Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Identify this vegetable and win seeds


You can't hear me, but I'm laughing right now thinking about how stumped you are, trying to identify what you see above. I'm betting even Erica Smith will be scratching her head.

First person to (leave a comment and) name what is harvested, cooked, and promptly devoured in the photo above will receive a handful of hairy vetch seeds - perfect to sow right now as a cover crop. This helpful blog post from the Grow It, Eat It site describes how to use hairy vetch as a cover crop.

The perfect side dish above is simply stir-fried with garlic.

ps - I'm not looking for a specific cultivar or anything crazy like that.


***GREAT GUESSES FOLKS! ANSWER IS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION...

18 comments:

  1. Proving my ignorance...I think they look like green beans. I know it's wrong, but that's what I see.

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  2. Is it hericot verts, french filet green beans?

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  3. Hi Wendy, I believe I have eaten this before. Is it called the Yardlong Bean? Yours is the finer type and more delicious than the usual long bean but I don't know the exact name to it.

    Anyway, thank you for sharing your knowledge on hairy vetch. I like the idea of growing a useful mulch.

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  4. Hmmm, some sort of really skinny yard long beans?

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  5. Is that snake bean? But I cannot see the seed inside. Can I take second guess but I am thinking I am wrong with garlic shoots?

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  6. is your veggie bowl filled with haricots?

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  7. Hmm, I feel like this is a trick question. Haha. My first thought was, I bet it's green seaweed. But when I bigified the photo, it looks similar to chinese water spinach.

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  8. Stems of some sort but not sure what kind. The funny think is I can almost taste them.

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  9. Reminds me of the young cardoon sprigs I once cooked up.

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  10. I hope Lindalou enjoys those seeds. :)

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  11. I'd guess haricots verts. After reading your cooking description, I'm mightily tempted to get a bunch for dinner tonight. I'll tell my family to thank you;)

    Christine in Alaska

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  12. They look like green beans to me. I had wondered if they were garlic scapes, but when you said they were fixed with chopped garlic, that made me think maybe they're not. Also, it's not the season for them. I'm curious now to find out what they are.

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  13. I vote green beans some of which are siamese twins but I know it's wrong (too easy) and anyway the Australian customs wouldn't let me get seeds from overseas, hairy or bald.

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  14. ANSWER: what you see is the stir fried stems of sweet potato vines, which are surprisingly tender. My mom made this a couple weeks ago and I was shocked to find out what they were.

    Johanna - I think you're the winner! E-mail me your address and I'll send you your seeds. wkspray at gmail dot com.

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  15. How cool! I've heard the leaves of sweet potatoes are edible, but always forget to figure out what to do with them. I'll have to see if I have enough stems to try a little stir fry. I'm still blending most things, though, to keep my jaw from hurting. Are they pretty crunchy?

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  16. Wow, good to know! Didn't realize that was edible.

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  17. I'm the winner! yea!
    Here is the funny thing. One of the bloggers, posted a few weeks back on preparing sweet potato vines and I can't remember who. I have never tried these but they do look good. Thanks Wendy.

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  18. Wow! That is a surprise! We normally eat sweet potato vine with the leaves. Good one!

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