Topic: PSB Just wondering .....

[woodypecks]

I have just been picking ,blanching ,freezing a lovely big bunch of Purple Sprouting Broccoli...what I want to know is , are the leaves ok to eat ?   Seems a shame to waste them if they are .
 Also ....are all brassica flower buds/sprouts edible  ?      Just wondering   ::)

[artichoke]

Yes, all brassica flowering tips are edible, and I am getting them off sprouts, red cabbage, kale, everything I can lay my hands on as well as PSB. My plants are not pulled up until I have exhausted their resources! The only criterion for eating PSB leaves (and sprout plant leaves etc etc) is whether or not they are tough and/or bitter. Try them!

[woodypecks]

Thanks Artichoke .  Ooh ! Isn,t wonderful !

[Trevor_D]

My former next-door-neighbour grew masses of PSB every year and they only ate the leaves. As soon as one plant started to produce flowers he'd pull the whole lot up!

When I told him that you actually ate the flowers, he looked at me as if I'd taken leave of my senses!!

[pumkinlover]

 ;D

[1066]

I eat the lot - flower heads and leaves  ;D