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RE: Lost But Not Forgotten | 4 Obscure Seeds 4 Every Garden
The sea kale looks very much like the kale my parents have grown in their gardens ever since I can remember. My parents are from the Azores islands, which are 800 miles off the coast of Portugal, so I've always called it Portuguese kale and I've never seen it in any grocery store or at any farmers market. It makes the best soup, along with a nice piece of homemade smoked linguica. I'm off to check out my Baker Creek Seeds catalog! Also, I have a daughter allergic carrots, so I'm always looking for other root vegetables that we can try. Salsify looks interesting! Thanks so much!
Ah thanks so much for your story! I love stuff like that! Thank you!
You may also look into skirret for her! It’s a perennial root crop that tastes very good! Hopefully she won’t be allergic to salsify or skirret too!
Ooh! Skirret? Never heard of it! Time to look it up. Thanks!
I got mine here and would recommend oikos (they also have good Jerusalem artichoke varieties) https://oikostreecrops.com/products/perennial-vegetables/skirret/
I've actually never had Jerusalem artichoke either! Looking forward to trying that too. Thanks!
I used your link to order the skirret, but I can't find the Jerusalem artichoke. Is it also known as a sunchoke?
Yes , sunchoke is the same.