Tatsoi

Tatsoi 'Emperor's Savoy', Japanese spinach Hohei, mizuna 'Waido' and pak choi 'Yuushou' have tasty leaves, while sprouting Chinese cabbage 'Eats Shoots and Leaves' F1 is like aChinese sprouting broccoli.

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I'm thinking about launching Tatsoi Tuesday, myself.

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This is how my Tatsoi leaves looked when I finally dumped them out of the bag a few days after I bought them.

Chilled Wilted Tatsoi Salad Recipe with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Kalyn Denny 2008

I did find a few other bloggers talking about Tatsoi mostly people who had received it in their CSA box and were wondering what to do with it!

Chilled Wilted Tatsoi Salad Recipe with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Kalyn Denny 2008

While Tatsoi is cooling in ice water, get a plastic bowl with a tight fitting lid that's large enough to hold all the Tatsoi.

Chilled Wilted Tatsoi Salad Recipe with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Kalyn Denny 2008

Mix dressing ingredients in this bowl, then drain Tatsoi well and add to dressing.

Chilled Wilted Tatsoi Salad Recipe with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Kalyn Denny 2008

A few weeks ago I went to the Salt Lake Downtown Alliance Farmer's Market for the first time this year and got some Tatsoi.

Chilled Wilted Tatsoi Salad Recipe with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Kalyn Denny 2008

Dump Tatsoi into boiling water, time for exactly one minutes, then drain immediately into colander and dump into bowl with ice water.

Chilled Wilted Tatsoi Salad Recipe with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Kalyn Denny 2008

Apparently Tatsoi grows in a lovely bunch like this, but what I got was a bag of leaves, and more searching revealed that you can harvest the whole plant or individual leaves.

Chilled Wilted Tatsoi Salad Recipe with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Kalyn Denny 2008

Then the drained Tatsoi should be plunged into ice water to stop the cooking process.

Chilled Wilted Tatsoi Salad Recipe with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Kalyn Denny 2008