Produce Briefs...
White Corn
White corn is a sweet corn variety. Its ears are wrapped in tightly layered pale lime green to white husks. One ear of corn can contain up to 400 kernels growing in rows lengthwise.
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Rainbow chard, also known a 5-color silverbeet, is a tender chard variety with multi-colored stalks of yellow, white, orange pink and red.
Seasons/Availability
Baby red Swiss chard is available year round.
Current Facts
The dark green leaves and reddish stalks of red chard have a stronger flavor than the chard variety with lighter leaves and stalk.
Description/Taste
Picked when immature, baby red Swiss chard has thin rub red stems with matching veins that extend into its green leaves blushed with red and purple. The leaves are shiny and tender, their flavor slightly bitter and slightly salty. If the outer leaves are continually cut and harvested as the plant grows, the center stalk will continue to produce leaves all season.
Geography/History
Chard is the oldest member of the beet family. Red chard's appearance has stayed pretty much the same for more than two thousand years. When green and yellow chard varieties were developed at a later time, a Swiss botanist in the sixteenth century documented their characteristics and ever since, this vegetable has since been dubbed Swiss chard.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Baby Red Swiss Chard. One
is easiest, three is harder.
Baby red Swiss chard is available year round.
Current Facts
The dark green leaves and reddish stalks of red chard have a stronger flavor than the chard variety with lighter leaves and stalk.
Description/Taste
Picked when immature, baby red Swiss chard has thin rub red stems with matching veins that extend into its green leaves blushed with red and purple. The leaves are shiny and tender, their flavor slightly bitter and slightly salty. If the outer leaves are continually cut and harvested as the plant grows, the center stalk will continue to produce leaves all season.
Geography/History
Chard is the oldest member of the beet family. Red chard's appearance has stayed pretty much the same for more than two thousand years. When green and yellow chard varieties were developed at a later time, a Swiss botanist in the sixteenth century documented their characteristics and ever since, this vegetable has since been dubbed Swiss chard.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Baby Red Swiss Chard. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Cooking 4 the Week |
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Pickled Swiss Chard Stems |
| Modern Beet |
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Swiss Chard with Indian Lime Pickle |
| Food.com |
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Baby Swiss Chard With Bacon, Pine Nuts and Raisins |
