I am really surprised to realise that I have never had kohlrabi, since I grew up next to a farm that grew it, and 90% of our meals when I was little were free/really cheap food from that farm. I would think they would be good somehow sliced and braised with butter and garlic, but that is just from the thought that they are like cabbage/broccoli and I like everything slices and braised in butter and garlic.

The new ATK test recipe is braised winter greens with curry and coconut. I wonder if that would work? It looks yummy.

and maybe with raisins? scrappy posted a recipe with cabbage done that way and I tried it,and lo, it was yummy.

If it's cool enough in your apartment, Jessica, can you roast it? I'd roast it with cumin and ginger and olive oil then serve on Israeli couscous.

But wait, you mean the bulb part right? The greens, I'd steam or sautee the way you might do with chard.

(yes, Disneyland on 4th of July weekend, kill me now)

See, if I had visiting relatives who wanted me to take them to Graceland during Elvis week I'd spend extra effort on making my home as filthy and unwelcoming as possible, to ensure it never happened again.

Um, I've never heard of kohlrabi. What is it?

Overnight, I was constantly woken up by the cat whining in the most obnoxious way, so I finally kicked her out of the bedroom when she woke me up at 5:30 so I could get a few more hours sleep. Then, I got going early enough to stop by the bank and deposit my stimulus check and get to the bookstore by 8:45. We were slow today, so the hours just draaagged, then I came home, watched the Cubs lose at the bottom of the 9th, and took a nap.

I woke up in time to watch the American Experience ep on John and Abigail Adams, which made me tear up at the end (their love really was so pure). The show pointed out the well-known fact that both Jefferson and Adams died on the 50th anniversary of July 4, 1776, but it emphasized the fact that the church and town bells celebrating the holiday were ringing all around both of their homes as they passed. As David McCullough said, if you put that in a movie, everyone would say that would never happen in real life, but it did. Gives me chills to imagine it.

See, if I had visiting relatives who wanted me to take them to Graceland during Elvis week I'd spend extra effort on making my home as filthy and unwelcoming as possible, to ensure it never happened again.

Heh. This is ND's family from Ottawa (who he sees maybe once a decade), and they will likely never get a chance to come back this way, so it's just bad luck that this is the only time we can take them anywhere. I scheduled a trip back to Connecticut later this week which means we are missing the end of their stay, so it's as much my fault as anyone's that this is when the theme park visits are falling. WOE.

Still... it's Disneyland, so there's that. I'd talk with them beforehand and get a short list of the Must-See attractions so that you have a Plan.

But wait, you mean the bulb part right? The greens, I'd steam or sautee the way you might do with chard.

I have the whole thing. There aren't many greens to speak of, though.

And cool, it's not. (Supposed to be up in the 90s Monday and Tuesday.) So I'm thinking slaw.

K-Bug and two girlfriends just got back from Disneyland. One of the days they were there, they each got handed a packet of fast-passes to every ride in both Disneyland and California Adventure. Part of the Year of a Thousand Dreams thing, she said. They could only be used that one day, but they got to ride EVERYTHING. Pretty cool.