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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: saddad on October 26, 2006, 18:24:21

Title: Paracress
Post by: saddad on October 26, 2006, 18:24:21
Has anybody actually got a use for this.... I grew a row but raw it has an anaesthetic effect on the mouth...
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e190/Plot52/paracress.jpg)

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Title: Re: Paracress
Post by: Doris_Pinks on October 26, 2006, 18:49:55
Ahem, could you send me some so I could send it to me mother in law??? :-[ :-[

Love her really but couldn't resist!

Never heard of it Saddad, maybe better in a soup or sauteed??
Title: Re: Paracress
Post by: blight on October 27, 2006, 13:36:52
Quote...but raw it has an anaesthetic effect on the mouth...
cooked as well. that´s the iwhole dea! I grow it too. It´s an acquired taste.
try boiling it like spinach. serve with butter.
Title: Re: Paracress
Post by: saddad on October 27, 2006, 13:43:10
I don't think I will be acquiring it Blight, does it tone down the effects of Habanero Chillies?
???