The Coolest of the Crops

We learned this weekend at the Mill City Farmers Market that apparently Garlic Scapes were ALL the rage on the East Coast Foodie scene last year and are just hitting the Midwest (go figure).

Little did we know how cool we were as we had just polished off our own batch of Garlic Scape Pesto...as we had gotten a bunch of these in our nifty crop share.

Here are a few things we learned...

1) This stuff is still garlic, and it is GARLICKY...

2) When you make it, use it. Because it doesn't seem to stay fresh all that long.

3) You do actually use the entire scape and not just the end.

So if you see these funky things are your local farmers market..try them out, and bask in the glory of culinary coolness.