Anyone tried cooking bamboo shoots from the garden? My Phyllostachys
aureosulcata spectablis is throwing up some very juicy looking shoots at
the
moment. Wondered if anyone could recommend at what stage they should
best
be cropped and how to prepare them.

Not tried it myself but found this:
http://agsyst.wsu.edu/bambroc.pdf

I usually eat the tinned ones :~)
Jenny

Thank Jenny

Article says eat before 2 weeks old or one foot tall! I don't think mine
will make a foot in a fortnight, not this year anyway but will leave them
another week and give them a try.

Article also says...
Bamboo shoots are crisp and tender, comparable to asparagus, with a flavour
similar to corn.
Here's hoping.