…but it tastes like a cross between a cabbage and an apple. Or at least that is how it is described.  I first saw one at my local grocery store and I thought – what the heck is that? I decided to be adventurous and brought one home.  It turns out that it was pretty tasty and I have bought a few since.

I don’t think that Kohlrabi tastes like an apple or like cabbage.  To me, it tastes more like a broccoli stem minus all the thick skin. By the way, Kohlrabi skin is thick like broccoli skin. I eat it raw but it can be prepared in other ways.

In early April I planted my Kohlrabi seedlings in a container.  Some kind of green worm annihilated three of the four seedlings I planted. I was planning on pulling them up and then I noticed new leaves growing so I left them alone and just continued to water.  I thought it was a root vegetable and  I would have to pull it out of the ground.   I stuck my finger down in the dirt to see if something was forming.  Thank goodness for the internet because I found out  I was wiggling my finger in the dirt in vain. Kohlrabi grows above ground. Notice the round formation in the picture above? That there is Kohlrabi… a cross between a cabbage and an apple 🙂