the deep green vegetable [stalk and leaf] with a yellow flower is familiar - but i've called every variety that i've seen/eaten "gail lan." so...i've been stupid about it.
funny though, i thought of you as i waited to ring my order at the market. as in most groceries, candy was stocked near the register - to tempt customers. there, out of the corner of my eye, i thought that i saw your name. but, no, it was "i-mei" instead. my dyslexic gaze inverted the "M." turns out to be a manufacturer of sweets?
ref nephew: as most children, he reduces the conflict to the most simple of terms. and the information that he's using to form his understanding is skewed to help him to arrive at a particular outcome.
living in a family with mixed politics, religion, and ethnicity makes for some divergent opinions...
Ah, you've probably had yu choy at some point then. Usually Gai Lan is what menus call "Chinese broccoli". They look pretty similar at the market but Gai Lan is sweeter and more stalk than leaves. I think the yu choy has leaves that are darker green and leathery, also the leaves are oilier looking especially after cooking. Here's another asian vegetable website for culinary pr0n:
I-Mei is a Taiwanese sweet maker, they make lots of delicious cookies packaged up the ying yang in mylar and plastic, the little boxes caramels near check stands are pretty good;-)
I'm thinking about taking a trip to Asia since I have a friend who's making his rounds of India-Thailand-Vietnam-Japan-Singapore. The option of meeting up someone in the middle of their vacation is tempting, since they're already there and have their shit figured out. Then there's also the fact that my grandfather is not doing so well and I feel obligated to go see family.
http://www.agrohaitai.com/leafveg/choysum/choysum.htm
the deep green vegetable [stalk and leaf] with a yellow flower is familiar - but i've called every variety that i've seen/eaten "gail lan." so...i've been stupid about it.
funny though, i thought of you as i waited to ring my order at the market. as in most groceries, candy was stocked near the register - to tempt customers. there, out of the corner of my eye, i thought that i saw your name. but, no, it was "i-mei" instead. my dyslexic gaze inverted the "M." turns out to be a manufacturer of sweets?
http://merchantadmin.sina.com/sinamall/grd_productpage.asp?pagetype=product&st_id=52&pd_id=hsugn000065-00005&pf_id=hsugn000065
ref nephew: as most children, he reduces the conflict to the most simple of terms. and the information that he's using to form his understanding is skewed to help him to arrive at a particular outcome.
living in a family with mixed politics, religion, and ethnicity makes for some divergent opinions...
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http://www.evergreenseeds.com/evergreenseeds/asveglis.html
I-Mei is a Taiwanese sweet maker, they make lots of delicious cookies packaged up the ying yang in mylar and plastic, the little boxes caramels near check stands are pretty good;-)
I'm thinking about taking a trip to Asia since I have a friend who's making his rounds of India-Thailand-Vietnam-Japan-Singapore. The option of meeting up someone in the middle of their vacation is tempting, since they're already there and have their shit figured out. Then there's also the fact that my grandfather is not doing so well and I feel obligated to go see family.
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i am moving it into the #2 position, right after gai lan - and much further up in the ranks than bok choy. thank you !
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