Sprout Tops

[RSJK]

Well I am in my 50th year now (still act like a silly little kid...the wife says) and owing to a lack of greens on my allotment about 3 or 4 weeks ago I decided to give sprout tops a try, never thought anything that had been in the ground that long growing could taste so tender, certainly will not be disgarding them in the future.
                       :) :)

[RSJK]

[jonny211]

Strangely enough my OH says the same... mutters about me making mud pies or similar.

[tim]

Glad you've grown up at last, Richard!!

The tops are the best part. And when they have whole stems at the Farmers' Market, only buy the ones with lush tops!

[RSJK]

Glad you've grown up at last, Richard!!

Thanks Tim.                ;) ;)

[peterpiper]

the crispy sea weed we eat at the local chinese is believe it or not sprout tops.

not a lot of people know that. :

peterpiper

[cleo]

Hush!!-I am into my fifties as well,we all knew that sprout tops and kale tasted nice-then the `trendies` got wind and we now have to pay a fortune when ours runs out ;)  About 12 years ago I got the idea of sowing mixed salad leaves in mushroom punnets and selling them to my local whole food shop for salad out of season-now look at the supermarkets >:(

[tim]

Close to it, Peter, but difficult to get sprout tops 365 days a year?

With apologies - more like 'spring greens'? And we do not soak them in oil & sugar, like the takeaway someone gave us recently, however delicious that may be.

To be fair, they don't travel well.

[Merry Tiller]

Crispy seaweed is usually cabbage or even better savoy

[tim]

What a waste of a Savoy!!

[redimp]

I used to eat loads of sprout tops when I was a student in the late eighties and early nineties.  One of my favourite foods (especially if I got lots of mini sprouts) and about 10p for a huge bag off the market.  Silly price nowadays.

[Merry Tiller]

Indeed

[keef]

They are nice - but the problem is pigeons like to sit on mine and cr*p all over them  >:(

[Roy Bham UK]

 :o They sit on mine eat e'm and then crap on them. >:(

[Merry Tiller]

Enviromesh keeps the blighters off

[keef]

Tried that, the still sit on that and peck though it... You can eat the shoots down the stem aswell.

[Merry Tiller]

Are you sure you mean proper Enviromesh? I used to cover up with ordinary 1/2" plastic mesh, it was useless, there's no way the pigeons round here can get through the genuine stuff though