Adventures with Interesting Vegetables

Whenever I visit the market in Wilhelmsplatz, I try to look for interesting seasonal vegetables and fruits. So far, we have tried:

Kohlrabi

surprisingly sweet and crunchy

it was better raw than cooked

Daikon

A giant radish, which I originally thought was a parsnip...but wasn't.

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Celeriac

aka, the brain vegetable

Physallis

which tastes like kiwi, starfruit, and watermelon

and comes in translucent, crinkly packages

Tiny plums (Zwetschgen)

Chestnuts

(more on this cooking adventure later)

and of course

Johannisbeeren

twice over!

Plus various cheeses, flours (spelt, rye), and alcoholic beverages (port, vodka, calvados, various rums). It's been a blast! I'm hoping to work in a few more before we're back in familiar food territory :)