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Are you growing anything that you've never eaten?

This year I'm growing shallots and chard for the first time and have never eaten either. I hope I like them! (I've never even seen chard in the shops - is it available?)

Celeriac.

I saw some celriac babies on sale at the market yesterday but resisted as I haven't a clue as to planting distances, cultivation etc.  Any tips?

i'm going to try romanesco this year and i've never eaten that. last year it was chard but we didn't really like it.

Celeriac and cape gooseberries. Last year it was chard for me as well. It took a while to work out how to cook it, but after a few culinary failures we quite liked it.

Believe it or not, I am growing pumpkins and squashes this year which I have never eaten before.  I am quite excited about it, as thanks to DorisP I have some lovely seeds to try.  :) busy_lizzie

Loads of stuff chard, shallots, celeriac, kale and probably some other stuff after I've been back to the seed shop! 

In a way, everything is new, but in terms of things I've never tasted before... Romanesque cauliflowers, asparagus peas, texel greens, oriental spicy mix, butternut squash, oakleaf catalogna lettuce, spanish 'black round' winter radishes and miniature white cucumbers...

I ate pumkins and squash for the first time last year and enjoyed them sooooooooo much ive decided to grow my own this year. It also helps that the kids will use some for halloween so their pretty excited about growing them too. Feels like im killing 2 birds with 1 stone, get to eat lovely homegrown squash and the kids will nag me to go down to the lottie every day to check on their progress, everyones a winner, except the wife. oops.

Aww thanks BL! You can become addicted to growing them like the rest of us! ;D
For me it is celtuce......a lettuce whose ribs supposedly taste like asparagus!
(I expect the slugs will get to them before us! ;D )
I am mainly growing different varieties of things I normally grow, just so we get a colour and taste change! carouby de maussane mange touts, barlotto climbing beans, purple kohl rabi etc!

I'm trying salsify this year. I've tried scorzonera which I rather liked - and oddly, persuaded me to give parsnips another go after having been brought up on boiled ones, which I hated.  Parboiling then roasting is an entirely different kettle.

So I am hoping I like salsify.

I too am growing chard (var Rainbow) alongside my traditional beetroot, though I haven't ever tried it. 

moonbells

everything i grow i have eaten before, and liked.
but, there are a few things i have never even seen the seed leaves of - brassicas being one whole family my grandparents never grew. so that is interesting for me.
(used to spend my summers at the grandparents' huge plot amonst the veg and stuff)

things that arent so readily found in the shops are kohlrabi and scorzonera both are much more common in germany. looking forward to a good harvest :)

svea

Oh and how could I forget also - french sorrel and good king henry. And I'm about to order some sweet cicely. (always forget about the herby/leafy things!)

young sweet cicely seeds-yum ;D.

Stephan

French Tarragon: can't stop eating some every time I pass by...

Oh, and nettles - if they count...

I'm trying tomatilla verde and purple, so far they are 2"  high. I think you grow and treat them like tomatoes.  ;)

I'm growing white nine star perennial cauli and the Romanesco broccoli (or it it a cauli) anyway it doesn't matter.  I've never eaten either but I'm hoping all my seedlings are successful and that I'm eating them come Autumn  :)

I've deliberately bought and tried butternut squash and purple sprouting broccoli this year and loved them both so much that I am definitely growing them.  I have never eaten any other type of winter squash, but the butternuts have got me so enthusiasitc that I'm trying about 5 different types.

I'm also giving some purple and yellow french beans a go just because I think they look cool.  I can't imagine they taste wildly different from your bog standard green varieties so I don't think I'm being too risky.

I was thinking of giving scorzonera a go, but it looks a bit scary to me.  Maybe next year.

Clare.

Oh yes and two types of patty pans (white and yellow). And various different coloured french beans too.

(gawd I can't keep up with all that I'm growing!)

And broccoli raab.

Quote from: aquilegia on April 14, 2005, 17:09:50
(gawd I can't keep up with all that I'm growing!)

Me neither.

Clare.