Subj : celery
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Aug 10 2022 16:33:43

Hi Dave,

 RH> I'll browse both meat and produce sections, especially in the better
 RH> stores. I found fresh parsnips in the Raleigh Wegman's a couple of
 RH> years ago, then in the Wake Forest one when it opened up. I usually get
 RH> some to use in winter time cooking, things like beef stew or a mix of
 RH> carrots and parsnips as a side dish.

 DD> About the only place I browse the offerings is at the Farmer's Market.
 DD> In a store/stupormarkup produce aisle I grab what I came there to get,
 DD> toss it in the trolley and move on to the next need. Very rare for me
 DD> to make an impulse buy on a grocery run.

Depends, some days I stick tight to the list, other times, if a stray
item not on the list "falls" into the buggy, I'll take it home.

 DD> That being said - my HyVee probably has it. They have an *extensive*
 DD> produce department.

 DD> I just checked their "Aisles Online" and they've never heard of it.
 DD> Bv)= I'll ask the produce manager when I next visit. I did ask at
 DD> Humphrey's Market (my usual source for meat) and I was told "It's not
 DD> in season
 DD> right now. We'll probably have some next spring."

So remember to check back in about 8 months.


 RH> You might find it there. Back when Steve was taking German at the
 RH> Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA, at a class family picnic
 RH> one of the instructors brought a celery root salad. If I remember
 RH> rightly, I also saw celery root in grocery stores/on produce stands in
 RH> Germany. Not totally unknown, just have to know where to look.

 DD> Celeriac is a root vegetable closely related to celery, parsley and
 DD> parsnips.

 DD> Its scientific name is Apium graveolens var. rapaceum, and it's also
 DD> known as turnip-rooted celery, knob celery or celery root.

 DD> It originated in the Mediterranean and belongs to the same plant
 DD> family as carrots.

 DD> Celeriac is well known for its strange appearance. It looks similar to
 DD> a misshapen turnip and is off-white with a rough, knobby surface
 DD> covered in tiny rootlets. Its smooth, white flesh is similar to a
 DD> potato.

But not as odd looking as kohlrabi--those things look like they came
from another planet!

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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