Kohlrabi - What is it, exactly?

[dick]

Kohlrabi

I was introduced to this vegetable by a neighbour in the mid fifties. It has been available in UK supermarkets for decades. Two things are important. Don't let them grow too big and take off plenty of skin when peeling them. If you don't you can be left with some very stringy material. And one more hint - don't overcook them, just a few minutes is ample and they are good raw.

[coreopsis]

I used to eat it as a kid and loved it.It tastes like cabbage core(just peel off the stringy,woody bits)

[vegnut]

I part boil mine then roast them with the spuds. Blooming lovely taste.

[DaveJ]

Sounds delicious - never grown it before but am very tempted.

[gojiberry]

Mine is like the peas never gets as far as the cooking pot. They are nice to have raw as a snack while working on the lottie. Very refreshing and slightly on the sweet side.

Ian

[spanish_gardener]

I sow them in modules. When do I transplant?

[Martin H]

You can put them out as soon as they are hardened off.

[spanish_gardener]

You can put them out as soon as they are hardened off.

They are still tiny. I think I should wait few weeks more, but I was not sure if they are hardy enought to be out in early May.

[Martin H]

Sure, wait until they have filled the modules, no hurry. I thought you had started them early and they were begging to be set free.

[spanish_gardener]

Sure, wait until they have filled the modules, no hurry. I thought you had started them early and they were begging to be set free.

Thank you.

[zazen999]

They are still tiny. I think I should wait few weeks more, but I was not sure if they are hardy enought to be out in early May.

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They are perfectly hardy to sit all winter. As long as they are hardened of they will cope with pretty much anything.

[Two_Sheds]

I think I should wait few weeks more, but I was not sure if they are hardy enought to be out in early May.

They look like they need more light. Get them outside in the daytimes, bring them back to the windowsill at night, for a week.
Then they can stay outside

[out in the cold]

Grew these last year and loved them. Note to self, get some in this week under fleece.

We sowed direct last year.

Nice to hear there are ather uses other than coleslaw, as it was the only thing we used it for (not a complaint, as they make fantastic slaw)

[spanish_gardener]

Thanks everyone. I will start moving the modules outside during the day.

I eat them raw, but I also use them in soup (1 kohlrabi, 4 potatoes, 3 carrots, 1 onion, 1 garlic, oregano, 500ml. of water and 250 ml. of milk).

[eirish]

Another way to cook them is to slice into matchsticks, cook in a little butter until slightly golden and tender - if they're not cooking through fast enough I add a splash of water and pop the lid on. They have a nice juicy texture, very tasty, like calabrese stems or, as someone said previously, cabbage core.