Totsoi
Totsoi (Brassica rapa var. rosularis) is a Chinese mustard green with a mild peppery flavor. Its leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are tougher and stronger flavored than standard pak choy and hence many prefer it cooked (stir-fried, steamed or in soups) rather than raw. Young leaves can be used in salad.
Cooking
Many Chinese and Japanese recipes use mustard greens, including Totsoi and Mizuna. Asian mustard greens are generally stir-fried or pickled. A South-East Asian dish called asam gai choy or kiam chai boey is often made with leftovers from a large meal. It involves stewing mustard greens with tamarind, dried chillies and leftover meaton the bone.
Totsoi recipes:Mustard Greens
Totsoi Wilted in Mustard Dressing
Sauteed Totsoi
Did you know?
The fields we cultivate are located in North Boulder, and are part of an 80 acre centennial homestead which has never been treated with chemicals.Quotes
"There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their neighbors. This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third is by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry."~Benjamin Franklin
Week of Sept. 9, 2010
Where We Are
We offer several pick up locations for our Shares:
All pick ups are from 4:30-7pm on Thursdays:
- North Boulder:
Boulder Meadows Community Room - Home Farm:
East of Niwot - South Boulder:
Outlook Hotel
303-485-7818
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- See you on the South Side!
Boulder Farmers Market is open Saturdays from 8-2 and Wednesdays from 4-8
