Taste for exotic vegetables grows

[Guest guest]

Giant zucchini are so passe. So are mutant citrus. The novelty of disfigured

produce has definitely worn off, so don't bother trying to impress the neighbors

with the freaks of your garden.

 

Instead, offer up your excess Japanese mugwort and casually ask if they know how

to prepare it. Tempt them with sweet yu mai tsai (sword lettuce), and try not to

look bored when you explain its virtues. Devil's claw might look intimidating,

but a quick lecture on its multiple uses will have them scratching their heads,

wishing they had your inside information about new and unusual items of the

vegetable patch.

 

 

 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/28/HOGPBGSTPE1.DTL & hw=w\

arehouse+live%2Fwork & sn=004 & sc=449