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  • Leek tops - do you use them?

    I am here chopping up a fair few of my lovely leeks for supper - they have a lot of green top*, seems a shame to chuck it in compost bin.

    Do you do anything with yours other than compost?

    *I may try blanching next crop
    aka
    Suzie

  • #2
    I do throw all my old allium bits on the bed that will house carrots the next season...every little helps. Apart from that, nope.

    I did start making an onion compost earlier in the year...in the hope that it would smell most horrid and be ideal to use to mulch the carrot bed...but it just went slushy. I used onion and leek trimmings mainly. Perhaps it would work if I mixed it with coffee grounds...

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    • #3
      I cook them!!

      The inside layers of the green bits are just as good as the white. Perfect for soups.
      Tx

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      • #4
        What's wrong with being green?? As long as they're not damaged or mouldy I use them with the rest of the leek. Same lovely oniony flavour. Shredded finely good in almost anything. Whoever said that all the leek should be white??

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        • #5
          fair point ... I've clearly had a sheltered cossetted life - in the pot they go
          aka
          Suzie

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          • #6
            They are great in soups or finely shredded in stir fries. MMMMmmmm. Use your turnip tops and beet tops too.
            Why didn't Noah just swat those 2 greenflies?

            Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
            >
            >If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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            • #7
              Certainly do use them! Leek and potato soup! Perfect for horrid cold days! Mmmmm! Stir fries! Good thinking!
              Mad Old Bat With Attitude.

              I tried jogging, but I couldn't keep the ice in my glass.

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              • #8
                So do you use the whole of the green part of the leek in soups?

                I've always put the green bit in the compost bin!! Silly me!
                http://jenegademaster.blogspot.com/

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                • #9
                  I use the whole leek, apart from the roots and the grit.
                  OK, sometimes the grit gets in
                  All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                    I use the whole leek, apart from the roots and the grit.
                    OK, sometimes the grit gets in
                    Yes, Two Sheds but it does sink to the bottom of the pot!
                    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                      I use the whole leek, apart from the roots and the grit.
                      OK, sometimes the grit gets in
                      Same here

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                      • #12
                        I chop the tougher green bits more finely, but it all goes in!

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                        • #13
                          I actually prefer the green bits (and NO, I don't chuck the white away!)
                          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                          Diversify & prosper


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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                            I actually prefer the green bits ..
                            really? why? how do they differ?

                            Yours
                            Green virgin
                            aka
                            Suzie

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
                              really? why? how do they differ?

                              Yours
                              Green virgin
                              Cos they're green? And stronger tasting than the white!

                              Yours
                              green giant
                              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                              Diversify & prosper


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