Identify these for me?

mardatha

I planted these and they're both for eating but I forget what the hell they are- can anybody identify them ? Greenstuff2 is big like a potato and greenstuff1 is quite a bit smaller. TY!

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mrbadexample

Lettuce and spinach?

That's my best guess before people come along and tell you what they really are.

Farway

1 looks like some sort of salad greens, maybe cut & come again lettuce?
2 Basil maybe, crush a leaf and smell it

freezspirit

quick look, would say 95% sure its spinach. 5% young lettuce or chard

DaftyDuck

I'd say greenstuff one was a salad mix; one of the leaves has the crinkle-cut of Mizuna, most look lettucy. The second does look like spinach, possibly perpetual spinach, which may also be cropped like salad greens. (But, don't blame me if they are hemlock and deadly nightshade !)

Mind you, I'm more interested in the sweeties you have as the next pictures on flickr... yum yum

Edit: see someone has suggested chard... that'd be a good one for the second...

Sambucus_Nigra

mrbadexample wrote: »

Lettuce and spinach?

That's my best guess before people come along and tell you what they really are.

Bang on the money MBE.

Lettuce [a cut and come again variety] and spinach, possibly a perennial variety.

Either way, get picking those leaves!

mardatha

I vaguely remember planting spinach for the hens, and also chard. So we can eat both of them then? .....( if I knew how to cook the bloody stuff !)
I haven't got any sweeties on there, it must be bathmelts. Sweeties in this house would never last long enough to have their photo taken! :D
Thanks everybody. I'll feed some to the husband first, just in case ...;)

DaftyDuck

Bathmelts..... aaarggghhhh... I was drooling over the idea of home-made fudge, toffee and the like, now I can't get the taste of bubbles out of my mouth.
Good idea to feed them to husband before the hens, just in case!

Chard & spinach can both be eaten raw, young leaves are best. To cook them, steam them lightly. "They" say ten minutes. Yuck! I'd say two or three minutes in lots of steam (fast rolling boil underneath) for spinach, five or six for the chard. Then butter on a warm plate, chard or spinach, butter on top, and a crisp, fresh bread roll.

Mmmmmmmm, goes well with chicken too!

mardatha

Well I have to hide anything green in soup.... not from him, from me! And I'm a lot better at bathmelts than I am at cooking...
TY

RAS

mar

Wash and dry. Strip the green leaves off the stems. Cut roughly.

Melt a little butter or marg in a frying pan (if you use butter add a little oil to stop it burning). Heat gently. Add the greens and stir gently until they wilt completely. if you want them better done, put a lid on to "steam" them.

Really nice if you gently stew some chopped onion first so it softens but does not colour much.

mardatha

I will try. Bravely. :rotfl: