Strange Foods
October 13, 2012
Purple Kohlrabi.
First taste.
Peeled, sliced, eaten raw as well as added to spicy garden salad.
Like a sweeter radish with a slight broccoli taste.
Will plant more of these.
Nutritional. (How could it not be, being a cousin of broccoli and kale?)
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Behind cohutt's fence 
I love kohlrabi. It’s supposed to be good cooked in a variety of ways but nothing beats raw. I peel it and then eat it like an apple. One of these a day (or 2 or 3) surely helps keep the doctor away.
But I’m jealous – I’ve failed miserably at getting such a perfect bulb like you have in the photo. I’m pretty sure I didn’t supply a good, constant watering (they like water). I’ve got new seedlings in the ground – I’d like to keep these things coming good all year round.
Sliced and boiled like a potato , drained salt pepper and butter….yum!
Laura –
Drip irrigation on a timer seemed to work well for these (although the rutabaga drowned a bit next to them). They were small but then again this is a smaller variety.
Erich-
Note made. Thank you.