[iggyboy]

What does Kohl Rabi taste like? I have never grown it before and I noticed one of the lads had some spare seedlings going,so I got four and planted them up yesterday. I'm told it grows quite quickly,but I have no idea what I will do with it!

[8doubles]

Tastes like what it is IMO, cabbage stump.
As you may guess i do not grow it now and use the space for tastier veg.

[amckeen]

kind of like a cross between cucumber/turnip/melon.  One of those 'marmite' situations where you love it or hate it.

We like it thinly sliced in salad so give it a go.  Pick them about tennis ball sized I would say.

[Jonajo]

I inherited some on my 2nd plot last year. They were alright but not something I would rush back to or grow myself. Sort of a turnipy/swedey taste with something else thrown in. Not dreadful but not thrilling.

[mumofstig]

Ok grated in a cole slaw or to pad out soup, but that's about all, and if you want to try them like small turnips, as sometimes shown, then eat them when they are smaller than golf ball size. That said they are a fairly quick crop if you have a space.

[oldcow]

I only had it once in a fancy restaurant, a Kohl Rabi soup with a drizzle of truffle oil, and it was the best soup I ever had...

[mumofstig]

that'll be because of the truffle oil, oldcow 


ummm, yum, truffles.....................

[smc]

love it love it and love it, my advise is grow it i have loads of the stuff..its like a sugar cabbage/apple, nice as soup in colesaw or just raw over the lottie

[DeadlyNightshade]

I absolutely love it, but then I grew up with it being german. I'd rarely waste it by cooking, its too hard to come by over here.  I just eat it freshly in big chunks... flavour wise, its hard to describe, but if you eat it immediately after harvesting its sooo smooth and juicy and sweet, my mouth is watering already and its gonna be so long yet before mine is eady

[DavidT]

It tastes like a peppery cabbage stalk, very nice. You can peel them and eat them like apples.

[Chuffy]

Delicious. I'm growing them instead of radishes this year.

[PrincessVegGrower]

We have it raw and it tastes like raw cabbage.

Mmmm I love Kohl Rabi! Can't wait to plant mine out

Tara