Greek Rocket - anyone heard of it?

Started by George the Pigman, January 28, 2018, 22:44:50

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George the Pigman

Watching a food programme at the moment called My Greek Kitchen and Greek Rocket was mentioned. It looked more like a spinach than a type of rocket.
Anyone heard of it?

George the Pigman


galina

Interesting!  No I haven't. 

Is it like Turkish Rocket, which is a primitive brassica and you can use the leaves cooked like spinach (they are slightly bitter) and the unopened flower buds which are delicious?

http://www.edibleacres.org/purchase/turkish-rocket

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ancellsfarmer

Suspect its Turkish Rocket,Bunias Orientalis, but grown slightly to the west /south! Maybe from Cyprus where such differentiation is significant.
Freelance cultivator qualified within the University of Life.

Silverleaf

If it's the same My Greek Kitchen (Tonia Buxton, I think her name was) that I remember watching years ago, her family's from Cyprus so that would make sense.

casejones


Obelixx

I suspect it's just plain rocket which the Americans call arugula and Italians call rucola.
Obxx - Vendée France

Paulh

In Greece anything that might be termed Turkish elsewhere is called Greek - like coffee.

It's a still  worse to be Turkish than German in Greece.


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