Kohlrabi!

~ Highlight of the day: harvesting mostly everything for dinner from my garden! ~

This purple beauty is a Kohlrabi. My neighbor gave me six tiny little starts of this in May, and now they are ready to harvest! I honestly had never had it before and I didn't know how to cook/eat it, but today I decided to give it a try. So I turned to the oh-so-dependable Wikipedia for guidance. Did you know this was related to cabbage and broccoli? I had no idea. And sure enough, it smells like broccoli. Exactly like broccoli. So here's my first kohlrabi attempt:

From left to right: lemon balm, mysterious peppers (all 3 kinds),
 kohlrabi, and basil.

I can't wait to have this as my veggie for
lunch on Monday! It sure beats carrots.

I made fried egg-something-flour pancakes. It's awesome how well that recipe lends itself to experimentation, I was totally making it up as I went.

I would just like to state that kohlrabi is delicious. It has a sweet, crisp broccoli flavor. Just a random connection - the scientific name of kohlrabi is Brassica oleracea, which is the same as ornamental cabbage, and what my house on the row is labeled as!

I also finally found the answer to a matter that has been weighing down on me quite a bit lately. What is the plural of 'fez'? Well, I was reading my O Jerusalem book and came across it:

My fruitless attempts at coming up with a correct-looking spelling are finally at an end!
Fezzes are cool. :)

Needless to say, today was quite productive! I've discovered a tasty new vegetable and learned how to spell 'fezzes', what more could I ask for? :)