What Does Skirret Taste Like?

Skirret is a plant whose roots and stems are edible. The thin white roots, once cooked, possess a sweet flavor reminiscent of carrots and a texture similar to potatoes.

How do you eat a Skirret?

Skirret is normally eaten cooked, as the roots are rather hard when raw. Cooked roots are very soft and sweet, like a combination of potato and carrot. The spring shoots are also used as a vegetable. Improved varieties are propagated from offsets, but it is more common to grow unimproved varieties from seed.

Can you eat Skirret leaves?

Skirret is disease resistant for the most part and can be overwintered by mulching over in cold climates. Once the roots are harvested, they can be eaten directly, raw from the garden as a carrot or more commonly boiled, stewed, or roasted as with root vegetables.

Alexander Ross

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