How to Cook Salsify
Dear Aunt Daisy, Could you please tell me how to cook salsify as a vegetable. My husband has planted some in the garden, but none of my friends seem to know just how to cook it. and are all waiting to try it.
R.W.
M.
Beckenham.
Salsity is often called "Oyster Plant," because, when cooked, it is supposed to taste a little like oysters. It is similar in many ways to parsnips, except that the tops look «more like heavy grass Like the parsnips, its flavour is improved after exposure to cold temperatures. To cook, wash and boil, then strain, cut into rounds, dip in batter and fry. This is the most "oysterish" way. Or you may add chopped, cooked salsify to good savoury white sauce and fill pastry cases, thus making mock oyster patties; or add chopped-small salsify to batter and make mock oyster fritters. It is more often just cooked like parsnips, whole, or cut lengthways, or cut in rings; very nice served with white sauce.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 789, 3 September 1954, Page 23
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172How to Cook Salsify New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 789, 3 September 1954, Page 23
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