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T11:33:08","slug":"15132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=15132","title":{"rendered":"Burdock flower stalk curry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This album was first published on FB in June 2012, now &#8220;regurgitated&#8221; here:<br \/>\n&#8220;What for dinner? &#8220;Burdock flower stalk, nettle and the onion that nods curry&#8221; sounds interesting, so why not. So it was to be&#8230; I had completely missed this amazing vegetable and this experiment was prompted by foraging author Leda Meredith waxing eloquent about\u00a0it a few days ago, so thanks to her. How did I miss it? Well, Cornucopia II doesn&#8217;t mention this part being eaten, just the leaf stalks &#8211; I&#8217;d tried them and they were fiddly to peel and bitter. The flower stalks were easy to prepare and once peeled had an excellent sweet crunchy taste with no bitterness.&#8221;<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151007155680860.476401.655215859&amp;type=1&amp;l=b287a87f09\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151007155680860.476401.655215859&amp;type=1&amp;l=b287a87f09<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15132 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15134'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15134'>\n\t\t\t\tA pile of nettles (brennesle) and Burdock (borre) flower stalks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15135'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15135'>\n\t\t\t\tBurdock (borre) flower stalks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15136'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15136'>\n\t\t\t\tPeeled burdock (borre) flower stalks &#8211; the outside layer is fibrous and bitter, but the inside has a pleasant sweet crunchy taste that could be used in salads.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15137'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-300x461.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15137'>\n\t\t\t\tPeeled burdock (borre) flower stalks with Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion\/Praerie-l\u00f8k), easy to grow and excellent cooked and in salads at this time of year with flower buds.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15138'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15138'>\n\t\t\t\tPeeled and chopped burdock (borre) flower stalks are delicious raw &#8211; this really must be one of the best vegetables ever!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15139'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15139'>\n\t\t\t\tStir fried Nodding Onion with Indian spices\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15140'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15140'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;add the burdock which maintains an excellent flavour after cooking with spices&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15141'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15141'>\n\t\t\t\tDiscarded burdock (borre) leaves are great slug traps &#8211; I&#8217;d noticed that slugs are very keen on the leaves and they hide underneath the large leaves\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This album was first published on FB in June 2012, now &#8220;regurgitated&#8221; here: &#8220;What for dinner? &#8220;Burdock flower stalk, nettle and the onion that nods curry&#8221; sounds interesting, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2676,17],"tags":[240,796,404,241,1869,2678,821,242,2677],"class_list":["post-15132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flower-stalk","category-food","tag-allium-cernuum","tag-borre","tag-burdock","tag-chicago-onion","tag-curry","tag-indian","tag-nettle","tag-nodding-onion","tag-scape"],"views":5280,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15143,"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15132\/revisions\/15143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}