As a wee extra, broccoli stems are edible in the same way. I usually peel and slice them and cook them with the rest of the head. Waste not, want not, as our mums used to say! Mary -------------------------------------------------- From: "Joseph Gillard" <xk6050@xtra.co.nz> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:09 AM To: "'Cynthia McCaughan & Steve Ingle'" <mccaughan-ingle@paradise.net.nz>; "'Stan Smith'" <stanjsmith@xtra.co.nz>; "'Stuart Park'" <spark@xtra.co.nz>; "'Judith Harper'" <quester@orcon.net.nz>; "'NZ Rootsweb list'" <new-zealand@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? > It was not only in Southland that it was grown. I was brought up on a farm > near Woodville in southern Hawkes Bay in the 1950s and 'chou' as it was > commonly referred to, was an annual crop planted as supplementary winter > feed for the cows. They loved it, as did us children, who would keenly > strip > off the outer fibre to eat the soft, sugary core. The leaves were wide and > accumulated water. One of my jobs was to run the electric fence through > the > crop so a strip could be set aside for the cows, rather than them running > riot through the entire paddock. In my younger days, the chou was all but > over my head and the wet leaves inevitably left me dripping wet by the > time > I had reached the other side of the paddock. > > Joseph > > -----Original Message----- > From: new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cynthia McCaughan & > Steve Ingle > Sent: Thursday, 5 June 2014 10:23 a.m. > To: Stan Smith; 'Stuart Park'; 'Judith Harper'; 'NZ Rootsweb list' > Subject: Re: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? > > you should look up Chou Moellier it is a green brassica family. A crop > grown > in southland for cattle feed > > cheers > Cynthia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stan Smith > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:18 PM > To: 'Stuart Park' ; 'Judith Harper' ; 'NZ Rootsweb list' > Subject: Re: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? > > I remember this a boy and it was common feed crop for stock at the time. > It grew reasonably tall (remembering as a child) and had a head when > mature. > When spoken it was one word choumollier or commonly referred to as chou. > It was never eaten by us but did have thick stem. > > Stan Smith > > > -----Original Message----- > From: new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Park > Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2014 9:53 p.m. > To: Judith Harper; NZ Rootsweb list > Subject: Re: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? > > It's chou moellier - chou being French for cabbage. It's a kale, Brassica > oleracea > > > Stuart Park > Kerikeri, New Zealand > spark@xtra.co.nz > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Judith Harper <quester@orcon.net.nz> >>To: NZ Rootsweb list <new-zealand@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2014 9:32 PM >>Subject: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? >> >> >> >>A friend writing about growing up in Southland many years ago and a >>wonderful holiday she had on a farm, notes the following - >> >> cropsforthestock,likecorn,turnipsand*charmolan*(itcangrow5 to6 >> foothigh).*Charmolan* hasathicksteamlikesugar >> caneandwhenyoupealtheouterlayeroffitleavesasweet,juicy,crispcentre. >> >> >>I don't know what this charmolan is and cannot find it in my >>dictionaries. Can anyone please confirm that the name is correct OR >>suggest what my friend may have been referring to. She was a child at >>the time and is just writing from memories of what she heard spoken. >> >>Many thanks >> >>Judith Harper >> >> >>The List Guidelines >> >>http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >