how I can eat radicchio

[ritaxis]

I thought I had an unusual affinity for bitter things, but if that's the case how come I have a hard time eating radicchio and other people don't? Anyway, my gardener friend also works for a local organic farm helping with distribution, and she often brings me lovely things. Yesterday one of the things was an oblong radicchio about half the size of

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[lisajulie]

A suggestion for a green to try: methi (aka fenugreek leaves). It is not in the Brassica family so it may not set off your sensitivity.

Around here it is available frozen in Indian grocery stores, like Patel Brothers, but it can be grown pretty easily from fenugreek seeds bought as spices (also available in large quantities).

[ritaxis]

The brassicas are the ones I eat with impunity! It's the spinach family I can't eat.

I sometimes get to San Jose and I have always meant to check out the many Indian groceries over there, so that will be on my list. I can only hope the leaves don't taste like the seeds, which I do not like by themselves (though I know they are in many combinations I do like). I have good hope for that, as horseradish leaves taste nothing like the root.

[lisajulie]

Ahh, I misunderstood, as chard/kale are Brassicas.

You might also like dandelion greens too.

[ritaxis]

Kale is a brassica: chard is a goosefoot (amaranthaceae). So far, I've never met a brassica that disagreed with me, though I am less fond of mustard greens and a few others.

I have been unsuccessful with making dandelion greens edible for me, again because of bitterness, and still baffling because I think I like bitter until I try certain things.