http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/#comment-706 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/#comment-706 I like to eat it raw, Ladi--but then, I tend to like all sorts of improbable vegetables raw, like green beans and turnips, so what do I know?<BR/><BR/>$1.00 a pound? Oy! You are so lucky! Here, in season, it is 2.29 a pound or so. <BR/><BR/>Next, you will tell me that you can get fresh water chestnuts for a penny each and really make my heart break! I like to eat it raw, Ladi–but then, I tend to like all sorts of improbable vegetables raw, like green beans and turnips, so what do I know?

$1.00 a pound? Oy! You are so lucky! Here, in season, it is 2.29 a pound or so.

Next, you will tell me that you can get fresh water chestnuts for a penny each and really make my heart break!

]]> http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/#comment-705 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/#comment-705 So now is not when I tell you I've been buying gai lan for about $8HKD/catty (about a dollar a pound) all summer long? :)<BR/><BR/>My favorite way to have gai lan is just to blanch it quickly and eat it plain. It really just needs nothing else except perhaps a little oyster sauce. So now is not when I tell you I’ve been buying gai lan for about $8HKD/catty (about a dollar a pound) all summer long?

My favorite way to have gai lan is just to blanch it quickly and eat it plain. It really just needs nothing else except perhaps a little oyster sauce.

]]> http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/#comment-704 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/#comment-704 Why yes, it is, Kiri--gai lan.<BR/><BR/>Great stuff, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>I have to try it with the black beans next, I think. Why yes, it is, Kiri–gai lan.

Great stuff, isn’t it?

I have to try it with the black beans next, I think.

]]> http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/#comment-703 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/09/30/cool-weather-chinese-greens-gai-lan/#comment-703 Is this the chinese green that has the little yellow flowers? because I LOVE that... Is this the chinese green that has the little yellow flowers? because I LOVE that…

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