[Sca-cooks] Borage

[christine lopez]

we grow borage and use it regularly but  arugula or burnet which would be
my preference as a substitute(cucumber lemon taste)  if you cant find it at
a farmers market. Cant tell you much about purslane other than its an
edible weed here and that many folks enjoy it.

Leonor Constanza


On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Robin Carroll-Mann
<rcarrollmann at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've been looking through a few Spanish salad recipes, and a number of them
> call for borage leaves and sometimes the flowers as well.  From what I read
> online, borage is used sometimes in Europe.  It is supposed to have a
> cucumber-like flavor. The only reference I found to it in the U.S. was some
> specialty produce-grower in California who grows it for some gourmet
> restaurant.
>
> Can anyone who's eaten it comment on the flavor and texture of borage?  Can
> anyone suggest a reasonable substitute?  The Food Thesaurus suggests
> spinach or arugula.
>
> Also, I was pleased to see that a new supermarket in my area carries little
> packages of edible flowers, right next to the packages of fresh herbs.
> It's a mixture of unidentified species, and is too expensive, but I think
> it's cool to have that option.
>
> Brighid ni Chiarain
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