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identify this vegetable please
sunnth
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Hi, in my veg box tonight I received a sort of leek type vegetable. It has a more bulbous end than a regular leek and has pinky red streaks through it. The top has been cut off so there is only the white and light green part and there was only one of them. Anyone know what variety this is? Or is it even a leek? 
Any ideas for what I should make with it as there is not that much of it. Thanks.
Any ideas for what I should make with it as there is not that much of it. Thanks. 0
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They might be spring leeks:-
From this page, which has recipes too...
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Could it be fennel?
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sunnth wrote:Hi, in my veg box tonight I received a sort of leek type vegetable. It has a more bulbous end than a regular leek and has pinky red streaks through it. The top has been cut off so there is only the white and light green part and there was only one of them. Anyone know what variety this is? Or is it even a leek? Any ideas for what I should make with it as there is not that much of it. Thanks.
It doesn't sound like anything else I can think of. Have you tried tasting a small bit of it?
http://www.finocchifarm.co.nz/
If it is fennel, I have no idea what to do with it other than swap it with a more adventurous neighbour
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Thanks for the advice to taste it, don't know why I didn't think of it. Anyway its definitely not leek it has a much stronger oniony taste so can you get huge spring onions? Thats the only thing I can thing of really but why would they send me one very overgrown spring onion?0
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Might be worth asking your veg box supplier what it is then Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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Do they have an internet site? some of the organic box deliverers web sites have lists of their current veg boxes, and it would be included in the list!!!!0
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was thinking Swiss Chard at first, but that doesn't taste oniony. then thought one of those red spring onions, but if it's the size of a leek, it would be 'bulbier' I think, more like a regular red onion with the stem on. maybe it's some sort of oriental oniony thing? or a red version of an American Green Onion? (if such a thing exists
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anyway, I'm intrigued, can't wait to find out what it is 0 -
Lemongrass?
Might just be a young onion or something... Intrigued.I've been lucky, I'll be lucky again. ~ Bette Davis0 -
Swan wrote:was thinking Swiss Chard at first, but that doesn't taste oniony. then thought one of those red spring onions, but if it's the size of a leek, it would be 'bulbier' I think, more like a regular red onion with the stem on. maybe it's some sort of oriental oniony thing? or a red version of an American Green Onion? (if such a thing exists)
anyway, I'm intrigued, can't wait to find out what it is
I was thinking chard as well but there are several sorts of chinese leeks/ onions that might fill the bill“the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. she never needed those wings.”
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