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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.
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Current Facts
A tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a thin threadlike shape used by climbing plants for support and attachment. There are only a certain lineage of legumes that form evolved tendrils: peas, sweet peas and in this case fava beans.
Description/Taste
Fava tendrils are the thread, leaflet and blossom of the fava bean plant. They have the flavor of fava beans with the grassy sweetness of the plant's foliage. They are overlooked and underused as a culinary commodity, but their sweet unique flavor and appearance should revere them otherwise.
Applications
Fava tendrils can be used fresh or treated as a wilting green; utilizing a little heat, olive oil, sea salt and pepper and the greens are transformed into a substantial element of any savory dish.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
The earliest and most comprehensive study of tendrils was Charles Darwin's monograph, "The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants", originally published in 1865.
Geography/History
The fava bean dates back to the European Iron Age. A bean in name only, botanically the fava is a type of vetch. Like the bean, the vetch is also a legume but the vetch is a climbing or twining plant that prefers a cool moist climate and is even tolerant to a light frost, unlike the bean that thrives best in the heat of long and nurturing summer days.
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Current Facts
A tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a thin threadlike shape used by climbing plants for support and attachment. There are only a certain lineage of legumes that form evolved tendrils: peas, sweet peas and in this case fava beans.
Description/Taste
Fava tendrils are the thread, leaflet and blossom of the fava bean plant. They have the flavor of fava beans with the grassy sweetness of the plant's foliage. They are overlooked and underused as a culinary commodity, but their sweet unique flavor and appearance should revere them otherwise.
Applications
Fava tendrils can be used fresh or treated as a wilting green; utilizing a little heat, olive oil, sea salt and pepper and the greens are transformed into a substantial element of any savory dish.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
The earliest and most comprehensive study of tendrils was Charles Darwin's monograph, "The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants", originally published in 1865.
Geography/History
The fava bean dates back to the European Iron Age. A bean in name only, botanically the fava is a type of vetch. Like the bean, the vetch is also a legume but the vetch is a climbing or twining plant that prefers a cool moist climate and is even tolerant to a light frost, unlike the bean that thrives best in the heat of long and nurturing summer days.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Nobu | San Diego CA | 619-814-4124 |
| Barbarella | San Diego CA | 858-454-7373 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Fava Tendrils. One
is easiest, three is harder.
