I went to the Farmer's market last weekend and found 2 new things to try.
Lemon Cucumbers - After looking these up online, I discovered they are named "lemon" because they are the same size as a lemon. I have never seen these in the store before, I decided to try one.
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| Lemon Cucumber |
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Make sure when you wash them, you remove the little prickly pieces on the skin. I then sliced mine with the skin left on and through them in a salad. It has a similar taste to a regular cucumber, but seemed to be more water containing. I found this very refreshing as the temperature was above 90 the evening I through it in a salad.
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| Lemon Cucumber Sliced |
Kohlrabi - More unusual then a variety of cucumber. I peeled it and sliced the kohlrabi and had it raw in a salad. I went online and you can saute it as well as the green leaves, however, it was another hot day and making anything other than a giant salad was not appealing! According to "wiki" it is a German turnip. The texture reminded me of an apple. I would recommend picking one up and experimenting next time you are at the farmer's market.
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| Kohlarbi |
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