Salsify Sandwich Island
Salsify Sandwich Island. Grown for its long white root, this is a popular continental vegetable, often referred to as ��vegetable oyster�� rarely seen in UK supermarkets. It has a very distinctive and pleasant sweetish mild flavour totally different from any other vegetable. Many prefer salsify to oysters. The soup from which gives off an odour and flavour exactly the same as oysters, and by some liked better than oyster soup. Produces large 8�� long by 2�� wide salsify roots with grass like leaves. Cultivation and growing requirements are similar to beetroot. Slice and fry or boil until tender or use in soups and pies, it is an ingredient often used in classic French cuisine.
Cultivation Adv