Red Mustard Greens
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Description/Taste
This variety is actually known as Osaka purple. Its leaves are green with a violet, purple overlay and purple variegation. The leaves grow to 12 inches in length and up to six inches in width. The leaves and stems are succulent and pose a mildly, spicy, mustard flavor. Both the leaves and stems can be harvested.
Seasons/Availability
Red mustard greens are available in the winter to spring months.
Applications
Great for light cooking and salads, pickling and stir-frying.
Geography/History
Although Chinese in origin, these mustards have been adopted by Japan, and titled appropriately so, as their name indicates. Taxonomists identify as many as seventeen subgroups of mustard greens that can differ sharply in heat, flavour, and appearance.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Red Mustard Greens. One
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