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Bamboo shoots to cook
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. |
Bamboo shoots to cook
"Justin Thyme" wrote in message ... 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 |
Bamboo shoots to cook
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. |
Bamboo shoots to cook
Justin Thyme writes
Bamboo shoots are crisp and tender, comparable to asparagus, with a flavour similar to corn. Whoever wrote that has eaten some funny asparagus! -- Kay |
Bamboo shoots to cook
"K" wrote in message ... Justin Thyme writes Bamboo shoots are crisp and tender, comparable to asparagus, with a flavour similar to corn. Whoever wrote that has eaten some funny asparagus! -- Kay no....the tips of the asparagus does kinda taste like corn...mild corn..... madgardener who loves asparagus, baby corn and sweet raw corn off the stalk sometimes without cooking....(ummmmm, wonder if that timber bamboo down the road would be tasty? with the heat lately, it's probably grown two foot by now and too tough to eat :( |
Bamboo shoots to cook
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"K" wrote in message ... Justin Thyme writes Bamboo shoots are crisp and tender, comparable to asparagus, with a flavour similar to corn. Whoever wrote that has eaten some funny asparagus! -- no....the tips of the asparagus does kinda taste like corn.. Well, I guess having been brought up in the prime asparagus growing area of the UK and eating asparagus all my life, I probably have a reasonably good knowledge of asparagus, but you will have a better knowledge of corn. I would be exceedingly disappointed in any asparagus which tasted like corn - it has a very strong and distinctive flavour, and if I had to classify it, it would be nearer to baby broad beans - but then your corn may well taste like that. All I can say is that no bamboo shoots that I have eaten were in any way similar to asparagus, either in taste or texture. There again, maybe bamboo shoots taste different in China from the ones that finally make it, in preserved form, over here. -- Kay |
Bamboo shoots to cook
All I can say is that no bamboo shoots that I have eaten were in any way similar to asparagus, either in taste or texture. There again, maybe bamboo shoots taste different in China from the ones that finally make it, in preserved form, over here. -- Kay I'll post back next week and tell you what I thought of my Lancashire grown bamboo shoots. I have several bamboo varieties but the spectablis is looking most promising at the moment. My asparagus is into its third season now so I'm looking forward to trying for the first time some of the tasty looking shoots that I.ve been watching appear over the last few weeks. I'll certainly be drawing comparisons. Justin Thyme |
Bamboo shoots to cook
"Justin Thyme" wrote in message ... All I can say is that no bamboo shoots that I have eaten were in any way similar to asparagus, either in taste or texture. There again, maybe bamboo shoots taste different in China from the ones that finally make it, in preserved form, over here. -- Kay I'll post back next week and tell you what I thought of my Lancashire grown bamboo shoots. I have several bamboo varieties but the spectablis is looking most promising at the moment. My asparagus is into its third season now so I'm looking forward to trying for the first time some of the tasty looking shoots that I.ve been watching appear over the last few weeks. I'll certainly be drawing comparisons. Justin Thyme I am with K on this one--although you can get them both slightly crunchy :-) In your position I would grown on the new canes (culms) and sell them on eBay. |
Bamboo shoots to cook
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from K contains these words: All I can say is that no bamboo shoots that I have eaten were in any way similar to asparagus, either in taste or texture. There again, maybe bamboo shoots taste different in China from the ones that finally make it, in preserved form, over here. I have not cooked fresh bamboo shoots but *many* years ago at school we used to raid the 'bamboo grove' and eat the very young shoots raw. IIRC they were crunchy with a slightly nutty taste! I agree with Kay I do not recall asparagus but it was a very looooong time ago! Jennifer |
Bamboo shoots to cook
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"Justin Thyme" wrote in message ... All I can say is that no bamboo shoots that I have eaten were in any way similar to asparagus, either in taste or texture. There again, maybe bamboo shoots taste different in China from the ones that finally make it, in preserved form, over here. -- Kay I'll post back next week and tell you what I thought of my Lancashire grown bamboo shoots. I have several bamboo varieties but the spectablis is looking most promising at the moment. My asparagus is into its third season now so I'm looking forward to trying for the first time some of the tasty looking shoots that I.ve been watching appear over the last few weeks. I'll certainly be drawing comparisons. Justin Thyme I am with K on this one--although you can get them both slightly crunchy :-) In your position I would grown on the new canes (culms) and sell them on eBay. Older books always seemed to say unfamiliar vegetables tasted like asparagus -- the way you keep hearing that anything from stingray to humans tastes "just like chicken". Personally, I suspect it was just because so many writers used to smoke pipes and therefore had totally compromised palates. I wonder if bamboo shoots from our climate would be tougher than ones grown with tropical or sub-tropical speed. Anybody eaten "Bath asparagus", Star of Bethlehem, _Ornithogalum pyrenaicum_? And, while I'm on the subject, quamash, _Camassia_? -- Mike. |
Bamboo shoots to cook
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... Rupert wrote: "Justin Thyme" wrote in message ... All I can say is that no bamboo shoots that I have eaten were in any way similar to asparagus, either in taste or texture. There again, maybe bamboo shoots taste different in China from the ones that finally make it, in preserved form, over here. -- Kay I'll post back next week and tell you what I thought of my Lancashire grown bamboo shoots. I have several bamboo varieties but the spectablis is looking most promising at the moment. My asparagus is into its third season now so I'm looking forward to trying for the first time some of the tasty looking shoots that I.ve been watching appear over the last few weeks. I'll certainly be drawing comparisons. Justin Thyme I am with K on this one--although you can get them both slightly crunchy :-) In your position I would grown on the new canes (culms) and sell them on eBay. Older books always seemed to say unfamiliar vegetables tasted like asparagus -- the way you keep hearing that anything from stingray to humans tastes "just like chicken". Personally, I suspect it was just because so many writers used to smoke pipes and therefore had totally compromised palates. I wonder if bamboo shoots from our climate would be tougher than ones grown with tropical or sub-tropical speed. Anybody eaten "Bath asparagus", Star of Bethlehem, _Ornithogalum pyrenaicum_? And, while I'm on the subject, quamash, _Camassia_? -- Mike. No --None of those but I have eaten:- Nettles, Nasturtiums, Lime tree leaves, roasted Hogweed seed,Borage,Mahonia fruit, and English Slugs/Snails (purged on oats). My favourite is fuchsia fruit-tastes like delicate cherry. When the Yew tree fruits I am going to try the flesh so if you don't hear from me again...... |
Bamboo shoots to cook
Rupert wrote:
"Mike Lyle" [...] Older books always seemed to say unfamiliar vegetables tasted like asparagus -- the way you keep hearing that anything from stingray to humans tastes "just like chicken". Personally, I suspect it was just because so many writers used to smoke pipes and therefore had totally compromised palates. I wonder if bamboo shoots from our climate would be tougher than ones grown with tropical or sub-tropical speed. Anybody eaten "Bath asparagus", Star of Bethlehem, _Ornithogalum pyrenaicum_? And, while I'm on the subject, quamash, _Camassia_? -- Mike. No --None of those but I have eaten:- Nettles, Nasturtiums, Lime tree leaves, roasted Hogweed seed,Borage,Mahonia fruit, and English Slugs/Snails (purged on oats). My favourite is fuchsia fruit-tastes like delicate cherry. When the Yew tree fruits I am going to try the flesh so if you don't hear from me again...... Do take care with the yew berries. They're very sweet, but slimy: I eat one or two every few years just for the hell of it; but the official poisonous plants book says there is a little of the poison even in the pulp, and of course the sliminess increases the risk of swallowing the bad-news seed by mistake. Bob Flowerdew is breeding fuchsias in a bid to get fruit of worthwhile size -- the info is probably on the Web. -- Mike. |
Bamboo shoots to cook
" All I can say is that no bamboo shoots that I have eaten were in any way similar to asparagus, either in taste or texture. There again, maybe bamboo shoots taste different in China from the ones that finally make it, in preserved form, over here. I have not cooked fresh bamboo shoots but *many* years ago at school we used to raid the 'bamboo grove' and eat the very young shoots raw. IIRC they were crunchy with a slightly nutty taste! I agree with Kay I do not recall asparagus but it was a very looooong time ago! Jennifer Tried both the bamboo and asparagus today. Asparagus.....delicious Bamboo.... nice and crunchy and tastes of ? ? ? ? ? ? nothing really! Justin |
Bamboo shoots to cook
" All I can say is that no bamboo shoots that I have eaten were in any way similar to asparagus, either in taste or texture. There again, maybe bamboo shoots taste different in China from the ones that finally make it, in preserved form, over here. I have not cooked fresh bamboo shoots but *many* years ago at school we used to raid the 'bamboo grove' and eat the very young shoots raw. IIRC they were crunchy with a slightly nutty taste! I agree with Kay I do not recall asparagus but it was a very looooong time ago! Jennifer Tried both the bamboo and asparagus today. Asparagus.....delicious Bamboo.... nice and crunchy and tastes of ? ? ? ? ? ? nothing really! Justin |
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