Broccoli Raab!

I found out last week that broccoli raab goes to seed very rapidly and knew that I urgently needed to harvest what I had. I went to the garden and sure enough there were tiny flowers starting to form all over my rapini! I took most of the florets with a decent amount of shoots and some leaves (for the spicy flavor they have) while tipsy on mead at 12:30 Saturday afternoon.

Yesterday (Tuesday the second) I finally cooked these puppies up. I cooked them on low heat in peanut oil with shallots, garlic, and a little kosher salt while two small steaks were being broiled in the oven. It was my first time cooking rapini and only my second time eating it. My belief that it is one of the most delicious vegetables was confirmed.
Here are some pictures!


a little salad on the side, with some lettuce from Steve's garden, mesclun from my own, garden crest from my neighbor, and carrots.


yummers!