What to do with celery leaves

[Barriehie]

Yep. But a lot of people find the natural taste of celery too strong and bitter. It shows here that they don't do it in Australia. The flavour is a lot stronger.

For the home garden you can actually buy naturally self blanching celery ostensibly called Golden celery but that's too expensive for the commercial scene.

Found it at my seed supplier but it's just too hot here unless I've got an environment controlled greenhouse. 🙁

 

[JAS_OH1]

I'm jealous!!!

Is your celery from Walmart short?

No it's a gardening term. They deprive it of light by forcing the celery to grow in a tube (which also stops it spreading out which is how it grows naturally. It needs a minimum of 3 weeks to make it less bitter and sweeter. It also is why in the pictures above the celery is more yellow than green.

How to Blanch Celery in the Garden | Gardener’s Path

Ahhh I see. I don't know many gardening terms, apparently. I know terms like "weed" and "fertilize" LOL.

 

[Barriehie]

Is your celery from Walmart short?

Ahhh I see. I don't know many gardening terms, apparently. I know terms like "weed" and "fertilize" LOL.

It's long enough to go all the way across the vegetable bin.

 

[medtran49]

Not enough dirt to grow celery; it doesn't produce enough.

Grow it in a huge pot. I had to do that to get beets and leeks back when I had the energy to garden.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Not a huge fan of Celery, but when I do buy it, I save the leaves for stock (along with other bits & pieces).
I kinda like it raw in say a Tuna, Chicken or Pasta Salad ... UHHHH! or stuffed with Pimento Cheese, YUM!
The next time I buy "flavored Cream Cheese Spread", I'm going to add Green Olives stuffed with Pimentos to schmear in the Celery Sticks.

 

[Flavourgirl]

I LOVE using the tender celery heart leaves in soup (not making the stock) and salads (tuna, mac, potato).
When I was a kid, the celery came into the supermarket with all the nice leaves still on the stalks. The clerk would cut off the top leaves and put out the celery just like that. The leaves/ celery tops got thrown away. My mom would ask the produce manager if she could have the discarded leaves. He would give her big bags of leaves for free. That would be dinner. She would cook it like she did escarole and beans. Just oil and fresh garlic beans if she had them. YUM. You can't get celery tops anywhere. Now celery comes in already chopped down to the stalk top in bags now. Even farm markets have the celery tops chopped off.

Not everywhere cuts the tops off of celery since I can buy it that way where I live in the States. I'm surprised about the farmers markets, that's just criminal!

 

[Flavourgirl]

I read somewhere that celery was a luxury food in the late 19th and early 20th century. This wasn't the article but it's an interesting read.
I hope I was successful in attaching a link since it's the first time I've done it on this board.
Celery Was the Avocado Toast of the Victorian Era

 

[karadekoolaid]

And they don't do blanched celery in Australia.

Here neither. I wonder if that's just a UK thing?
I seem to remember my dad growing celery at home. As soon as a shoot came out, he'd just pile more earth up the sides.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Here neither. I wonder if that's just a UK thing?
I seem to remember my dad growing celery at home. As soon as a shoot came out, he'd just pile more earth up the sides.

Not sure, Barriehie s looked yellow to me.

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[karadekoolaid]

Not sure, @Barriehie s looked yellow to me.

Agree. Definitely yellow!

 

[JAS_OH1]

Agree. Definitely yellow!

Mine is generally green.

 

[badjak]

It's only available occassionally.
If I see it, I buy and make erwtensoep (Dutch pea soup)

 

[Barriehie]

Not sure, Barriehie s looked yellow to me.

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It does look yellow in the pics. I'll try a pic again in natural sunlight and see what color it appears. Maybe I can go backwards off the UPC code and find out more.

 

[msmofet]

Not a huge fan of Celery, but when I do buy it, I save the leaves for stock (along with other bits & pieces).
I kinda like it raw in say a Tuna, Chicken or Pasta Salad ... UHHHH! or stuffed with Pimento Cheese, YUM!
The next time I buy "flavored Cream Cheese Spread", I'm going to add Green Olives stuffed with Pimentos to schmear in the Celery Sticks.
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I don’t see that brand of anything places that I shop.

 

[JAS_OH1]

I don’t see that brand of anything places that I shop.

My cousins in Phoenix always used Tillamook and when I went on visits I became fond of it (mostly just the regular cheeses). Last year it became available at some grocers in my area so I think they are attempting a nationwide expansion. Maybe it will be available in your stores soon.