Saturday, June 13, 2020

Mister Mustard



Most of the plants on my garden are ornamental plants, mostly orchids and bromeliads! But this little fellow is the only vegetable I have on my garden, It's a Mustard spout. Here in the Philippines and in most Asian countries, Mustard leaves are a common vegetable. I don;t eat them but since I grew and took care of this little mister, I would have to put it on my Sunday soup in a couple of weeks!

Have you tried Mustard leaves?

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  1. I´ve never heard of mustard leaves - what do they taste like? OK, dumb question, is it. Might the answer be "mustard"? ;-)
    In German it would be Mrs, by the way. I´ll have a look for seeds, thank you for sharing, dear Steve!

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    1. Not a dumb question at all dear Iris! Because it taste nothing like the mustard sauce that we add to sausages :) It's a little bitter version of the lettuce I must say, and also a little hardier to chew despite its crisp :)

      Oh! Mrs. Mustard. Now once I had Mister Mustard for Dinner, I would definitely start planting a Mrs. :)

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    2. Same thing was in my mind, I had also never tried this before. It looks and sound interesting might be someday I will try.

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    3. Hello Manav! That is right my friend, it's a common veggie here but I grew up 30 years not tasting it yet HAHA

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  2. ...Mustard leaves as a vegetable is new to me!

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    1. Tom when I was a kid I used to see these on the market and called them "Mustasa" and I thought it just shares the name of the mustard seeds, then when we started planting them last year on our garden, we neglected a few on our rooftop and after a few weeks, it grew a tall stem at the middle and it flowered! We were all very shocked and amazed (we never even thought of searching about mustard plants on youtube prior to that HAHA)

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  3. HMM, that sounds an interesting vegetable to have on hand... I wonder if it is related to comfrey or borage... old English herbs that are edible... it has a similar leaf
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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    1. I tried to search on google for comfrey and borage and you are right Maxine, the leaves are somewhat Identical. This one looks most closely to the Bok Choy :)

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  4. Hello Steve,
    That's nice. Let's hope it brings you the right result.
    It is very nice to do in your own vegetable garden.

    Greetings, Marco

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    1. Thank you so much Marco! I am excited to eat it, maybe in a couple of week it will be ready :)

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  5. Hello, I have never tried mustard leaves, are they dried first? Enjoy your day, happy weekend. PS, thanks for visiting my blog.

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    1. You chop it as it is Eileen and stir fry or just like what I'll do, add it to broth soup :)

      Happy Weekend and it's always my pleasure to visit your blog Eileen!

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  6. Mustard Does Go Wild Around Here - Works Very Well In Tea Believe It Or Not - Drop A Leaf In Your Hot Water For About 10 Seconds Or Less - Keep On Keeping On Brother Man

    Cheers

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    1. Whoaw!!! I will do that tomorrow right away, I'll snip one of the leaves :) I love different kinds of tea, that will be a new one for me :) Thank you so much my brother Padre!

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  7. I never heard of eating mustard leaves. I just use the ground up seeds (I think the seeds). How do the leaves taste? I just read the Padres post and that is fascinating! Happy weekend.

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    1. You are right Erika. On my side, I haven't used the seeds yet and I wanna try that what you said :) Happy Weekend Erika!

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  8. We used to have hot mustard greens. They were great to add to salads. I'll have to try looking for them again. Have a wonderful day, my friend!

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    1. Oh! I haven't seen them put on salads my friend Bill! But I'm sure it would taste good like lettuce :)

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  9. I have never tasted mustard leaves. I wonder what they are like -- you'll have to tell us!

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    1. I sure will Jeanie! I might harvest them next week :) So exciting!

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  10. Yes, we had mustard when I grew up...mom just cooked it and we always had bacon with it.

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    1. Rose you got me hungry! Anything with Bacon is a masterpiece to the taste!

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  11. I confess I haven't tried mustard leaves SQ, but I do like mustard that you add or spread with ham etc. Would it be a similar taste?

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    1. We are the same dear Grace, I also love mustard as a condiment. They do not taste the same :) But the condiment comes from the seeds that comes from this plant :)

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  12. I have never tried mustard leaves! First I've heard of them too! Mr Mustard looks very happy though :-D

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    1. Oh you should try them too if you get the chance to see some Ananka :) I am excited to try them next week when it's time to harvest!

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